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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 2683574" data-attributes="member: 426">Henry, I concur with your analysis of the problem.  Perhaps it might be a good idea to put your remarks or something like it in the Rules post.I have noticed a tendency of some posters to respond to some industry professionals with more than healthy skepticism.  It is one thing to ask for proof of a claim, and another to state or imply that someone is a corporate shill.  I think we have to give other posters -- whether they are new members or industry representatives the respect that we would ask for ourselves.  Do industry representatives have their own agendas and opinions?   Yes, but most of us have our own opinions and want to see various things from these boards and different companies.  However, I think we can still be civil while evaluating a claim from someone who posts on the boards.It seems that we are having a rash of rudeness on the boards of late.  Maybe it is me, but it seems that we are seeing more closed threads.  I don't want people to feel uncomfortable about posting here.  The whole concept of these boards is to discuss a hobby that we love and related matters.  So, I think that keeping a civil atmosphere helps keep discussions on track.  Perhaps a good rule for posters here is to be considerate of each other.   I try NOT to say anything to others that I would not want anyone to say about me.  It doesn't matter if a poster is a company president or someone who has just started gaming.  There is still another human being looking at a thread, who might be hurt by someone else's comments.  I think we have to also assume that when a person makes a statement that can be misinterpreted the best thing is to politely ask for some clarification.  (I have taken a few statistics courses, and I realize it is very easy to make any number of mistakes. Or to use a quote from Mark Twain that gets some laughs from some statistics professors I have known -- "There are lies, there are damn lies, and then there are statistics." )  MerricB, don't let this upset you too much.  I doubt that there is a way to please everyone on the boards.  Some people may have issues with different companies and personalities.  I have seen the character of some people on these boards attacked in the past.  It seems that instead of shedding light on subjects that we are interested in, personal attacks and hostility to fellow posters leads to anger, frustration, and closed threads.  While I respect our moderators, I don't envy their jobs.  I appreciate the efforts, and hope that we can maybe shed more light and less heat on the thigns we talk about on the boards.  (Perhaps we can discuss a few ways to tone down some of the disagreements.  As a long time member of the boards, I don't want anyone who posts at EN World to feel uncomfortable about posting here.)</blockquote>

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