Hostility on forums.....

Originally Posted by Pedro68

Who asked your opinion?! Did we ask you to come in here?!
Only kidding Laura
How's the leg now? and any news from your insurers?

p.s. sorry for the slight derail here

go play with the traffic

Im still plastered, hosp next week and have a look in sv talk sec for update on bike/insurance.

Originally Posted by Paws

go play with the traffic

Every morning ... every morning

Originally Posted by Paws

Im still plastered, hosp next week and have a look in sv talk sec for update on bike/insurance.

I would do, but I'm finishing work now and can't be ar$ed
I'll have a look later on tho

Cheers,
Pete

Okay. I thought this thread was to do with hospitality...

My bad...

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Jdubya

hospitality...

Anybody want a brew?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Anybody want a brew?

I think you took a wrong turning fella, Mega Thrad is second on the left.

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

I think you took a wrong turning fella, Mega Thrad is second on the left.

And what do you know?! Do I look like I care?!

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

I am a complete disgrace to humanity. Think yourself lucky that your only contact with me is via an internet forum.

+1

im sub human scum

fact.

i really think i should have hyphenated sub human.....

twice.

the forums are quite a friendly place and i think all that contribute mean well but maybe its the way questions and answers are put into text that make some people think that others are having a cow when really they mean well.

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Is there a sarcasm smiley?

Shouldn't that be a sarcasmley?

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

From reading various posts recently, I sometimes note a lot of hostility and awkwardness on the forums.

Do other people ever get this feeling? Sometimes its really awkward and it makes you think 'blimey are they like that in real life or just on the internet where personality and the manner in which things are put across don’t always come across right?'

Personally I would hate for people to think I was an **** (bum) and therefore not want to ever attend a group ride out, or likewise think errrr I hope he doesn’t come along to our ride out.

When I first signed up the forums seemed pretty damn friendly, but recently sitting back watching topics escalate into full blown arguments have been finding it more hostile, to the point where I have been trying to avoid posting in certain topics to avoid getting on any ones wrong side or thinking badly of me.

Does anyone else find this?

And if anyone does think I'm an **** (bum again), I'm genuinely not and apologies for anything i say coming across that way.

Agreed. The forum has recently seemed to be a place for people to vent their frustrations.

Its hard to stay cool sometimes when someone writes something that you either disagree with or makes no sense, however thats where the mods can step in to keep the peace.

I've had a few 'heated' conversations on here but when I met the varoius members at AE07 or at a reigional meet my opinion of them changed. They cam across so much friendlier in real life.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I've found that everybody I've met in real life, have been really decent people and great company on rideouts etc. I find that things that happen on the forum stay on the forum and if I've had a disagreement on the forum that it doesnt continue in real life or when you meet somebody face to face.

Those heated / hostile debates are part of what makes the forum tick, debating / discussing things that sometimes get a bit heated is all good and theres not many forums IMHO that we'd get away with some of the threads that we do. Idle banters just like a pub really, you have to think of it as a group of mates all having a natter / debate / rant over a pint or two, it gets heated but nobody actually falls out over it.

World would be boring if everybody got on and everybody agreed all the time, sometimes by reading those heated threads I learn stuff, if I dont learn anything or I dont agree well it gives you an insight into the world at large and how people think and why they think like they do.

Also agreed. It would be a sad day if no-one was allowed to have an opinion that differed from someone else.