What Forum Are For?

Discussion in 'Network Information, Suggestions and Feedback' started by GUMALANGI, Jun 27, 2005.

  1. GUMALANGI

    GUMALANGI Senior Member

    Seeing all the topics and posts in this Forum, noticed that some of members unable to accept other's opinion, and by any means necessary tried to imposed their taught into the rest, am not so sure in what is the rule is,.. however isn't it Forum is the place where we put our mind and opinion together and to see and compare, let it be you accept or not, at least we know there is another side of issue other than our own,....

    No doubt, fact has to be there, but then again,. there are plenty of facts that able to make people thinks otherwise, and on the top, every person has their own type of approach to every subject, and this add up to the complexity of opinions...

    I think it would be unfair to scrutinize certain individual(s) in abusive manner, should they have their way of thinking,... no matter how absurd it is,.. but hey,.. we're no fascist (are we?),.. let them happy with their opinion,.. and we are happy with ours...

    I strongly believe that this forum consists of matured state of mind individuals,.. and this one of the strong points of this fine forum,...

    Regards
     
  2. Wise1

    Wise1 There We Are Then

    On many occasions you will get disagreement, unfortunately that boils over into a bit of rage sometimes and we let our fingers do the talking, its part of forum life that you say much more when you type than if you were in a room of people.

    Our forum has done remarkably well in staying focused on discussion rather than argument still after 13,000 posts.

    Everyone should get their point across effectively and not rise to it when someone tries to drag them back in.
     
  3. angie999

    angie999 Very Senior Member

    I think we have previously all gone too far sometime or other and I agree with Lee about the dangers of letting your fingers do the talking.

    The board guidelines set the limits here. They are not meant to prevent people stating their opinions and in my opinion it is quite possible to strongly disagree with someone and clearly state why without breaking the rules. It just means that we all sometimes need to stop and think before posting and being as polite as we would expect to be face to face.
     
  4. Cheshire Yeomanry

    Cheshire Yeomanry Junior Member

    Forums are there to exchange idea's, voice opinion and to garner information.

    Forums by there nature allow us to 'say' what we want with relative anomosity and fear of reproach. Normaly social rules would keep us in check. In there place we have rules & guidelines which are self-governing. Unless well moderated any Forum can become a shouting cespit.

    One of the most frustrating aspects of any Forum is the lack of a conclusion to a thread. Many of us have had times where we have argued well to prove a point, yet its left hanging because very rarely a person admits there wrong, and they just say nothing in response
     
  5. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Originally posted by Cheshire Yeomanry@Jul 11 2005, 01:33 AM
    Forums are there to exchange idea's, voice opinion and to garner information.

    Forums by there nature allow us to 'say' what we want with relative anomosity and fear of reproach. Normaly social rules would keep us in check. In there place we have rules & guidelines which are self-governing. Unless well moderated any Forum can become a shouting cespit.

    One of the most frustrating aspects of any Forum is the lack of a conclusion to a thread. Many of us have had times where we have argued well to prove a point, yet its left hanging because very rarely a person admits there wrong, and they just say nothing in response
    [post=36311]Quoted post[/post]


    I agree.

    Participate - Have an opinion, ask a question, learn a little more and be prepared to admit that you have been a victim of "the truth" gone wrong over the past 65 or so years.

    (I include myself in this also)
     
  6. Kiwiwriter

    Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member

    The other points I would add would be:

    1. Don't be obnoxious.

    2. Don't make it personal.

    3. Don't be deliberately obnoxious for the purposes of gaining attention, like the little kid who yells out dirty words at the family dinner table.

    4. Show respect for others.
     
  7. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    I would agree with all of the above. I think that everyone should show respect to other posters and getting personal or trying to"push" an opinion onto others offers no positivity to the board as a whole. As regards acknowledging that someone else is right or wrong, I can recall a recent discussion between myself, Gumalangi and Friedrich H in which I posted that I enjoyed the discussion immensly even though a number of points were debated and refuted between us. I have found this place and the regular posters a veritable mine of info and in general there has been good discussions taking place.

    May it always continue in that vein.
     
  8. BrianP

    BrianP Member

    I am a member of about five message boards. As far as arguments on the boards go, compared to the others, this one is pretty tame.

    The guidleines Kiwiwriter listed above are good. I try to follow those on all the boards I am on, and have managed to stay out of trouble.

    If others on the board want to duke it out, fine...I just make sure I stay out of it.
     
  9. angie999

    angie999 Very Senior Member

    Originally posted by BrianP@Jul 11 2005, 04:10 PM
    I am a member of about five message boards. As far as arguments on the boards go, compared to the others, this one is pretty tame.
    [post=36371]Quoted post[/post]

    I agree - and as it happens I myself am tamer here than on some other boards.
     
  10. Kiwiwriter

    Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member

    I'm a court-certified expert on internet flame wars, having been the target of a huge one on The History Channel, as most folks here probably well know.

    In that case, I was accused of plagiarism, imposture, fomenting flame wars, was in a poll of the group's "most hated member," and even had my life threatened. It was about as much fun as root canal work.

    I finally took action against the beating I was taking there in clear, polite, but firm terms, and all the people who were abusing me either apologized profusely or wisely shut the heck up.

    I also helped take action against their local neo-Nazis, who didn't apologize, but did shut their lying faces.

    But I have seen the debates on that group and others on current events and other issues, with people screaming at each other. I cannot understand what they hope to achieve. And I am also sure that if these e-mail handles wre facing each other, they wouldn't dare use such dire terms.
     
  11. GUMALANGI

    GUMALANGI Senior Member

    One of the most frustrating aspects of any Forum is the lack of a conclusion to a thread. Many of us have had times where we have argued well to prove a point, yet its left hanging because very rarely a person admits there wrong, and they just say nothing in response

    I, too, guilty of charge. I happened to agree on some of other's opinions, however i thought as i found it that he/she is right, for me not necesary to pursue the matter,.. perhaps it is my culture,.. when silence means accordance.

    Regards
     

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