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Why have a large majority of the decent suits stopped posting?
As far as I am aware the main reasons differed from person to person. But some of the key factors were things like functionality of the site, the soul-sapping ban-threads, the people who provoked soul-sapping ban-threads and how we dealt with them prior to banning.
More recently people have been locking themselves because they weren't finding posting to the site to be a positive part of their lives anymore.
Ok, well let me buy you a pint and we can chat about that without the whole internet thing getting in the way. September the 4th?
I think you are being unfair if you think I have nothing of any value whatsoever to add and you know tact, dude.
Buk, unless you're going to alter how you present yourself and your posts on the site then I really can't see what having a pint with you is going to solve (especially as your bar metaphor involved punch-ups outside as a method of dealing with issues, I'm way too old for those kind of shenanigans). I'm unlikely to magically change my opinion of your online presence just because we've sipped an ale.
In my opinion the threads you have mentioned have managed to survive and prosper slightly in-spite of your contributions, not because of them.
That right there is the kind of thinking that feeds the "Haus and his gang are out to get me" feeling that some posters voice.
Well I can't help what people think, although it's the kind of thinking that winds me up because it effectively puts a hold on me (or anyone) saying anything without having to proof-read it for statements that might identify me as a mind-controlled minion of Haus.
I don't presume that everyone who speaks in defence of Buk-like posters are under vis direct authority. Perhaps people could do something similar.
The Other Road (the reasoned, polite, and neutral action): When a thread or post is of questionable quality, it's increasingly rare that the response is polite and/or serious. If a post is made and it doesn't meet with the nebulous quality of Barbelith, the quality-minded posters should be attempting to, without copious amounts of snark and wit, improve the quality of the lesser quality posters. When Haus says "This is teaching," I understand what he means but don't think he necessarily knows how to do it in a positive way.
Shouldn't there be some expectation for the creator of a thread to attempt to ensure that the thread is of a certain level of quality though? Why is the responsibility on other posters to act as teachers and thread-polishers? Sure, as a moderator I'll do what I can in the sterile stasis of Lab, but I'm a poster too and should I have to be on permanent patrol in every forum I visit? If I should then shouldn't every poster on this site take some personal responsibility to keep the standards above a certain level?
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