Posters are not the problem, it's how their posts are interpreted, that is a problem.

[j*oono]

No.  It's often the poster that is the problem.

[imastawka]

 Yep

[joz*garage]

im sure if i think hard enough i'll find a problem with that

[poddster]

That reply highlights the topic title 🙂

[donnashuggy]

I can't interpret your posts so who is the problem?

[poddster]

In time you may gain the ability it understand. "Rome was not built in a day" 🙂

[2106greencat]

I agree on some levels with the OP - I have a 'different' sense of humour, tend to shoot from the hip with a witty (sometimes dry reply) but not always understood without emoticons.

But, there are some Posters who post to cause trouble, few and far between and usually easily recognisable and just as easily despatched given their own less than 'polite' posts.

All in all, I don't think there is much narkiness on the boards any more.

BTW - this is an opinion and in no way reflects on any posters who have replied here to date. LOL

[imastawka]

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@2106greencat wrote:

I agree on some levels with the OP - I have a 'different' sense of humour, tend to shoot from the hip with a witty (sometimes dry reply) but not always understood without emoticons.

But, there are some Posters who post to cause trouble, few and far between and usually easily recognisable and just as easily despatched given their own less than 'polite' posts.

All in all, I don't think there is much narkiness on the boards any more.

BTW - this is an opinion and in no way reflects on any posters who have replied here to date. LOL

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I may have misinterpreted that post - where's the emoticons?     

[the_great_she_elephant]

 Posters are not the problem, it's how their posts are interpreted, that is a problem.

One of the best bits of advice I was ever given as a writer came from my first publisher, Walter McVitty. He told me: "Always remember, when someone sits down to  read something you have written, you are not going to be there, looking over their shoulder, to explain what you meant to say. So no matter how beautiful, clever or funny a piece of writing may  be, if it does not convey to the reader the meaning you intended it to convey, then it hasn't worked and needs to be rewritten.