My Bethberry, you have put quite some thinking into that last post haven't you. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
An excellent question you bring up Estelyn Telcontar and many valid points by all. I would like to also add my two pieces of mithril and will apologize ahead of time if I offend, but I will speak bluntly, but respectfully.
The "I-want-the-most-posts-out-of-everyone-on-the-board" citizens are present on every single board out there. They just are, and you can't help this. They post irrelevant, remedial, and annoying short posts that do nothing but insult the intelligence and time of the creater of a well thought out thread topic, and ruin the thread and ultimaely, the board in my opinion. Perhaps it is based on the superiority complex that is built into everyone's psycie, it shows more in some than others.
For some reason unbeknown to me, certain citizens believe that having the most posts under their belt makes them superior in some way to the other citizens, and in reality, is a childish endeavor. It's like saying "Ha ha, I have more of this than you". This really serves no purpose, post count, other than tell others how busy you are posting on the board. For those that look at post counts when making initial decisions on the person, and we all do this, this may effect what kind of response said person recieves.
In the end, it all comes down to the freedom to post whatever and wherever so long as it does not offend or insult. Citizens have this right, and some abuse it. Bottom line, and I've learned this now, we have to try to tolerate until it becomes an extremely disturbing annoyance for the board and its citizens. This is hard to do, and I myself find it extremely difficult to stop myself from posting a flaming reply to such posts. But for the sake of civility and good taste, I stop my hand.
I'm glad you brought this up, and perhaps it will change some minds.
[ July 26, 2002: Message edited by: Orofacion of the Vanyar ]
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