mrsrobinson
Well-Known Member
Excuse me while I vent a little....
I think we all joined CSR for the same reasons, to get help/advice and to offer help/advice. I realize this is a public forum and one has to suck it up and deal with the crap in between.
However, it's frustrating to start following a discussion only to watch it to turn into a debate about something unrelated to the Title or it turns into a back and forth, you said, she said, you suck, he sucks, I know it all.......
I'll do a search, find what I think is a great post that will help, only to find the discussion turned into a "one up on you" or "why I do not like you" or something way off-topic post.
I'll reply to a new post and start receiving emails with replies. Some On Topic, some not. It's a waste of my time to keep reading these emails and/or visiting the site to see the replies.
If you want to judge me, criticize me or throw some negative sarcasm my way, go for it, I can take it, but take it offline with me, 1:1, not in a public forum. Stop wasting everyone elses time. Heck, I will even agree to meet you face to face to continue the discussion if it's possible. All this back and forth on a public forum is a mess. Telling a member they are stupid or (insert your favorite negative comment here> or made a bad decsion adds no value to the discussion.
Folks, please, if you can, take the sarcasm, the judgement, the criticism, the back and forth off line. Use PM or email.
So, please, before you hit Submit, ask yourself, does this pertain to the original post and to the Title? Am I adding value here? If not, take it offline or start a new thread.
Members have left the forum and/or stopped posting because some here think it's up to them to judge who can and who can't post and who has value and who does not. If we all came here for the same reason, we all have value and should be allowed to be heard.
Perhaps this should become a sticky. I am not a good writer so maybe someone can clean this up, remove the emotion, and post it.
I am guilty of all of the above so this is not a do as I say post. I like to have fun as much as the next person. But sometimes, it gets old. Members have left the forum and/or stopped posting because some here think it's up to them to judge who can and who can't post and who has value and who does not. If we all came here for the same reason, we all have value and should be allowed to be heard.
caveat emptor
I think we all joined CSR for the same reasons, to get help/advice and to offer help/advice. I realize this is a public forum and one has to suck it up and deal with the crap in between.
However, it's frustrating to start following a discussion only to watch it to turn into a debate about something unrelated to the Title or it turns into a back and forth, you said, she said, you suck, he sucks, I know it all.......
I'll do a search, find what I think is a great post that will help, only to find the discussion turned into a "one up on you" or "why I do not like you" or something way off-topic post.
I'll reply to a new post and start receiving emails with replies. Some On Topic, some not. It's a waste of my time to keep reading these emails and/or visiting the site to see the replies.
If you want to judge me, criticize me or throw some negative sarcasm my way, go for it, I can take it, but take it offline with me, 1:1, not in a public forum. Stop wasting everyone elses time. Heck, I will even agree to meet you face to face to continue the discussion if it's possible. All this back and forth on a public forum is a mess. Telling a member they are stupid or (insert your favorite negative comment here> or made a bad decsion adds no value to the discussion.
Folks, please, if you can, take the sarcasm, the judgement, the criticism, the back and forth off line. Use PM or email.
So, please, before you hit Submit, ask yourself, does this pertain to the original post and to the Title? Am I adding value here? If not, take it offline or start a new thread.
Members have left the forum and/or stopped posting because some here think it's up to them to judge who can and who can't post and who has value and who does not. If we all came here for the same reason, we all have value and should be allowed to be heard.
Perhaps this should become a sticky. I am not a good writer so maybe someone can clean this up, remove the emotion, and post it.
I am guilty of all of the above so this is not a do as I say post. I like to have fun as much as the next person. But sometimes, it gets old. Members have left the forum and/or stopped posting because some here think it's up to them to judge who can and who can't post and who has value and who does not. If we all came here for the same reason, we all have value and should be allowed to be heard.
caveat emptor
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