Behavior In The Forums

[Nick Tselepides 1]

Having been around most of these forum a bit, and in some more elsewhere, I do sympathize with problems the moderators meet from the members. I noted in one thread what they said--that some of the bad-quality stuff comes from immature adolescents. That is probably true. However, the bad symptoms I often see are due to:

 

1. Egoistic bragging of "fighter jock types", for no sound reason and without real basis, and in any subject.

 

2. "Know-alls" trying to outsmart others or show they know more. There have been notable instances where these guys exposed their ignorance and even admitted it further down the thread, falling into the trap of"smartness" they had set themselves. This has been very funny indeed to read at times.

 

3. A certain class of people who cannot even write proper English, or deem it unnecessary to do so, or perhaps do not bother as they are in haste to say something. They end up often by not managing to say anything legible or worth anything. This is a matter of keeping the standard of language high and therefore raising the quality of the forum as well. It is connected with culture and as such may have complex reasons behind it, social mainly, but others as well.

 

4. Nasty behavior towards other members, aggressiveness, and rudeness--sometimes one wonders if such behavers come to the forums to heal their hidden complexes or nurture them further.They behave with minimum decorum and maximum abuse towards others and sometimes succeed in drawing or tricking others into the trap of following their tracks and behaving like them--it does not take long to start a fight among men...I have developed a healthy defense mechanism for this--I just ignore their teases totally and this very quickly deflates the situation with a thud or a whoosh that a balloon makes when its punctured. A sign of the thud is the fact threat they will not add more replies to the thread of the controversial matter.

 

Now moderators have to put up with all this, and so do particpants and members who have to slog through it and suffer it. They need our support and our better behavior as well to make the posts useful for all of us and the forums a better and more pleasant place....