Abe Babe, I will not be leaving. I will be not making posts in any new threads except for after the Oddlympics has started.
Personally I don't think that this forum is making as much've an effort to be a nice community as it could be.
The other forum that I am so impressed with, is much more member freindly, and the whole experience actually makes you feel like their concern is YOU the user, not how damn much you spam.
They even have an "Adopt a newbie" scheme for goshs sakes! This is where more experienced users "adopt" a new user to teach him/her the way things work.
And instead of having arrogant, cocky and rude moderators that close a thread at the drop of a hat because it is mildly offensive, they have very polite and VERY considerate mods who are helpful and freindly, and follow the system by the book.
In fact, I got into a bit of a misunderstanding with one of the mods there, where I got a warning for a joke. I forgot to put an emoticon at the end of the joke, to denote it's non-seriousness, and it came across in the wrong way. There was a very brief discussion which followed in which both parties very politely swapped apologies. At the end of the argument, both I and the moderator found freinds in one another!
If the above had happened in this forum, there would've been a massive flame war about it and both the moderators and the person who started it, along with offened (at both sides) users would be really flared up, throwing names, accusations and abuse at each other.
At the other forum I post on, I get respect. Here I just get nothing but thoughtless remarks, disrespect and a general non consideration for my feelings and views.
Also, here complaints are taken with a "how dare you say that" attitude, instead of a polite "how can we make this better?" attitude. It's like if you have something great to say, don't hesitate to let people know what it is, but hey, if you have something critical to say, you just keep those thoughts to yourself son.
Instead of telling me that my complaints are wrong, ask me what you can do to fix the problem. Or at least invite me to address it in the FS&H section.
DISCLAIMER: Some of the above may not actually be the case, and if not, are examples or suggestions. Take none of the above as an insulting slur, but instead an honest expression of my opinions - Not because I am ordering you what to do, but because this is how I meant for you to take it.
Thanks
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