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Do posters intend to hurt the feelings of other members?
It is usually the case that members engage in spirited, often passionate, discussions in threads. That’s normal. Regrettably, often those discussions veer off the tracks, where members are offended or genuinely have their feelings hurt by the content of others’ post(s).
Do posters intend to hurt the feelings of other members? Your thoughts?
Do posters intend to hurt the feelings of other members? Your thoughts?
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I didn’t criticize anyone for using “triggered.” I know what folks mean when they use that term. I simply related a discussion about using formal English I had with my son on the way to hockey practice. It’s easy enough to figure out how long one has been on line, at least here. So I responded in kind to the sarcasm. Tit for tat. No harm, no foul. |
sorry. I was in a hurry. had to go shopping and my ride was here. . and ’subdle’ is such a hard word to spell anyhow. The Military showed me some ways to cope with most anything. Learn, adapt, then overcome. and…. Don’t sweat the small stuff. it escapes me from time to time, that I am able to just ignore things rather than get upset with, or by them. an old saying goes: The odds around here are pretty good that the goods are pretty odd. the key is to let other people be other people, regardless. don’t care for their thoughts? move on. or just forget about them. AS I said, and other’s here have pointed to, sometimes posts are taken far to litteraly, out of context, or a post was done in haste and not fully developed so their meaning was clear enough. I’m very guilty of this lack of congruity now and then. I know what I mean… so then everyone else should too. true too, as with reviews, take everything written here with a large grain of salt. those in the ‘know’ will be quite evident they are trying to be helpful sooner than later. that’s all. ignore and press on. it separates the ‘wheat from the chaff’, so to speak. the ‘wild and wooly dark web mandates those who interact therein, grow thicker skins. it does not however remove accountability for untoward or cruel behaviors. subdle or otherwise. lol |
@celander ...just how long have you been online? @mental How long have I been here? That you need to ask means that you can’t figure that out on your own? Seriously?Wow! This just typifies the problem with written communications such as emails and blog posts - devoid of all the subtle and not so subtle verbal clues that a real conversation has. When I read Mental's "how long" post, I took it as a jest because of the added "*chuckles." I also believe that Millercarbon was trying to be funny with his "triggered" comment. BTW, I don't like the term "triggered" either but for completely different reasons. I do, however, understand the humor in his comment. When I post or write and email, I always try to proofread (a lost art I'm afraid) what I wrote from the standpoint of the person reading it to see if it might be misconstrued (and to see if I've made any embarrassing typos). That said, I think it's constructive to not always assume that a seemingly hurtful post was meant that way BECAUSE of how easy it is to misinterpret a comment. On the other hand, I DO see an awful lot of comments that are intentionally hurtful and it makes me sad (and I second what Gdnrbob said about the state of this country). |
The Internet can be a strange place. I like to assume the best of people and in most cases, I think writing for posting on a chat board tends to be clinical sounding even if that isn’t the intention. Most of the time, people are dashing off a response which can seem brusque. Trolling has been commonplace since I first started using the (bulletin) boards, back in the mid-’90s. There were people with some pretty aggressive personas who, in person, were meek individuals. I find myself spending far more time than I like on the Internet and I am only on line when I’m home in front of a laptop. (I don’t post from my phone or even surf from a handheld when I’m out and about). Even so, there is an aspect to being on the Internet that is addicting-- and I think we are all worse off for it, despite the value of being able to access vast amounts of information remotely. |
The thread is intended to shunt posts of similar ilk from the following thread: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/the-science-of-cables?page=9 |
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I don’t think it is the primary aim of anyone to obviously or even subtley, to denegrate another. anywhere. at anytime. however, people tend to post online as though they are a different animal now and then. as while online, normal social constraints are disolved, invisible, or just ignored. I mentioned to another person here recently, and privately, I am old school. I speak to whomever as if they were sitting across the table from me. regardless, online, on the phone, mail, text, or email. Audiogon has expanded thru the years with its membership and as such it emcompasses a multitude of cultures and social demographics as such demonstrating respect and common courtesy should be key in any debgate, discussion, or argument, but once more, people without apparent boundaries can become devoid of social ettiquites and protocols. lastly, the emotive content is vacant in our posts. only the bare lines of words are displayed. without the emmotive or expressive feedback sometimes things are not well received. say what you mean. mean what you say. don’t say it mean. be well, jim |
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There are quite a few here (earth) who tend to make absolute statements. "Brand X sux" or "it is stupid to do it that way". Sometimes these are knowledgeable people. But I think they respond this way to make themselves feel good or seem more knowledgeable than they are. They often couch this sort of behavior in the idea that they are "straight shooters" or they they are "frank" or that they "don't suffer fools". Usually it means that they just don't have any tact or regard for others. Most of us have let ourselves respond in ways that we shouldn't so I'm not throwing stones. Just saying. And then there are the trolls. They are here (earth) to disrupt and insult. In my experience this is a universal problem on earth that is magnified by the internet. Audiogon seems slightly worse than a lot of other sites I frequent. I don't know why. I had to step away from Audiogon for a while for this reason (and my tendency to get drawn into the pig wrestling). Now I try to avoid any threads about contentious subjects altogether.....except for this one. |
And just this morning, I lectured my 9 y/o not to use terms like “triggered,” as such terms are not commonly used, let alone accepted as representing a universal meaning. If you mean “angered,” then simply use that term. 🙄 @mental How long have I been here? That you need to ask means that you can’t figure that out on your own? Seriously? |
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