Why are people on message boards so NASTY?

Why are people on message boards so NASTY? Mar 2, 2017 21:14:33 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2017 21:14:33 GMT

Mar 2, 2017 21:11:59 GMT naterdawg said:

Mar 2, 2017 20:15:36 GMT @gottaluvafriend said:

Overall, this board is different. The politics area is much the same, including politics seeming to want to migrate from forum to forum, I mean from threads in one area to those in another. Some members seem to think the entire board is a politics board and they cannot not bash Trump.

Oops, here we go.

It's a shame for any message board when a newcomer is treated rudely. What's worked in the past, on a message board I've been familiar with, is in such a case that current members then set the rude person straight. Because a message board should always welcome new members, not repel them. Members of a message board should repel its rude members. One of my pet peeves is always a rude member treating a newbie rudely.

Yes, it's great when another poster comes to your defense...but when I signed up here, "Silent Siren" was already a big dog on the block, with posts just kissing the magical 500 mark. She had more posts that the administrators! So, she was shown a certain deference by other members. But with me, I irked her, and she turned both barrels on me, firing continuously. Only when someone else joined in (who shall remain nameless, but he's still on the board) did I actually complain to an administrator. I didn't want the woman removed, I just wanted her to tone it down. Instead, she left!

She must have been a coward and a bully. Cowards and bullies stand down when stood up to.