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Lighten up folks: A Revisit of the *Challenge*
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JimH wrote:
Since that *Challenge* this NG is dripping wet with tensions because of the
various mandates placed on it and the participation has actually *decreased*
as a result of it.
Yes, "participation" is down and thank heavens for small favors. There
are entire threads missing. In fact, there are entire categories of
threads missing. Certain posters, with little or nothing to contribute
to discussions about boating, are indeed missing in action. Too darn
bad- they can take the naming and flaming somewhere else as it should be
a reasonable expectation (when one visits a NG titled "rec.boats")
that most of the discussion should center around boating.
But check this out, please, Jim. Discussion of boating topics is way
*up* from what it has been.
The challenge didn't impose any restrictions, it was a call to the
worst offenders
(that would include you and me) to modify our behavior and see if the
tone of the group changed as a result. It did. I'm sorry to hear that
you prefer the previous atmosphere that prevailed here- but that's your
call to make and you are free to conduct yourself here as you see fit.
There are no "rules" here. Never have been. There are common courtesies
that most people will follow in order to promote the smoothest
conversational interaction- and then there will always be a group of
people who feel that their personal compulsion to express themselves
however they see fit trumps any general desire among the group for
civil discourse and rational polite discussion. If some people are
feeling "tense" or unduly restricted by the general group attitude
toward anti-social behavior, there is nothing and nobody who can or
will stop them from dumping load after load of crap into the NG as far
too many of us have done in the past.
You think? You don't see a difference in the type of posts, the tone of
the posts, an increase in the number of boating related posts? The
group is no better than it was in November? Interesting analysis.
Do you believe your admonition will moderate his behavior, Chuck? Does
he *ever* post about boats or boating? Do you really think he has the
capacity to ever 'get it'? The sad reality is that some are not here for
on-topic discussions. The cruising NG has found the right answer for
these mindless trolls...and that should be the goal for this forum.
Simple solutions are best, IMO.
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Skipper
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