Is there a chance for a forum in which friendliness prevails?

We could at least try to have ONE thread without Insults (open or hidden ones).

@ponderable said
We could at least try to have ONE thread without Insults (open or hidden ones).

Lets try and see how it goes!

-VR

not possible

@lemondrop said
not possible

Try staying positive instead of thinking negatively, anything is possible.

-VR

@very-rusty said
Try staying positive instead of thinking negatively, anything is possible.

-VR

I would call you a jerk and ruin the experiment
therefor
not possible

So what would the Parameters for such a hypothetical thread be?

People: anonymous/registered
People: same Group/diverse Group?
Topics: boring/exciting
Moderator: ?

@ponderable said
So what would the Parameters for such a hypothetical thread be?

People: anonymous/registered
People: same Group/diverse Group?
Topics: boring/exciting
Moderator: ?

Lemon doesn't seem like he wants friendliness he says he does, but is now showing his true colours.

-VR

@very-rusty said
Lemon doesn't seem like he wants friendliness he says he does, but is now showing his true colours.

-VR

One way to start would be perhaps to encourage only those to post in this thread who like positivity.

@Ponderable

Is this the “Impossible Challenge #2”?

@torunn said
One way to start would be perhaps to encourage only those to post who like positivity.

Or just say positive things instead of being negative....Someone always has to spoil it unfortunately.

-VR

The General Forum is a "safe space" for anyone to wander in off the street to share and release. It speaks well of the denizens here that everyone is welcome no matter how crude, annoying or generally unpleasant. Would the forum be a bit better off if a few folks had their Internet service disconnected for a week or two? Surely.

But if not here, where? Where can the annoying chess players of the world go and be welcome to spew their stupid comments and pathetic screeds? Everyone needs a friend, even the worst of us.

@hope said
The General Forum is a "safe space" for anyone to wander in off the street to share and release. It speaks well of the denizens here that everyone is welcome no matter how crude, annoying or generally unpleasant. Would the forum be a bit better off if a few folks had their Internet service disconnected for a week or two? Surely.

But if not here, where? Where can the annoying ...[text shortened]... e to spew their stupid comments and pathetic screeds? Everyone needs a friend, even the worst of us.

We can't just have good people, there must be a balance. 🙂

yer grotesque and an insidious sneak
yer a boob and a hideous freak
yer a miscreant klutz
an androgynous putz
yer bloated and blandly bleak



so, coffee later this afternoon?

@hope

Agreed.

@Torunn

Agreed.