What sort of forum...

[freeztar]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

Or you could just be an asshole instead of making the situation better. I suppose that's always an option available to you...

Have you considered your own advice?

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by freeztar

Have you considered your own advice?

I am not charged with representing the site, and enforcing the rules in a manner which makes the experience of contributors here more enjoyable.
I am not charged with helping discussion threads move forward productively and moderating the contributions to them so threads remain positive and on-track.
I am not charged with being even handed and consistent in my approach to members.
I am not charged with making Hypography a place to which people wish to return.

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Not to mention the fact that I'm not the person who just offended a member, and caused a relatively bright contributor to have no further desire to participate here... Then, on top of it... instead of manning up and apologizing... offering an olive branch... instead of trying to mend fences... Bill made yet another post with the same tone and of the same condescending nature... demonstrating with abundant clarity just how little the experience of others here matters to him, and how little he cares about the perceptions of those who contribute here, their desire to engage in serious discussions, and how unimportant it is to him to try keeping threads on topic. Bill did that... not me.
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However, despite the fact that I am merely a regular member here, not someone entrusted to staff the site, the answer to your question is, yes. I've frequently considered my own advice, both of my own accord and also at the request of site staff, but often the cost/benefit analysis makes clear that sometimes a sincere comment which is both authentic and valid is worth sharing a bit bluntly to get ones point across.

[freeztar]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

I am not charged with representing the site, and enforcing the rules in a manner which makes the experience of contributors here more enjoyable.
I am not charged with helping discussion threads move forward productively and moderating the contributions to them so threads remain positive and on-track.
I am not charged with being even handed and consistent in my approach to members.
I am not charged with making Hypography a place to which people wish to return.

This much is obvious.

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Not to mention the fact that I'm not the person who just offended a member, and caused a relatively bright contributor to have no further desire to participate here... Then, on top of it... instead of manning up and apologizing... offering an olive branch... instead of trying to mend fences... Bill made yet another post with the same tone and of the same condescending nature... demonstrating with abundant clarity just how little the experience of others here matters to him, and how little he cares about the perceptions of those who contribute here, their desire to engage in serious discussions, and how unimportant it is to him to try keeping threads on topic. Bill did that... not me.
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Right.

However, despite the fact that I am merely a regular member here, not someone entrusted to staff the site, the answer to your question is, yes. I've frequently considered my own advice, both of my own accord and also at the request of site staff, but often the cost/benefit analysis makes clear that sometimes a sincere comment which is both authentic and valid is worth sharing a bit bluntly to get ones point across.

An authentic and valid point requires nothing of bluntness, but I wouldn't discount insecurity.

[Boerseun]

Oh, come on, guys. This thread was clearly started due to a misunderstanding. Why the need for this continuous bitching?

Bill, INow, I propose the following:

Each of you give us your co-ordinates. We will map it, and we will give you the co-ordinates for a nasty bar with a big alleyway in the back that is as close as possible to the exact midpoint between your points of origin.

We will set a date.

We will set a time.

You both arrive, get in the bar, and drink until you've either came to an amicable agreement or not, in which case the operation is moved to said alleyway in the back, where you will proceed to whack the living snot out of each other until there is only one man standing. All weapons are allowable, if cleared with the referee first.

So - until we've got your co-ordinates and organized the first Hypo Smackdown, please keep this unnecessary bitching out of the forums. Or keep it at PM level, at least. It serves absolutely no purpose.