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Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

the_hawk* — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:17:18 GMT

Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit?

Certainly feels a different place to me

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

lionrose.7 — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:27:39 GMT

I voted yes.

Hawk you if any one know why !!!

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

katymatey* — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:30:58 GMT

It is now the way some ppl wanted it. Where everyone has to weigh and measure everything before they post a comment.

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

the_hawk* — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:40:03 GMT

I better correct this before the typo police come after me

No it still has lost of Community Spirit

should read as

No it still has lots of Community Spirit

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

the_hawk* — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:42:08 GMT

And by the number of views in such a short time there are lots watching but not posting 😞

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

purple_haize — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:43:41 GMT

I voted yes.....

And I agree with Katey.

It should be a forum where everyone is friendly, but it isnt. There are too many nasties around these days, which is sad.:-(

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

purple_haize — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:44:31 GMT

Hawk, maybe some are to scared to post, and you cant blame them.

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

katymatey* — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:48:45 GMT

And by the number of views in such a short time there are lots watching but not posting 😞

Same story with the majority of the threads. Conversation and opinions stifled. 😞

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

kengillard — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:52:54 GMT

or jumped on and crucified.............but wasn't it always thus?

Always some people who like to be "controversial" to put it politely.

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

lis351 — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:55:43 GMT

There are too many nasties around these days,

Are you serious??!! There is hardly anyone left, let alone 'nasty' people. Sure, there are a couple around who throw cold water on fun threads, not that theres many started these days. There is heated debate going on, but I dont see anything nasty in there either.

At least if there were a few 'nasties' floating about, this place would not be so dull.

*waves* to Hawk 🙂

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

purple_haize — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:07:41 GMT

There are too many nasties around these days,

Are you serious??!! There is hardly anyone left, let alone 'nasty' people. Sure, there are a couple around who throw cold water on fun threads, not that theres many started these days. There is heated debate going on, but I dont see anything nasty in there either.

At least if there were a few 'nasties' floating about, this place would not be so dull.

*waves* to Hawk 🙂

you must have rose coloured glasses on.

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

lis351 — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:13:13 GMT

you must have rose coloured glasses on.

Maybe Im just objective. Some people need to lighten up, not take everything personally and grow a thicker skin.

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

rosieglen — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:26:19 GMT

There are enogh people sniping at each other off line - dont need to sit and read that garbage here.

Some good robust discussions, or even arguments are fine but the continual digs from some people here towards others are ridiculous.

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

icyfroth — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:31:19 GMT

It's pretty much the same as always, just a lot less ppl posting, in my opinion.

In many ways, I like it better than the way it was in the old CW days. There were some real nasties around back then.

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

azureline** — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:04:50 GMT

is this another "good old days" thread? Agrees with Lis and Gill

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

flashie* — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:09:18 GMT

I think CS needs more lolcats.................the world needs more lolcats.

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

daydream**believer — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:10:02 GMT

Alot of people still have kids home for school holidays so thats why they are not getting on as much

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

kengillard — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:25:54 GMT

ahhh.....so we can look forward to more posters soon?

Whatever happened to DDU? she was/is a breath of fresh air.

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

purple_haize — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:59:28 GMT

ahhh.....so we can look forward to more posters soon?

Whatever happened to DDU? she was/is a breath of fresh air.

I often wonder where DDU got to, as well.

Re: Has Community Spirit lost its Community Spirit

mlor16 — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:00:41 GMT

Lis doesn't have rose coloured glasses on. She sees exactly what is there. The "nice" people have always been the problem because they feel the need to moderate the board themselves by reporting every controversial post they see. They think/thought that the board would be a much better place if all the controversial posters left. The problem is that it just left a whole lot of boring "nice" people who no-one really wants to read. Of course the "nice" people aren't really that nice at all because they wouldn't be reporting everything/everyone they don't like in the first place.

That isn't to say that there aren't some genuinely nice people here. There are. You don't have to get involved in controversial threads if you don't want to. The truly nice people take the attitude "each to their own" and read something more to their taste instead of reporting what they don't consider suitable.

It will never cease to amaze me the level of outrage expressed by some people on a thread that they find distasteful. The part that never ceases to amaze me the most is that those people will stay on the thread as long as it survives. Surely if you were truly that offended by something you might state it once in the thread (if you bothered at all) and then stay out of the thread. But no....