madhatter61 said:
Seriously, humor and jokes are fun for some ... even teasing turns some people on. For me, I review the forums to learn and gain insights. The one line comments ... just for humor and response ... literally just take up space and offer nothing in a learning sense. But, it seems the tolerance of this kind of stuff, just ruins the good stuff that could really be offered.
MacRumors for instance offers a long list of threads in a quick read sense like 50 per page without having to click on next page, next page, oh so time consuming and actually frustrating.
You know, you are probably right......I can be the worst for this, that's just me, whether it is work, home, out socially or on a forum......life's just a ball wherever I am and I guess that doesn't suit some. I checked my posts for today, 11 offering answers, advice or a point of view and 5 which could probably be best described as mindless including some of those above this one. Maybe that's not a good percentage although if I have helped just one person each day then you know what, I am happy!
That said, I don't use profanity on the forums as I never know who might be reading. I try to be respectful to everyone I come into contact with here as well.
I also use the search button an awful lot to get the answers I need, in fact I think I have only asked two questions since I have been here, one never got a response......but that's OK.....my point is I see a gazillion threads asking the same question over and over again.....Flash? iTunes? Etc, etc. But I try to be respectful, especially to first timers....just look at how many people recently have started a thread about flash and I have directed them to iSwifter, I tested it, it works and I direct them to it.......I don't even use it unless someone has a problem with it whereupon I will do a bit of research. Are all these badly researched threads worse than my (admittedly poor and childish) humour, I don't know?
I personally think this is the best forum I have ever used, a good mix of advice, debate and humour, both from us the patrons and those that moderate us and we are all different, different views, different knowledge, different ways of doing things. So here is the thing, if I'm out of place I'm happy to pick up my ball and go and play somewhere else, life's too short for anything else but I am what I am and as such I'm not going to change. If I go then no one is going to miss me, no one has even met me......Ill think on this while I'm browsing the threads.
The Archangel
