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Originally Posted by roachboy
if you think there's a dialogue to be had, initiate one.
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I used to. Then posts like #131 and - for that matter - #40 became too common for my tastes. And I'd notice an implicit divide between the trolls and the respected trolls - those who got called on bad posts and those who didn't. It's very conducive to eschewing paragraphs of thoughtful elaboration for pithy 'hit-and-runs', since they're increasingly likely to get just about the same quality of response.
Add in blatant isolated incidents like World's King blatantly - and stupidly - flaming a better poster and apparently getting away with it, and you have my theory for cyn's thread about why TFP is in decline.
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btw passive-aggressive isn't very conducive to dialogue either. fyi.
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I don't often see myself exhibiting this posting style elsewhere. I guess it's contagious.