2009/3/16 Roland Smeenk <osgfo...@tevs.eu> > You mean forum posts like this??? >
We'll at least you have a name that others can get an idea of who you are... Most forum users don't to seem to have any human readable user name at all, and don't both to sign their names. Email/forum messages really aren't much different than other written forms of communication, it's basic courtesy to actually sign what your write to other people and really helps make written exchanges more civil. It's a sad fact that electronic community can lead to people becoming so lazy that even basic courtesy is ignored, they might not mean to be rude but without any attempt at communication at personal level is really hard sometimes not to read into some posts that posts the author simply being a self-centered and rude. I raise this as an issue because with electronic communication unproductive flame feast can easily erupt, it only takes one or two posts to come across in an aggressive tone for replies to descend to the same level and so the spiral of community descends. If we can avoid the communication getting impersonal in the first place then we stand a better chance of keeping communication positive. Sure there will always be some posters that some of the time will be genuinely rude just because they are that type of person, or a normally good natured person at the wrong time of day, this is part of life, none of us are perfect. You want these posts to stand out like a sore thumb, the exceptions to the daily grind of life. If most posts start sounding like the author is not making any effort to be civil then it's hard to keep general good natured tone up. Robert.
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