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Originally posted by Loulabelle
Excellent idea for a thread Rygel!
I think you'll find quite a few people will vote, as I know that there are opinions on this but not many people will express their opinions by posting for fear of upsetting their fellow Pixie members and friends.
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Oops! Looks like I was wrong about people not posting their opinions.......but reading this thread for the first time since I posted my earlier comment, I can't help but wonder if it would have been wiser for a lot of people not to express their opinions here!!!!! Lol......
Something I have observed here at Pixies is that once a member has become well established they have a lot more freedom to say what they like and express opinions but perhaps we should all look at it from a newbie's point of view for a change.
They come to this place, lurk a little bit and see how we interact....they register, introduce themselves and then begin to post following the suit of people they see around them, although not yet completely aware of all the 'unwritten rules' which apply here. Then an older member comes along and shoots them down in flames.
While we do have certain codes of conduct here at Pixies of which I am in total favour, perhaps it would do everyone good to remember that the new people do not know these rules yet and may occasionally overstep the mark in some people's opinions. Perhaps we could ALL learn to be a little more tolerant at times.
I personally, did not really lurk here at Pixies but I imagine that if I had, and I'd seen some of the new people shot down in flames like they have been in the past, I'd probably never dared to have spoken.
On the one hand we are always encouraging them to post, but on the other, I have so often seen new people on the site being slated for saying something out of turn.....I suppose all I'm trying to say is give the newbies a break! They deserve MORE tolerance than the older members as they don't know the rules. And when it comes to tolerance, politeness and respect, perhaps we older members could try a little harder to lead by example.
(This comment is an observation which has been bugging me for a little while now, and has been prompted by this thread.........it is not meant to be specific to this particular situation, or any particular people who've commented here, and it is said with the ideal of this site remaining a harmonious and peaceful playground in mind.)