Author: Don Dailey
Date: 12:12:19 08/14/98
I would like to appeal to the membership to be a little more civil with each other. There is a certain kind of post that is technically allowed on the group, but is not desirable. For instance you can get away with just about anything short of a direct personal attack. It starts with an argument over some trivial issue, but does not end after 2 or 3 posts. Instead it will escalate until 20, 30 or more posts have bounced back and forth between these two. I'm not pointing the finger at any particular individual, it has happened to many of us (including myself.) What usually happens is that at some point, someone loses their cool and ends up attacking someone else causing hard feelings. And you can see it comming well in advance. If you take the time to look at these posts (I doubt many do) you will see the very same points being presented over and over and over again. But I would like to mention that many of us take pride in the fact that this group is different than R.G.C.C. But when I page through the index and see a single subject dominating the board, usually with only 2 individuals posting, it makes me feel bad because I think the general quality of the group goes way down when this happens. I imagine a new user comming along and seeing these posts as his first introduction to the group. One thing we should keep in mind is that once you have posted something, there is a PERMANENT record that anyone can refer to even weeks, months or years later. Please think about this the next time you decide that you have an obligation to rip someone apart on a public newsgroup. There are a few posts I have made myself that I would like to take back, but now they are there forever perhaps to embarass me at a later date. With the vast majority of our members there is no problem. Most of the few who do this simply get caught up in it and are not bad people, I am just hoping to appeal to common sense and ask everyone involved (or who will be involved sooner or later) to try to keep a cool head and be considerate to EVERYONE in the group by not subjecting them to this petty bickering. As one of the moderators I make this appeal to all of us. I only ask that we treat each with some kindness and compassion. - Don
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