Without knowing any facts? I'd say watching a pattern of behavior for a decade or more, reading most and sometimes all of the threads, comparing notes with other archive participants, etc., etc., qualifies me to have an opinion on the subject.
I've expressed that opinion tonight and otherwise, though it sounds like it didn't get through. It's not the actions I necessarily find objectionable (though on many occasions I certainly have found them so), it's the tenor of communication and the heavy dose of attitude that comes with it that I find so off-putting.
As far as your other snarky comment, we all choose who we associate with and in which manner based on how they act. That's not letting other people run your life, it's making a choice about how much of a particular set of behaviors, good or bad, you want to be around and how much you can tolerate. We can wish things were different, but given the facts on the ground, reasonable people adjust their choices accordingly. People vote with their feet all the time.
I've made my feelings on the subject known, and I don't believe I'm the only one who feels this way. You guys can take that for what it's worth. I continue to hope that things will change, but until they do it's going to impact whether people want to participate.
kristoff wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:15 pm
A bit judgmental here, aren't we, without knowing any facts? If you want to suit your behavior and actions on what other people do (or don't), that's on you. Let other folks run your life....
