I've notice lately an increasing amount of "hostile" posts

[ReigntheGamer]

You want some hostility follow me over to these here gaming forums, and then we can have a long chat about hostility. I haven't seen anyone here threaten to kill someone's goldfish and then set their house on fire cause they were wall hacking or aim botting.

We're good.

 

[NOVA jon]

I got an Xbox a few years ago, I know, a little late to the game, and thought it would be fun to try my hand at some call of duty.

I can still remember the 12 year olds just screaming things at me that no human should say to another. Mind you I'm in my late 40's at that time, how does that happen..........

 

[ReigntheGamer]

I got an Xbox a few years ago, I know, a little late to the game, and thought it would be fun to try my hand at some call of duty.

I can still remember the 12 year olds just screaming things at me that no human should say to another. Mind you I'm in my late 40's at that time, how does that happen..........

I 'd only because I'm 38 and yes the COD kids would make Richard Pryor blush.

 

[puddinman]

I participate in several forums and I will say that this one is probably the friendliest and least troll visited I've been on. Hey, it's the Internet. Any open public forum will have some degree of jerkery.

 

[Baditude]

I got an Xbox a few years ago, I know, a little late to the game, and thought it would be fun to try my hand at some call of duty.

I can still remember the 12 year olds just screaming things at me that no human should say to another. Mind you I'm in my late 40's at that time, how does that happen..........

I played in an online football league on Xbox Live... maybe a few years ago. The kids there weren't too bad in the league because they had to adhere to strict league rules, but pickup games were a holy terror.

Granted I was in my early fifties when this occurred. I played one game of Halo online and that was the last. The kids were horribly rude.

 

[ReigntheGamer]

Google WOW account cancleled, max hostility.

 

[Steamix]

Nuthin wrong with colored text ...

In fact most politicians claim that heir greatest and most rational and sensible thoughts are always penned in white letters - on a white background

 

[Steamix]

I got an Xbox a few years ago, I know, a little late to the game, and thought it would be fun to try my hand at some call of duty.

I can still remember the 12 year olds just screaming things at me that no human should say to another. Mind you I'm in my late 40's at that time, how does that happen..........

Xbox ? .... Ne'er heard o'it . What kind of batteries? VV ? VW ? ego or 510 thread ?

 

[Rocketpunk]

I haven't been back to the World of Warcraft General Forum any time recently, but that place was as close to 4chan evil as I care to step to.

 

[SleeZy]

I haven't been back to the World of Warcraft General Forum any time recently, but that place was as close to 4chan evil as I care to step to.

Yea the WoW community is almost worse than Dota/LoL/CoD community.
Glad i quit that game years ago. I do however play some vanilla occasionally on a server with 10k pop
Not sure if i can mention where as it might count as commercial so i skip that part.

 

[WharfRat1976]

When I first started vaping and found the ECF community I was thrilled to find a group of like minded individuals that were extremely helpful and kind. There were quite a few members who went out of their way to help and answer questions and guide me on my first vaping experiences. I loved reading the forums to glean more knowledge of vaping and make it a more enjoyable experience. I still love this forum and try to visit daily and help answer questions and impart some of my vaping experience to try and help others. I also enjoy interacting on some of the other social threads.

However, all this being said I've started to notice an increasing amount of posts and replies by some members that I perceive as hostile or just down right mean. For instance, a recent thread was created and the OP was having some issues. I will admit the post was a bit odd and the answers seemed simple to the more experienced among us. I was shocked at some of the responses to the OP such as, and I'm paraphrasing, "Maybe vaping isn't for you and you should just smoke cigarettes because that's more simpler." There were other replies similar to this in nature and I was amazed that members of our community could be so purposely callous. When I jumped to the OP's defense, I was then a target for some really mean replies. The excuse that some members used was that they've had similar posts by the OP before that were "dumb" or "over reacting" to whatever the post was about. After re-reading the thread and some others by the OP, I gather that the OP may be genuine in their concerns and maybe "over simplifying" or "over reacting". Or the OP has a hard time putting in words what they are trying to say. Or the OP may just be a troll that likes to stir the pot. Not knowing the OP personally I can't give a definitive answer to my observations, but no matter what the case is, some of the replies were definitely uncalled for.

This is just one example of a few threads I've come across where someone has replied to another member with a scathing or mean remark. Yes I understand that some of us have bad days, but WOW! To go off on someone for making a seemingly innocent remark or statement I just don't understand. Some of the replies are starting to give some of the threads a "Facebook, Twitter, etc..." type feel where flaming another person seems to be the norm. I will be the first to admit that I've read a few OP's and replies where I've sat back in my chair and said out loud, "REALLY? or WTH?" or something to that effect. However, I would never reply like some of the those that I have seen.

I'm not on my soapbox or high horse here, which I'm sure some of you are thinking. I'm just taken aback by the increasing number of "hostile" replies. I'm not calling anyone out or saying the moderators are doing a bad job. I know moderating a forum is huge task and following each response on each thread of a forum this size is a massive undertaking. So what I am suggesting is this; the members of ECF should be a bit more proactive when it comes to someone making hostile statements or otherwise "trolling". We should do a bit more "self policing" by reporting mean posts to our moderators. I'm not suggesting you report everything that hints of hostility, but use good judgement when it comes to a post and deciding if the reply was just meant in good fun or kidding the other poster.

I know there is a fine line when it comes to the written word. Meaning and intent can be interpreted very differently on how something is phrased. There are no visual clues such as facial expressions, nor sound clues such as voice inflection. Being an English teacher I understand how difficult interpretation of the written word can be. Also I've had to moderate student forums and they can get real testy sometimes when someone's opinion is "challenged" or a perceived slight to their post.

Basically what I'm humbly requesting is this, before replying on a thread to a previous poster or OP, think about your response after reading the post carefully. Try to take into account what that member has said and try to take it for what it is worth, not what you may read into it. Take some time before responding to a "poorly stated" question or answer, some have to be taken with a grain of salt. Also, if you are extremely knowledgeable on the a subject in a particular thread, take into account that an OP or other poster may not be. One thing I've always told all my students, "There is no such thing as a dumb question. It's senseless in NOT asking a question that you really need to know the answer to in order to succeed in your endeavor."

Humbly subimitted to the ECF community,
DoctorJ

 

[Bad Ninja]

I participate in several forums and I will say that this one is probably the friendliest and least troll visited I've been on. Hey, it's the Internet. Any open public forum will have some degree of jerkery.

Agree 100%.
This is by far the most tame and friendly forum I visit.

I visit a few trade forums, some hobby sites, and they make this place feel like a bubble gum pop song.

Anytime you group passionate enthusiasts, discussing a topic they love you will get some friction.
Opinions vary. Humans have ego.
The trick is to be polite, and somewhat professional.

All that said, nothing EVER gets done without someone kicking up a little dust.
Never hamper intelligent discussion and progress with semantics and political correctness, it only promotes ignorance.

 

[KTMRider]

Agree 100%.
This is by far the most tame and friendly forum I visit.

I visit a few trade forums, some hobby sites, and they make this place feel like a bubble gum pop song.

Anytime you group passionate enthusiasts, discussing a topic they love you will get some friction.
Opinions vary. Humans have ego.
The trick is to be polite, and somewhat professional.

All that said, nothing EVER gets done without someone kicking up a little dust.
Never hamper intelligent discussion and progress with semantics and political correctness, it only promotes ignorance.

I'm a professional vaper so...

Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk

 

[roxynoodle]

This is true. No one has threatened the green parrot (though you'd have to get past me first. I'm small, but mean).

Go to the MX track. The 12 year olds think they're the next James Stewart. They don't care that its a practice track, and you're a woman in your 40s having fun. They try to run you off the track and maim you.

 

[Caro123]

i haven't been on any other forum so it is hard to judge, I was a little creeped out by a China bashing statement, and a few times it seems a few posters have gotten their dander up but quite frankly it seems that 90 % of the time it is very helpful and quite civilized place.

I personally do believe there are a few "false posts" that appear to have an agenda designed especially to pit one group against another but of course I don't know that for sure.

I have occasionally wished I could just as easily click "crappola" as I can click "like" but perhaps that is just me backing away from controversy
I have seen the clock it was kind of funny and sometimes folks get passionate ( I know I can) about a specific issue I just wish a few of you folks could come have a vape gathering around the bbq in my backyard

 

[juggler86]

Ive never seen any hostile post here, then again this is the most conservitive forum I belong to.

Ive seen people being rude, but nothing Id call hostile. Hell I got a warning for being rude once and IMO it was nothing. Point being if people are being aggresive and rude, they wont last long.

 

[WharfRat1976]

Anytime you group passionate enthusiasts, discussing a topic they love you will get some friction.
Opinions vary. Humans have ego.
The trick is to be polite, and somewhat professional.

All that said, nothing EVER gets done without someone kicking up a little dust.
Never hamper intelligent discussion and progress with semantics and political correctness, it only promotes ignorance.

What a great comment. Yea the semantics and PC always start with someone that's been "offended" somehow. These "offended" people are really the offenders. They are just addicted to being offended all the time and that's their attempt at controlling the conversation. They get a weird strange RUSH out of being offended. They frequently start conversations out with "Is it just me, or......." they make claims with words like that's racist, that's sexist that's hostile and all they are doing is trying to censor the conversation under the guise of....I've been offended. This is the new hyper sensitive America and all its offended denizens. It's comical.

 

[ReigntheGamer]

What a great comment. Yea the semantics and PC always start with someone that's been "offended" somehow. These "offended" people are really the offenders. They are just addicted to being offended all the time and that's their attempt at controlling the conversation. They get a weird strange RUSH out of being offended. They frequently start conversations out with "Is it just me, or......." they make claims with words like that's racist, that's sexist that's hostile and all they are doing is trying to censor the conversation under the guise of....I've been offended. This is the new hyper sensitive America and all its offended denizens. It's comical.

That's profiling, and profiling is wrong.

 

[Alien Traveler]

Too syrupy forum is a really bad forum. Let's not to overdo.

 

[NOVA jon]

Too syrupy forum is a really bad forum. Let's not to overdo.

I mean really, I love you guys.....