01142007 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I am new here on the forum but lived in Sheffield all my life. I have been looking through some of the posts and looked at peoples comments. Sometimes not a good comment to be honest and yes i know we all have an opinion but sometimes there are ways of saying things without the sarcastic comments etc. My question is have you every been put off by someones comments and considered not posting again? This goes for any forum not just this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_Collins Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Yes. You get to feel who's the people who'd argue with you no matter the subject , try telling them the sky is blue and you'll get verbal vomit in reply and make out your the one making it up. There's a few you'll get to know like this on here. In general you get to find them out, find out where and what subject they get amusement of trolling in and just avoid adding any posts to the subject. The general discussion section on here is more or less an open section full of trolls and other nasties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidley Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 There are a lot of people who have left this forum because of what you describe it was an excellent forum not so long ago, but know you see the same post days on end, yes it has had an adverse effect on posters, the leave the forum. kidley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loubie1985 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 In short, yes. I too have lived here all my life but I don't post on here very often and I don't even view the forum as often as I used to because of all the sarcastic and sometimes down right nasty comments that people get on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_Collins Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Which is all about they the forum is managed. Not said it before as its never bothered me but..... A forum where people fear to make comments is a badly managed one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennis Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Yes, about two weeks ago I seriously thought about packing it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_Collins Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Take yesterday. I posted a thread about lack of poppies being sold in my area. I was had abuse thrown at me which was racist , the Asian word begins with P and the Afro word begins with N. These 2 comments remained up for a good 15mins before they were removed. I don't know how people feel the need to use such abuse and take enjoyment in posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01142007 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 It's a shame as there will be lots of good information and help to be had if people didn't feel this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimo Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I used to be a fairly regular poster. I never posted offensive remarks, indeed I went out of my way to be helpful to folk. There used to be many really good posters, often very funny, but they have all gone now. (with one notable exception who makes me laugh) Then things seemed to change and a lot of posts became really nasty, especially when someone posted about what was to them a distressing or unpleasant event. There were too many posters who delighted in being unpleasantly argumentative, picking holes in the person's post just for the sake it. It is not dissimilar to what I hear about all the nastiness on Facebook et al. So now I only post very occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stressconsul Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 There are some hostile individuals on the forum. I tend not to respond to their posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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