Kool
01-31-2006, 05:34 PM
Saying something is awful is an opinion, that does not necessarily make it the truth. It's also rude by any reasonable definition. If I had a nickel for every rude thing posted on the internet and excused by the catch all "It's just my opinion" I could retire today. Well I can't control the rest of the internet but I can control this little piece of it. We decide way back when this forum was born that we didn't want the kind of critique section that a lot of other forums had. Since that time we have been accused of having nothing but a love fest, but that's not true or fair. The bottom line is that we like our forum just the way it is and so do a lot of others. Those that don't care for our rules are free to go elsewhere and find a forum they like. It's getting to the point lately where quite a few of our regular contributing members are starting to complain about the showcase section and the constant rudeness being displayed there. That means I need to get involved.
People be nice! It's not hard. This includes new members as well as old timers. Before you post a reply say to yourself - If I met this person face to face for the first time and they asked my opinion would I say "that's awful" or would I say "I don't think that's working, here's what I THINK you could do to fix it" If your response is the first one then your probably not the kind of person we want in our forum. If we continue to get complaints we will start banning people. There are other forums where rudeness is perfectly acceptable, we are not one of them.
Thank You, have a nice day. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif
People be nice! It's not hard. This includes new members as well as old timers. Before you post a reply say to yourself - If I met this person face to face for the first time and they asked my opinion would I say "that's awful" or would I say "I don't think that's working, here's what I THINK you could do to fix it" If your response is the first one then your probably not the kind of person we want in our forum. If we continue to get complaints we will start banning people. There are other forums where rudeness is perfectly acceptable, we are not one of them.
Thank You, have a nice day. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif