Originally Posted by
BoilerUpXFire
Total coincidence, Jon created this thread at the same time I was out shopping for a new avatar, completely unrelated, but I guess we are on the same wavelength.
Originally Posted by
BoilerUpXFire
Some of these guys have to spend 5-10 hours every week on this crap when they could be enjoying their cars or their family, these are vilunteers, not IB employees. I know my time is very valuable to me, and I appreciate what they do, but maybe some ground rules would be a good start...
I think we'd all be shocked to learn how much time we spend on the forums. For some, 5 hours a week may be a bit conservative (oops, I said the c-word).
Over at MB-World (another IB site) they have a very active Political Forum. And the rules are simple -- respect each other, or you're out. You can discuss topics until you're blue in the face, but as soon as you call someone a "son of a motherless goat" (or worse) you're either banned or warned. And, if I'm honest, it's shockingly civil over there. Sure, there are some ill-informed posters over there, but that is more frustrating than offensive. And we're never going to be able to censor frustration from our lives, so we may as well learn something from each other in the process.
Some people simply can't handle confrontation. I can't imagine being so weak.