Last day of the month

Was August a total failure? Was it a waste of time? Did anyone go the entire month without deliberately insulting or disrespecting another poster? Is it even worth having next year?

Originally posted by vivify
Was August a total failure? Was it a waste of time? Did anyone go the entire month without deliberately insulting or disrespecting another poster? Is it even worth having next year?

I have found the whole thing to be a charade that doesn't even vaguely mirror the reality certain people intended ... I would argue that regardless of our anonymity on these boards, in general we are no more hostile online than we are in "real life". The reason for this being that we are not so exposed to the diversity of views one finds on the interwebs in the offline world, and don't admit into our discussions those whom we would be hostile towards on here.
Indeed if the likes of RJHinds, checkbaiter, or RBHill were to barge un-invited into a conversation I was having even with strangers it wouldn't take long for me to start insulting them and requesting they, not-so-politely, ***k off elsewhere.

If there is another such August next year my stance and level of participation will not change..

Originally posted by vivify
Was August a total failure? Was it a waste of time? Did anyone go the entire month without deliberately insulting or disrespecting another poster? Is it even worth having next year?

The whole idea was misconceived; a fuzzy idea pitched with fuzzy parameters and zero accountability. The cliquey Christians still remain a clique with some still ignoring other posters for no apparent reason other than they don't like being disagreed with and other people attacking the dissenters for no other reason than the dissenters not toeing the party line or being part of the in-group. A shabby representation of the Christian faith by most standards.

Originally posted by divegeester
The whole idea was misconceived; a fuzzy idea pitched with fuzzy parameters and zero accountability. The cliquey Christians still remain a clique with some still ignoring other posters for no apparent reason other than they don't like being disagreed with and other people attacking the dissenters for no other reason than the dissenters not toeing the par ...[text shortened]... or being part of the in-group. A shabby representation of the Christian faith by most standards.

It is fuzzy until analyzed. A more rigorous approach to post-August analysis of how things went might start with a sociogram.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociogram

That link mentions cliques and misbehavior, which seem relevant.

All the information needed to do further analysis of August, even to compare it to other months, is present in the spirituality forum history.

Who enlisted for it? You can't really analyze something that perhaps almost nobody was partaking in.

Originally posted by Agerg
I have found the whole thing to be a charade that doesn't even vaguely mirror the reality certain people intended ... I would argue that regardless of our anonymity on these boards, in general we are no more hostile online than we are in "real life". The reason for this being that we are not so exposed to the diversity of views one finds on the interwebs in th ...[text shortened]... If there is another such August next year my stance and level of participation will not change..

So, why don't you tell us how you really feel? 😉