I've seen a lot of comments pass by in this thread and have found it somewhat enlightening into the character of some our posters. So there is definetly some good coming from the thread.
As for the topic at hand, albeit somewhat modified, I find that I do look at a lot of the posts/threads that are here. If I find that one catches my eye I usually read through the whole thing and then keep up with it on a dalily basis. Only occasionally do I actually post anything. That's just a product of my personallity. I have found that in most cases I have not managed to agravate other Pixes too much (at least I think so
) but I strongly try to adhere to the "if you have nothing nice to say..." rule as well.
The one thing that I can say is that in some cases when the originating poster is asking for advice/opinions they should be more than expecting to hear something that they are not going to like. You've all heard it before, "Opinions are like a**holes, everybody has one." And if you ask for someone's opinion then when you get one that does not necessarily give the answer you may have been looking for you probably should consider it to see if there are any merits to it.
I can only recall a few instances where a newbie has gotten "jumped" by the group here and, best I can recall, they, in my opinion, had it coming.
As a second part of this post I would still like to re-iterate that although we all do like the fact that this is a community that we come visit. The fact is that it is a moderated site and that in the end if the mods need to be somewhat dictatorial then I support that as well. I do not always like what they do but I do support it. It is because of their hard work that a place like this can continue to be what it is. I have stated this opinion more than once before here and I still stand by it.
In any case, I'm off to see about getting some coffee...
-Toast