Increasing Animosity?

[William Ronald]

Is it me, or does it seem there is a bit more tension in the threads at EN World of late? It seems that the moderators (who are doing a GREAT job, by the way) seem to be spending more time trying to get people to stop personal attacks on each other.

I love a good debate, but I see no reason for it to become personal. Sadly, I see this happening more often, and it is making EN World a little less enjoyable for me. It is possible to disagree with someone without being disagreeable.

 

[Mark]

Peace, Love and Understanding (and the Chicago Gameday #3) should help to curb that sort of ill-will...

 

[William Ronald]

Much more name calling, and Will may get ill. Of course my attempting to sing anything by Elvis Costello (or anyone else) may make people ill.

Mark, I will double check my schedule later and get back to you on the EN World Chicago Gameday. (I think I should be able to make it.)

I am just a little tired of people calling each other "morons." While I do disagree with people every now and then, I try to treat them with respect.

 

[Heretic Apostate]

There's always the "Ignore" option.

 

[Morrus]

I htink it just comes and goes in waves. You get a couple of months of bickering, then a couple of months when it'll be more quiet. The nature of the internet, I'm afraid - constantly in flux.

 

[Piratecat]

Nah. Same as normal, I think; less than normal, if anything. You may just be noticing it in threads that the moderators haven't seen yet.

When problems arise, drop a moderator a line (or click on the Notify Moderators button). Insults aren't cool, and there's no need to stand for them on a board where we actually tend to like the other members.

 

[Krug]

Seems the same friendly place as before.. maybe after The Book of Vile Darkness comes out we'll see more backstabbing.

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Salutatons,

I have not noticed any change in tone from any other time, but I have noticed a lot of new people I have not noticed before are posting now.

When my tongue grows a little acerbic, I try to apologize in the forum or (as I did this morning) in email if the topic is locked.

It is best to keep the peace then protect my pride. heh

FD

 

[Henry]

Only a moron like you would notice something like this!



Just kidding! Seriously, I think like Morrus said, we're in one of the "troughs" right now. The flow may SEEM like we have more acerbic posters, but the truth is probably that it's mostly different posters at different times. Everything from bad days, personal issues, to late gaming product releases can set people off.

 

[Darkness]

I currently get around 1 e-mail complaint per day, on the average. Which is a bit more than in the last few months.

/me goes and checks his mailbox.

There - another one...

/me goes to check the thread out.

Heh. nemm already took care of it!