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Originally Posted by RogueGypsy
Well I went looking for some of the threads that brought this to mind. Most were in the political section. Which in itself is volatile, but it's where I've spent most of my time here. Unfortunately while the forum lists 4618 posts, only 29 appear. Basically October??? Don't know what's up with that. So you're on your own with that one, as it occurred to me as I was looking, that you had just done what I was talking about.
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That's because you have your page set to only view threads within the last 30 days. You can change that setting in the bottom of the page on the right. So, again, you've made a pretty bold statement that bothers me quite a bit. If it's true (and I'm not saying that it is or it isn't), then I've been focusing on the wrong problems for a long time. So, please, show me an example so that we can start working on solutions. If you can't give me concrete examples, we can't fix the issue. If your big complaint is about Politics, I'm honestly at a loss as to what to do about it since I see it as a pretty accurate reflection of modern society. And that's a bad thing.
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Originally Posted by RogueGypsy
I simply stated my opinion, which several others seemed to understand, but you returned with a statement suggesting I'd just made it up in order to troll the thread. So there's you example, mild as it may be.
Interestingly enough, my post being a response to the OP, leads me to wonder why you responded in the way you did? Is it perhaps that you see the same thing, but from another side? What is it that compels an individual to respond directly to a post if it has nothing to do with them?
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Maybe its the fact that I haven't been getting enough sleep for the past 6 months, maybe its my personal life leaking through, maybe it's a lot of other outside influences, but I'm pretty certain that I'm offended at this. As you yourself pointed out, it's difficult to communicate tone of voice in the written word. Yet you somehow have interpreted my question as accusatory. Willravel apparently fell into the same trap. I'm simply asking for clarifcation so that I can understand your point and how to address it. Clearly I'm not the only one who needs an example so instead of jumping on the bandwagon and assuming the worst about me, how about just taking a deep breath and give a thoughtful response? I have the distinct feeling that if just about anyone else had their name beside that post, you would have answered differently.
As for the post being a response to the OP, frankly there's no way around that. You joined the conversation midstream but you raised some good points. Yet somehow I'm in the wrong for asking you for examples of those points and to elaborate.
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Originally Posted by RogueGypsy
As to a clique existing. Maybe it's just seeing the same 8 or so people replying to each others posts in threads, seemingly disregarding the OP and other posters. Maybe they just like to chat amongst themselves, but to someone not of the 8, it appears to be an elitist clique. Regardless, do as you will.
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I automatically conceed that this exists, but I don't necessarily see it as a problem. You know what it takes to be one of those 8 people? Posting. Then all of a sudden there are 9. The off-topic issue is something we need to work on and all be more vigilent about, but I personally have a hard time dictating to folks what direction a conversation must take.
The other thing, and I think that this is important, is that it's not the same 8 people in all the forums. If you look in Weapons, those folks are different than the ones in Politics, who are different than the ones in General Discussion, who are different than the ones in Fun Zone, who are different than the EZ who are different than the ones.... well, I hope my point is clear.