Why is there so much negativity on this forum?

[+StarBrand]

Sometimes good natured 'ribbing' is misinterpreted as negativity. For the most part there are a very high number of folks willing to help out around here. But you do have to have a bit thicker skin sometimes. Learn not to react to everything. Sometimes it is just best to walk away from a thread. I have found that a few folks are masters of argument and are willing to debate any word typed. Not worth the effort....

 

Stick with the helpful crowd.

[+thedeadpirate]

it's the 10% that try to ruin it for everyone else.

 

And 90% of that 10% just take a little getting used to.

 

And 75% of that 90% have the letter "E" in their avatar.

 

And 1% of that 75% own blue bows.

[+BulldogBlitz]

it's the 10% that try to ruin it for everyone else.

 

And 90% of that 10% just take a little getting used to.

 

And 75% of that 90% have the letter "E" in their avatar.

 

And 1% of that 75% own blue bows.

43% of those stats were made up.

[+thedeadpirate]

it's the 10% that try to ruin it for everyone else.

And 90% of that 10% just take a little getting used to.

And 75% of that 90% have the letter "E" in their avatar.

And 1% of that 75% own blue bows.

43% of those stats were made up.

 

I'd put it closer to 99.999%.

[+The Blorenges]

The perils of too much negativity...

 

 

You have been warned. Make sure you're wearing the appropriate woolly underwear at all times when posting in these forums.

 

MrsB

[+NYPaddleCacher]

 

While I do occasionally get carried away I try to follow the logic of 'If you don't have anything good to say, don't say it!'

 

I disagree (there's that negativism again). Sometimes posting a negative response is warranted. Sometimes threads are started with ideas that are just not well thought out. If we all quietly acquiesced rather than speaking our minds, some of those bad ideas might proliferate. Negativity isn't the problem. It's how one expresses it. Sorry Mom, sometimes I'm going to say something negative if I feel strongly enough that it's justified.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

The perils of too much negativity...

 

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You have been warned. Make sure you're wearing the appropriate woolly underwear at all times when posting in these forums.

 

MrsB

 

So true. I hear that underwear made of other materials tends to bunch up.

[flapjack4]

the abundance of negativity by process of elemination must be from the lack of positivity .

[+tozainamboku]

The perils of too much negativity...

 

 

You have been warned. Make sure you're wearing the appropriate woolly underwear at all times when posting in these forums.

 

MrsB

That ad says the problem is lack of negativity. More negativity is good. Less chronic disease, fewer pains and aches.

[Mr.Yuck]

Something I was told 30 years ago in boot camp - there's always going to be that 10% that brings down others.

 

Actually, it was in boot camp (25 years ago in my case, not 30) where I learned to ridicule newbies. And yes, we used that same term, newbies. I'm just sayin'

[jholly]

Something I was told 30 years ago in boot camp - there's always going to be that 10% that brings down others.

 

Actually, it was in boot camp (25 years ago in my case, not 30) where I learned to ridicule newbies. And yes, we used that same term, newbies. I'm just sayin'

 

Ah, yes. But not necessarily boot camp. I still fondly remember the mail buoy incident. Man, it was impossible to find a spot on the signal bridge to take a look. I ain't mentioning how long ago that was.

[knowschad]

Something I was told 30 years ago in boot camp - there's always going to be that 10% that brings down others.

 

Actually, it was in boot camp (25 years ago in my case, not 30) where I learned to ridicule newbies. And yes, we used that same term, newbies. I'm just sayin'

Good point. Moreover, get rid of that 10% and the next 10% will be targeted. Get rid of them and...

 

pretty soon, who is left?

Edited July 11, 2010 by knowschad

[+thedeadpirate]

The perils of too much negativity...

 

 

You have been warned. Make sure you're wearing the appropriate woolly underwear at all times when posting in these forums.

 

MrsB

 

If only I were wearing underwear at all.

[+The Blorenges]

 

If only I were wearing underwear at all.

 

Found just the thing for you here, at the bottom of the page:

 

Satin buccaneers.

 

(Note it says "full leg room" so that those tropical breezes can circulate easily.)

 

MrsB

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Something I was told 30 years ago in boot camp - there's always going to be that 10% that brings down others.

 

Actually, it was in boot camp (25 years ago in my case, not 30) where I learned to ridicule newbies. And yes, we used that same term, newbies. I'm just sayin'

Good point. Moreover, get rid of that 10% and the next 10% will be targeted. Get rid of them and...

 

pretty soon, who is left?

 

I'm picking ashnikes.

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

 

While I do occasionally get carried away I try to follow the logic of 'If you don't have anything good to say, don't say it!'

 

I disagree (there's that negativism again). Sometimes posting a negative response is warranted. Sometimes threads are started with ideas that are just not well thought out. If we all quietly acquiesced rather than speaking our minds, some of those bad ideas might proliferate. Negativity isn't the problem. It's how one expresses it. Sorry Mom, sometimes I'm going to say something negative if I feel strongly enough that it's justified.

There's a huge difference between disagreement in civil discourse and negativity.

[+AuntieWeasel]

This is easily one of the tamest and politest forums I've participated in. One thing is certain: no matter the tone of a forum, from time to time someone is ALWAYS going to pop up and ask "why is everyone so negative here?"

 

I consider the question extraordinarily hostile.

 

The question itself is negative. It puts regulars on the defensive -- especially if it's not true. It's likely to start trouble -- especially if it's true.

 

It's like walking into a neighborhood pub or a cafe full of locals and saying, "why is the wallpaper so horribly ugly in here?"

 

Why would you do it? No good can come of it.

[knowschad]

This is easily one of the tamest and politest forums I've participated in. One thing is certain: no matter the tone of a forum, from time to time someone is ALWAYS going to pop up and ask "why is everyone so negative here?"

 

I consider the question extraordinarily hostile.

 

The question itself is negative. It puts regulars on the defensive -- especially if it's not true. It's likely to start trouble -- especially if it's true.

 

It's like walking into a neighborhood pub or a cafe full of locals and saying, "why is the wallpaper so horribly ugly in here?"

 

Why would you do it? No good can come of it.

Actually, its more like walking into a neighborhood pub or a cafe full of locals and saying, Why are you guys such a bunch of weasels".

[+AuntieWeasel]

...a weasel, a stoat and a nearsighted dog walk into a bar...

[+NYPaddleCacher]

 

While I do occasionally get carried away I try to follow the logic of 'If you don't have anything good to say, don't say it!'

 

I disagree (there's that negativism again). Sometimes posting a negative response is warranted. Sometimes threads are started with ideas that are just not well thought out. If we all quietly acquiesced rather than speaking our minds, some of those bad ideas might proliferate. Negativity isn't the problem. It's how one expresses it. Sorry Mom, sometimes I'm going to say something negative if I feel strongly enough that it's justified.

There's a huge difference between disagreement in civil discourse and negativity.

 

I know that, and you know that, but there are also a lot of people that come into forumsm ask a question, then when they don't get the answer they want they, or others accuse those that respond as being negative. Having participated in forums since the early usenet days (before the great newsgroup renaming) one of the things I've noticed about online forums is that the tone of the forum is dictated by it's participants. If a particular forum seem hostile, or tame it's because that that actively participate in the forum the most have made it that way, and in fact, want it that way. I remember a particular usenet group that many often though was hostile so someone created a .nice version of the same topic. Man, was that boring.

I have also noticed that when someone comes into an active forum and states "I don't like the way you are running your forum. You should change it to how I think it should be." they're probably going to get a lot of resistance.

[ashnikes]

Something I was told 30 years ago in boot camp - there's always going to be that 10% that brings down others.

 

Actually, it was in boot camp (25 years ago in my case, not 30) where I learned to ridicule newbies. And yes, we used that same term, newbies. I'm just sayin'

Good point. Moreover, get rid of that 10% and the next 10% will be targeted. Get rid of them and...

 

pretty soon, who is left?

 

I'm picking ashnikes.

 

i didnt do nothing, you cant prove anything. I just de bus driver.

[knowschad]

Something I was told 30 years ago in boot camp - there's always going to be that 10% that brings down others.

 

Actually, it was in boot camp (25 years ago in my case, not 30) where I learned to ridicule newbies. And yes, we used that same term, newbies. I'm just sayin'

Good point. Moreover, get rid of that 10% and the next 10% will be targeted. Get rid of them and...

 

pretty soon, who is left?

 

I'm picking ashnikes.

 

i didnt do nothing, you cant prove anything. I just de bus driver.

As long as you keep the bus on the road, there won't be a problem. But you have a reputation for hitting the ditch a bit too often.

[+dfx]

it's the 10% that try to ruin it for everyone else.

And 90% of that 10% just take a little getting used to.

And 75% of that 90% have the letter "E" in their avatar.

And 1% of that 75% own blue bows.

43% of those stats were made up.

don't believe any stats that you didn't fake yourself.

[knowschad]

it's the 10% that try to ruin it for everyone else.

And 90% of that 10% just take a little getting used to.

And 75% of that 90% have the letter "E" in their avatar.

And 1% of that 75% own blue bows.

43% of those stats were made up.

don't believe any stats that you didn't fake yourself.

that is so totally untrue!! You can believe up to 5% of them even if you didn't make them up! You really should check your facts before falsifying them.

[+lcmsmom]

Ni!

 

OT... Is "Ni" short for not interesting, or are we all Knights who say Ni! here?

 

Nee! Nee!

 

It's just a flesh wound...

[+roziecakes]

This is easily one of the tamest and politest forums I've participated in. One thing is certain: no matter the tone of a forum, from time to time someone is ALWAYS going to pop up and ask "why is everyone so negative here?"

 

I consider the question extraordinarily hostile.

 

The question itself is negative. It puts regulars on the defensive -- especially if it's not true. It's likely to start trouble -- especially if it's true.

 

It's like walking into a neighborhood pub or a cafe full of locals and saying, "why is the wallpaper so horribly ugly in here?"

 

Why would you do it? No good can come of it.

 

+1 Auntie Weasel said it quite well.

 

I'm a moderator on another forum where people get downright nasty and flamey. We've had to ban more people than I can count. Folks are much more polite and come at subjects from a much more mature perspective here.

 

There are also a lot of silly people, and a lot of what you read might be inside jokes, or joking back and forth in other ways.

 

I find your post to be antagonistic and more negative than a lot of what is already in the forums. Have a great day though!

[+Chrysalides]

However I dont think I'll ever get used to Team Cotati's avatar

Easiest way out is to use AdBlock Plus on it.

 

However, the Myopic Dog and I came up with a GreaseMonkey script that put a shirt on his avatar which I thought was a lot more fun.

Are you inclined to share?

Here you go

 

Probably not the most efficient code around, but putting a shirt on that guy is worth a few extra CPU cycles...

[+swfirefly]

However I dont think I'll ever get used to Team Cotati's avatar

Easiest way out is to use AdBlock Plus on it.

 

However, the Myopic Dog and I came up with a GreaseMonkey script that put a shirt on his avatar which I thought was a lot more fun.

Are you inclined to share?

Here you go

 

Probably not the most efficient code around, but putting a shirt on that guy is worth a few extra CPU cycles...

awesome!

[+The Blorenges]

However I dont think I'll ever get used to Team Cotati's avatar

Easiest way out is to use AdBlock Plus on it.

 

However, the Myopic Dog and I came up with a GreaseMonkey script that put a shirt on his avatar which I thought was a lot more fun.

Are you inclined to share?

Here you go

 

Probably not the most efficient code around, but putting a shirt on that guy is worth a few extra CPU cycles...

 

I just thought I'd try out this script...

 

 

Just wondering... can you put a blue bow tie on him over the dark shirt?

 

MrsB

[+thedeadpirate]

Ni!

 

OT... Is "Ni" short for not interesting, or are we all Knights who say Ni! here?

 

Nee! Nee!

 

It's just a flesh wound...

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=4368167

Edited July 12, 2010 by GeoBain

[+sbell111]

Ni!

 

OT... Is "Ni" short for not interesting, or are we all Knights who say Ni! here?

 

Nee! Nee!

 

It's just a flesh wound...

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=4368167

It's always funny when the 'cool' kids try to be secretly rude.

[+Sioneva]

However I dont think I'll ever get used to Team Cotati's avatar

Easiest way out is to use AdBlock Plus on it.

 

However, the Myopic Dog and I came up with a GreaseMonkey script that put a shirt on his avatar which I thought was a lot more fun.

Are you inclined to share?

Here you go

 

Probably not the most efficient code around, but putting a shirt on that guy is worth a few extra CPU cycles...

 

I just thought I'd try out this script...

 

 

Just wondering... can you put a blue bow tie on him over the dark shirt?

 

MrsB

 

Nooooooo!!! TC doesn't GET to wear a Blue Bow!

[+thedeadpirate]

Ni!

 

OT... Is "Ni" short for not interesting, or are we all Knights who say Ni! here?

 

Nee! Nee!

 

It's just a flesh wound...

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=4368167

It's always funny when the 'cool' kids try to be secretly rude.

 

You're right. I make me chuckle all the time.

[jholly]

However I dont think I'll ever get used to Team Cotati's avatar

Easiest way out is to use AdBlock Plus on it.

 

However, the Myopic Dog and I came up with a GreaseMonkey script that put a shirt on his avatar which I thought was a lot more fun.

Are you inclined to share?

Here you go

 

Probably not the most efficient code around, but putting a shirt on that guy is worth a few extra CPU cycles...

 

I just thought I'd try out this script...

 

 

Just wondering... can you put a blue bow tie on him over the dark shirt?

 

MrsB

 

Nooooooo!!! TC doesn't GET to wear a Blue Bow!

 

For TC I think pink would be just perfect.

[+Chrysalides]

Just wondering... can you put a blue bow tie on him over the dark shirt?

Nooooooo!!! TC doesn't GET to wear a Blue Bow!

I agree - that would be blasphemy!

 

The code itself is as simple as it gets. The image is in that gibberish block of data. If you want to replace it, just create a JPEG (75 x 75 pixels) and use an online tool to encode it in base64 and place it between "data:image/jpeg;base64, and the "; at the end of that line.

 

Remember to thank knowschad for the artwork

Edited July 12, 2010 by Chrysalides

[+Castle Mischief]

Yes, there is negativity on these forums. Yes, there are some posters that seem to have found a golden ticket and never seem to be called out by a mod for persistent snark and jerkatude. Yes, there are cases of inequity and inconsistency.

 

There's only one thing to do about it. Remember that this forum isn't caching and caching isn't this forum.

[+DragonsWest]

I know I've had the urge to rant and have probably done so. For blowing off steam, I do apoligise.

 

My best advice is to avoid the threads which have the negativity. Sometimes, when I feel there's too much venting, I'll start a thread like: "I had this really great caching experience..." and give people a chance to chime in with their own positives.

 

It's the best way to stave off the Blue Meanies.

 

[+Corp Of Discovery]

I've only been caching for a little over a year now, and I've often come here for answers and ideas.

The problem I see is that it seems like most people just come on here to complain or put others down.

It's kind of a bummer.

 

It's a game/sport/hobby.....LIGHTEN UP, FRANCIS!

 

FTFY.

[4wheelin_fool]

However I dont think I'll ever get used to Team Cotati's avatar

Easiest way out is to use AdBlock Plus on it.

 

However, the Myopic Dog and I came up with a GreaseMonkey script that put a shirt on his avatar which I thought was a lot more fun.

Are you inclined to share?

Here you go

 

Probably not the most efficient code around, but putting a shirt on that guy is worth a few extra CPU cycles...

 

I just thought I'd try out this script...

 

 

Just wondering... can you put a blue bow tie on him over the dark shirt?

 

MrsB

 

Nooooooo!!! TC doesn't GET to wear a Blue Bow!

 

 

Even if it covered up his nipples?

[+The Blorenges]

However I dont think I'll ever get used to Team Cotati's avatar

Easiest way out is to use AdBlock Plus on it.

 

However, the Myopic Dog and I came up with a GreaseMonkey script that put a shirt on his avatar which I thought was a lot more fun.

Are you inclined to share?

Here you go

 

Probably not the most efficient code around, but putting a shirt on that guy is worth a few extra CPU cycles...

 

I just thought I'd try out this script...

 

 

Just wondering... can you put a blue bow tie on him over the dark shirt?

 

MrsB

 

Nooooooo!!! TC doesn't GET to wear a Blue Bow!

 

 

Even if it covered up his nipples?

 

*MrsB has a strange vision of TC's naked torso with two spinning blue bows attached...*

 

You realise I'll never get a good night's sleep now?

 

MrsB

[+t4e]

 

Probably not the most efficient code around, but putting a shirt on that guy is worth a few extra CPU cycles...

 

LMAO...can you make the shirt pink?

 

[+roziecakes]

 

Probably not the most efficient code around, but putting a shirt on that guy is worth a few extra CPU cycles...

 

LMAO...can you make the shirt pink?

 

 

 

Pink shirt AND blue bow:

 

[+Sioneva]

The Blue Bow will smite all unworthy wearers...

 

... but I approve of the pink shirt.

[+roziecakes]

The Blue Bow will smite all unworthy wearers...

 

... but I approve of the pink shirt.

 

My apologies to My Lady of the Blue Bow...

 

[+Chrysalides]

The image I have is on the large side, and my tools are not with me at the moment. I'll have an updated version with the pink shirt for anyone interested later tonight.

[Mr.Yuck]

However I dont think I'll ever get used to Team Cotati's avatar

Easiest way out is to use AdBlock Plus on it.

 

However, the Myopic Dog and I came up with a GreaseMonkey script that put a shirt on his avatar which I thought was a lot more fun.

Are you inclined to share?

Here you go

 

Probably not the most efficient code around, but putting a shirt on that guy is worth a few extra CPU cycles...

awesome!

 

Yup. Works good. Now can you get rid of the "Hottie" forum title?

[+Chrysalides]

Yup. Works good. Now can you get rid of the "Hottie" forum title?

Trying to figure out an efficient way of doing it. I'll play around and see. What do you want it replaced with? "Sushi"?

[+roziecakes]

Yup. Works good. Now can you get rid of the "Hottie" forum title?

Trying to figure out an efficient way of doing it. I'll play around and see. What do you want it replaced with? "Sushi"?

 

How about "real men wear pink"?

[+t4e]

Yup. Works good. Now can you get rid of the "Hottie" forum title?

Trying to figure out an efficient way of doing it. I'll play around and see. What do you want it replaced with? "Sushi"?

 

How about "real men wear pink"?

 

perfect

Edited July 13, 2010 by t4e

[+Chrysalides]

OK, here's the Pink Shirt version.

 

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/81361

 

I haven't gotten around to changing "Hottie" yet. It shouldn't be complicated but I have a busy day tomorrow and it's getting rather late...