[wp-forums] Tone

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Ya know .. it would be especially nice if items that were tagged with
modlook got looked at occassionally.

Unless someone is waiting for me to reply to this?

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/133635?replies=6


I really enjoy being a cunt on a public forum.



On 9/7/07, spencerp <spencerp1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Les Bessant wrote:
> > Still here, just not spending as much time on the forums as I once did...
> >
> > I can see some of what I would call rudeness, though more of it from people
> > not getting the answers they want to hear rather than from people answering
> > questions. I can also see some *cough* robust responses from some people,
> > which might be taken as "rude" by some people.
> >
>
> I agree. This has been going on for some time now.
>
> > But more of it looks like people reading "tone" into plain text, which has
> > as much to do with the reader's frame of mind (or their grasp of English
> > sometimes) than any intent on the part of the writer of the text.
> >
>
> I agree with this as well. Heck, it's been said numerous of times, even
> before I was made a moderator before. Everyone interprets plain text
> differently. And most on the forums has their own way or understanding
> of "English" too. Some of us are guilty of throwing in sarcasm and chat
> into our responses, and that should stop as well. Need to focus on the
> answers only. Short and to the point type of answers are the best. Well,
> usually. ;) :P
>
> > I like the suggestion of removing rude remarks, though. It might encourage
> > people to think before they post...
> >
>
> Wasn't this a Rule from way back? Haven't the mods been enforcing the
> Rules? :P
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/68664?replies=6
> Section B, numbers 3, 4, and 5.
>
> But yes, I agree with that also. Remove the Rude Remarks. No need for
> un-needed excess junk and rudeness in a Support Forum..
>
> > Then of course, there are threads like
> > http://wordpress.org/support/topic/133180?replies=21. Meep.
>
> Ouch. They're still out for Moshu's blood I see. =(
>
> "It doesn't matter if the help is free - they are as entitled to ask as
> you are entitled to ignore their question."
>
> I know it's not about FREE help. I suppose I should have included that
> in my previous email, I was just stating some other things that were on
> my mind. Perhaps the original discussion email wasn't the best place to
> slap it in, but yeah. My apologizes.
>
> "Hostility causes hostility. It's circular. And the only people who can turn
> that downward spiral around are those that are there constantly in the
> forums. There is no other way."
>
> I can agree with that.
>
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