I agree with all three of you, all have excellent points. I do pretty much what KZ does. Try to lead them to the search box, past threads, etc. As I was taught when I first found the forum. Heck I remember worrying about being told to read first! It's a wonderful place, filled will very knowledgeable folks who've come before me, and yes...after me. I see it as a growing pain also. The bigger we get, the more info we add, the more folks find us. At the same time..we lose that ability to tell someone to dig in the archives, cause why all of us "old" folks know the deal, the newer folks don't. They just see the knowledge an want an answer. Sadly a lot don't want to do the digging, etc. I've seen this in several threads recently. Folks post, and right at the bottom is the list of four threads two of them with the question being asked as the title. Or like Board questions. Myself an others lately seem to just be repeating ourselves by telling folks to ask the buyers/their buyer about grading..yet it seems to fall on deaf ears, no matter how many times folks say it,
In the past with intros, I've tried to hint to searching for the answer or even flat out saying it. I make use of the report button, usually for spam. As I tend to keep odd hours, an do see some of those posts the mods might not at first, as its 3, or 4 am.
I don't think I've ever reported a thread otherwise to be honest.
On the lively threads. I like them of course. I like discussing other things then scrap at times. I don't like seeing members attacked tho for their views. It's happened to some of us. The majority of us keep it civil, an for that I applaud you all. I notice the mods, not being so quick to close things down with some threads, even when given good reason. Some being closed...like the CL one, boggle me, but I figure the mods saw something I didn't, or decided to for whatever reason, I'm not staff..so I don't expect to have it shared.
The ban on political/religion..I understand, seriously. Some folks just can't have that kind of conversation without it leading to a flame fest. I like the ones that aren't so much political but..on general things, like the CO/WA thing, or History, or the news.
There's a lovely internet saying goes something like..."Attack the post and subject, not the poster." Just cause my views differ from yours is no reason to attack me, the person. If you can't have a conversation without calling someone an idiot or worse and/or taking it personal, you shouldn't be in those kind of conversations is the way I see it. If I wanted to be insulted for sharing my views, there are plenty of news sites I can go to for the personal attacks. Hello CNN, Fox, Huffington commentators..haha! Lively discourse is enjoyable, flame fests and insults not so much.
Either way...good topic TR. I have more to share, but...you guys don't need a freaking novel this early in the day.
Well..to late for no novel! Ha ha!
Just my .02, use it as you will.
Sirscrapalot - Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. - Mark Twain
Originally Posted by mikeinreco
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