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Originally Posted by ctbruce
Jertour, sorry for all your troubles. Hope it gets fixed to your satisfaction.
Members, please in the future refrain from posting comments and ideas that are not directly related to answering the original posters questions only.* Adding spurious information to threads goes off topic and will only help those are quietly following the thread to learn new information or those who will search for help in the future.* Please keep everything focused on the narrow subject presented.* In the event that you have something to add that is outside of the parameters of the original question, please start your own thread and set your own limits on what can be discussed.* Doing so will help with the efficiency of the Forum as we will only have a few posts on each thread and the ideas will be kept in line with the intent of the original question.* Thank you for your cooperation.
Yes, this sounds as dumb as it is.* This is the third time in two weeks that similar comments have been made about posts that members have made.* It is ok to just ignore them and move on to the next post.* It does not hurt a thing to be tolerant of others and what they post.* It's like going to a smorgasbord:* You may love potatoes and you take a lot of them, but you hate turnips.* Just leave them!* The guy behind may love turnips and hate potatoes.* It's all good and there is room for everyone on here.* Relax and have some fun.* Or better yet, go outside and play and get some fresh air.* *God knows we could all use some.* Rant over, carry on as you were.* Also, no other smart a$$ comments or posts needed on this.
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The "thanks button" only sends the thank you to the poster of the comment. I'd like to second Chip's comments and thank him publically for making them. As he said, in the past couple of weeks, we've seen more than a couple of relatively new members "get their panties in a wad" over another member posting something that either wasn't "on topic" or "that wasn't addressed to the OP", but to another member who made a public post in "their thread".
First, No member "owns" their thread. This is an open forum and any member can post a comment (on or off topic) in any thread they so choose.
Second, there is no forum rule that states all topics must meet the OP's definition of "on topic". Actually, there is no forum rule that states posts must be "on topic" (that's concept of internet courtesy but is not a rule). There is a rule that states posts must not contain profanity, must not be commercial in nature, must not be rude or vulgar, and must not demean or insult other members, etc.
Third, the "price of admission" for every member (forum cost) is the same. None of us (moderators included) pay to be a member and none of us (moderators included) make any profit from membership or from being a moderator. In other words, the forum serves a purpose, to help people with problems and the price any of us pay for that purpose is a big, fat nothing. So, if you feel you're getting something out of the forum, you're a winner. If, on the other hand, you don't like what you read, there's really nothing that you've lost by spending your time here (other than a few minutes of your time). The forum's value is what you get out of it compared to what you put into it. If you're not satisfied, then improve it by contributing more or make the conscious decision not to invest any more into the forum. That's your personal choice and your personal responsibility.
So, the "hurt feelings", the "it's my thread, I'm the OP" and the posts that come across as, "It's my thread, I don't appreciate your post" are not only inappropriate, they are unwarranted.
As members, we all need to take a deep breath, say "so what" if there's a post we don't think is appropriate, and move on. The moderators read every post on the forum, and if there is a violation of forum rules, they will usually address it. It is not the job of each member to correct other members in the open forum. As a member, if you really believe that the post in inappropriate, then first, read the forum rules, if you think there is a violation, then report the post. If, on the other hand, you're just upset because someone said/did something you don't like, please, just move on to the next post. None of us are perfect, none of us are going to post "things you like" all the time, and in the "grand scheme of things", once the sun sets, all of us will "get over our frustration of not being able to read only what we think is what we want to read"......
Hurry up spring, people need to be outside camping not inside complaining about petty things !!!!!
Thanks Chip, for your words.