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View Poll Results: Are you afraid to post on heated threads? | |||
I will post on any topic | 49 | 31.21% | |
I will only post on some heated topics | 59 | 37.58% | |
I will not post on any heated topic | 37 | 23.57% | |
I am afraid to post anywhere for fear it will become heated | 12 | 7.64% | |
Voters: 157. You may not vote on this poll |
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09-29-2007, 07:33 PM | #16 |
No Longer a Member | I've been on online forums since 1992 (started on Prodigy and GEnie). I have seen the best and the worst of flame wars (and I have been on the giving and receiving end of some of those flames back in the day!) As I have grown older, I have come to grow a very thick skin. I have also learned how far I want to go in any discussion. If I feel very strongly for it, I'll say what I want, and I don't care what anyone thinks of it. I don't think that I have been rude or abusive to anyone though. |
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09-30-2007, 05:40 AM | #17 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
Posts: 14,495
| I'll give an opinion, but once the post turns ugly I'm out of there. I don't have the time to argue.
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09-30-2007, 05:47 AM | #18 |
Bella-My Georgia Girl Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Duluth, Georgia
Posts: 2,419
| If I feel like I can contribute some sort of information, I won't shyy away from voicing an opinion. I just find that most of the time someone has said exactly what I was feeling (and they say it more eloquently too!! ) I think most times people say things in a respectful way. That is one reason I love this site so much!
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09-30-2007, 05:52 AM | #19 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama
Posts: 17,674
| I didn't vote 'casue the option I needed wasn't there. I am not afraid to post anywhere or in any thread. I choose to refrain from posting in threads where everyone is trying to convince everyone else that they are right and everyone else is wrong. I don't understand why posters can't just their personal experiences and opinions and then allow everyone else to post theirs. Once everyone starts quoting what others say with the intent to "prove them wrong or make a point" the threads stop being educational and become confrontational. Last edited by chattiesmom; 09-30-2007 at 05:54 AM. |
09-30-2007, 05:55 AM | #20 |
Learn Yorkie CPR! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 6,855
| Honestly, when I was new I used to be afraid to post on any heated topics. I didn't want to get into arguments with people and have them dislike me. But I've come to the realization here on YT that sometimes it doesn't matter what you say or how you say it, people are gonna "take it" the way they want. I don't post on every heated post, b/c frankly I don't read here on YT as much as I used to when I was a newbie. And there still are some that I may come across and never post on. Why? Because I don't need to "get into it" for the sake of "getting into it." I will ONLY write on a heated thread when I have strong feelings about the topic at hand and/or feel as if the OP is getting beat down for no reason. I also try my best not to insult anyone, as I choose my words wisely. I also use emoticons when necessary. If everyone would butt out and not jump in for the hell of it, we wouldn't have unnecessary nasty comments and rudeness all over the place. JMHO
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09-30-2007, 10:22 AM | #21 |
Donating YT 14K Club Member | Probably the last 6 months, I've missed out on just about all the heated threads. Computer time is limited now days and I usually read them after they've been locked...and some get missed all together. Back in the day, I use to post on every single heated thread there is. Now days, I just read mostly and have only commented a handful of times.
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09-30-2007, 10:43 AM | #22 |
"& Seeger, too" Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Central Kentucky
Posts: 5,169
| I read much more than I post. (Obivious... . look at the date I joined YT versus the number of posts ) There are some subjects that I find near and dear to my heart.... and will post on them regardless of a "heated" discussion. And there are some posts that I have an opinion on, but try keep it to myself because I don't think my opinion will be liked and really don't want hassle.
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09-30-2007, 12:00 PM | #23 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ohio
Posts: 7,946
| I would say I'm a combination of post #3 by Pea495 "I fear nothing" and post #7 Mardelin " most of my concern is for the pup" and post #9 YorkieMom55 "Im too old to fear" and Jeanie you're too young. I really think if someone has a point, is not a troll and is being taken advantage of I like to chime in to help the person. Gosh txshopper don't you just want to break the lock LOL Also I don't care how heated the thread if I feel strongly about a subject, I post.
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10-01-2007, 01:01 AM | #24 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK
Posts: 1,920
| I'm not afraid to express my opinion, although I do try to do it in a way that hopefully doesn't offend anybody. I stop reading some of them though, when they descend into a massive argument |
10-01-2007, 02:25 AM | #25 |
Mom to 6 Beautiful Furkids Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ohio
Posts: 5,409
| I try to stay away from the heated topics. I hate conflict but I will step in if I feel someone is being treated unfairly.
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10-01-2007, 04:48 AM | #26 | |
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10-01-2007, 06:08 AM | #27 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida
Posts: 8,577
| posting I will post to anything I feel I have an opinion about..so that means EVERYTHING. I try to talk to people as if they were sitting at my kitchen table...you will never regret talking to people the way you would like to be talked to...if you enjoy making people feel badly, then you have a heart/spirit problem. |
10-01-2007, 01:38 PM | #28 |
I Love My Lil' Punkin's Donating Member | I will post on any heated thread only if I want to give my opinion and if I feel strongly enough about the topic being discussed. I DON'T however post in these heated threads to be rude or hurt others or cut them down. I always *TRY* to be as nice as possible and as courteous as I can with my replies/posts/comments as I think everyone should
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10-05-2007, 06:33 AM | #29 |
YT 2000 Club Member | I only post comments that are worded nice, I do not want to hurt other's feelings. I would feel bad if someone was posting things that hurt my feelings, so I would not do that to another person. You can word things nicely and still get your point across, no need to be rude to another person. Example of this would be...Say that you thought that a dog was to small to breed at 4.0 pounds and the poster was asking what you thought, you can direct the person to talk with a vet and get their opinion or if you know a link to a thread that someones had on their little one having problems with whelping, you can direct the person their instead of belittling the person. |
10-05-2007, 08:36 AM | #30 |
I heart Sugar Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida
Posts: 7,373
| I post if I feel like I have something to contribute. Usually on heated threads the same things get repeated a million times and I don't have the burning need to add the million a one statement.
__________________ "If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." — St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226 |
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