ExiledTyrant
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Joined: 12/9/2013 From: Exiled Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: VideoAdminChi Some people complain that we coddle new posters too much and some people complain that regulars are too mean. Staff does enforce a welcoming and constructive attitude in the Introduce Yourself forum. We don't want to chase new posters away but we don't want to coddle them either. Please share your thoughts. I don't think coddling new posters is necessary. I've been on CM off and on for a very long time, and I've seen the same crap over and over again with posters that's stuck it out for long enough to fall I to this clique or that clique. They always get testy, pissy, bitchy, and rude because they feel their longevity has ascended them into divinity. They too often loose sight of the fact that once upon a time they were the N00b looking for answers and stumbling through here, getting smacked by the generation that gained longevity before them. It seems like a hazing nightmare, where this clique or that clique has an etiquette that is a given and anyone who dare violate the etiquette thou shalt be cast into oblivion and shunned by thy holiest of cliques. That elitist bull shit is the problem. Aside from personal attacks, interaction is interaction and that is what we are here for. This is a world wide network and the grammar nazis keep the rest of the world at bay through ignorance. English may be your first language, and that's lovely for you, keep it to yourself. Everyone is here to foster a relationship, in one way or the other, and the key to any relationship is the ability to relate. Our ability to relate doesn't come from I after e except after c or on mickamuss Tuesday. It comes from communication. I've seen some pretty atrocious posts, where the grammar nazis marched in with their torches, and the only thing they succeeded in doing was scaring someone with a disability or ESL off the board. It's always been easy for me to ask for clarification on a post... Seems the right thing for me, and helps bring someone deeper into the boards, and deeper into understanding wiitwd so they can figure out wiittd. As for anyone packing around a formulae of etiquette, seek professional help. Your etiquette isn't needed here, neither are your attacks. Again, it is a world wide network and no one wants your memo. Keep the etiquette on the other side, and if you don't want me calling you babe, don't fricken talk to me. Rest assured, you will never get mail on the other side from me calling you babe... On ur jeez bithc, is highly likely, but not babe. YMMV Exiled
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Gnothi Seauton To lead, first follow: Aurelius, Epictetus, Descartes, Sun Tzu, to name a few. Semper fidelis (which sometimes feels like a burden)
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