The confrontational posts just bring out the troll in me now, so I've learned to avoid the posters who post them.
This has always been my strategy. I wish more people could learn to do this. You see a hot-button person posting, don't read their post. It seems simple enough, but some people just love to jump into a vat of acid. I donno.
So I've been posting more in my live journal and less and less on the boards.
You and many other ATPoers. Used to be, back earlier this year, only a couple of ATPoers were over here. Now there are quite a few of us. It has sort of become the "safe place" we can say what we want without getting jumped on by people who feel differently but aren't tolerant of other points of view.
I'm not trying to get down on my own board, but it is a fairly public forum with a free speech policy, and that means people get to speak their minds, even if they're the Claudias of the world. I still think the board is a fun invigorating place to go.
But there are people over here now in LJ land that have learned the hard way that you can get bit on the butt for posting your feelings/opinions on things on a public board. I personally don't post much of any of my opinions over there (mostly OT posts, if I post at all) because I'm trying to remain a neutral figure on the board.
But over here, I say pretty much what I want, what I believe. If someone trolls me over it, I can delete their post without the guilt I'd feel over at ATPo (incidentally, I don't think I've ever deleted a post for anything other than spam content).
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branchandroot
Re: Don't live in Canda, live in denial
Date: 2003-10-10 09:27 am (UTC)This has always been my strategy. I wish more people could learn to do this. You see a hot-button person posting, don't read their post. It seems simple enough, but some people just love to jump into a vat of acid. I donno.
So I've been posting more in my live journal and less and less on the boards.
You and many other ATPoers. Used to be, back earlier this year, only a couple of ATPoers were over here. Now there are quite a few of us. It has sort of become the "safe place" we can say what we want without getting jumped on by people who feel differently but aren't tolerant of other points of view.
I'm not trying to get down on my own board, but it is a fairly public forum with a free speech policy, and that means people get to speak their minds, even if they're the Claudias of the world. I still think the board is a fun invigorating place to go.
But there are people over here now in LJ land that have learned the hard way that you can get bit on the butt for posting your feelings/opinions on things on a public board. I personally don't post much of any of my opinions over there (mostly OT posts, if I post at all) because I'm trying to remain a neutral figure on the board.
But over here, I say pretty much what I want, what I believe. If someone trolls me over it, I can delete their post without the guilt I'd feel over at ATPo (incidentally, I don't think I've ever deleted a post for anything other than spam content).