Negative People Posts

Agree totally Teabag. Have been on this site since 2002 and reckon recently many posts are resembling those you see on Overlander. Hopefully all returns to normal soon as this forum is a great resource.

Welcome to society......

Just for your information, the posting that you followed up with a negative remark was in fact a sensible response, even if people don't want to hear it. i would assume that the OP knew that as an answer, just not what they were searching for in the posting intentions.

If you don't like to hear someones opinion, whether you believe they are correct or not, then i'm sorry that forums are not for everyone. Remember that there is a huge amount of people watching/listening to this forum from all over the place, each with different reasons......diversity is the word i am looking for. The challenge is to filter out what you don't believe is relevant (as it may be to others) and move on.

Some of these postings can be put down to boredom....the wanting to get out and explore this vast countryside of ours, yet they can't for various reasons.

The hardest part of this forum is the fact that emotion is not conveyed in any message, therefore people cannot understand where the poster is coming from in quite a few cases. I would suggest that we understand this concept and sometimes take a neutral approach to postings. I have been guilty of this, as it is hard to do sometimes.

Thanks for your posting.

Andrew

Teabag ,

I gather that you are referring to that inane comment from DIO regarding my request for info on a speed camera warning device that would warn you of school zones .

When I saw it , I wanted to give him some good advice , but I restrained myself .

I guess they just want to see their name in print .

Cheers ,

Willie

Yes

Hi Teabag,

I totally agree with your thoughts.

Hopefully, a few people will wake up to themselves

Well said

TonyG

I agree with you too Teabag

I once posted a straight forward and reasonable question on this forum and whilst I had several reasoned and constructive responses, I also copped several totally negative and somewhat insulting ones.

I put it down to the fact that some forumites are bored and don't have a life and they get a buzz out of stirring people up.

The only response is to ignore them.

Agreed Teabag and thanks for posting on this, it is something I thought of recently when the bloke with chassis cracks got an useless and unnecessary resonse from acdc.

It is disappointing and I think it discourages newer members and visitors from posting as they may not have developed as thick a skin as those of us who have been around a while.

It does seem to be the same usernames associated with most of these posts so they are easy to ignore.

I think there is a difference between useless negative responses and bad news that the poster may not want to hear. If it's usefull bad news, delivered in context then it's OK IMHO.

My Grandmother used to say a couple of things;"If you don't have anything usefull to say, don't say anything at all" and "engage your barain before opening your mouth". Some of the posters around here may be well advised!

OT

Hi Teabag.

I think negatives come with the territory on forums generally. No different here. My personal observations are that they seem to be limited to the few who probably think they are being funny.

I just skip over them and get to the meat of the replies.

I must say that, for me, this forum is an invaluable resource and I have personally been saved many hundreds (thousands??) of dollars with the advice and assistance I have received here over the years. Even with the few mental geldings around, the majority are freely giving of their help and advice, and I certainly appreciate that. Don't let them put you off.

Cheers
Jack

Different strokes for different folks.

Do the same as everyone else. Read what you want to and disregard the rest. It's generally accepted on most forums that if you post then you have to be prepared for the unexpected :)))))

I agree in part, if I have a query the respones are always varied. Some are to the point others are useless but funny. The banter, joking, leg pulling etc tend to make one feel accepted by the crew and I dare say many friendships have been forged due to this site. I enjoy poking around the site as I learn something new, have a laugh and at times offer my opinion on various issues. The only times I get annoyed is when arrogance and nastiness creeps in, this tends to belittle people and is not a virtue I admire. .................nissnut.

what a load of carp! TeaBag.......... those and other responses such as those do nothing but show up the ignorance of the responder. No-one knows what the asker knows or is chasing and as I said up above every question is a chance to find out something new or update on the latest feature/design Waeco/Engel Cooper/BFG/Uniroyal Toyota/Nissan debate.

I have seen and almost rankled with a burst of flammatory response but backed off, see above for reason why, self knowledge is nice.

One thing I know for a fact is that this site is about as deviod of this stuff as a public forum can be and full of people who will respond with "dont want to readit dont reply" commonsense, and anything out of hand is moderated, effectively.

When ya down here one day experienceing cluody weather Teabag, call by for a cuppa and we can catch up.!

Hey Guys, Whoops! and Girls,

Lets look at the positives that come out of those negative posts.

Don't the allow us to feel smug and self rightous.

Ian

Teabag,
have you been on long enough to see anyone ask about either a Fitch or Hiclone fuel saver device?
If not, you aint seen nothin yet........
they are actually quite entertaining threads.......
NickR

teabag is probably having a subtle go @ moi...
Yeah I'm totally cynical, cantankerous, cold, callous, uncaring & I make a lot of flippant posts....I live on the edge cause I can see more from there....& if ya don't like it have sex with ya footwear....& I blow rasberries at tellemarkerters!!!

All part of life teabag, just let it roll of ya back if you don't like it and get on with whatever counts in your book.

One of the first things I learned as an instructor was:
If one does not know the answer, it is not a stupid question!, and another: Asking dumb questions is easier than correcting dumb mistakes!

There are a lot of people out there who know it all so please indulge those of us who do not!

Sometimes the search of the archives does not give the appropriate answer or the archive may be too old to give current information!

Rusty
(who has suffered abuse here from requesting current information when the archive was too old). Not a member yet - still rankling over the last lot of abuse!!

Yes, indeed. Sometimes I think ppl have had too many drinkies and then get on the keyboard.

I was rather surprised and angered to see two long time contributors to this forum going at each other this week, and talking it up by saying "you wait till I meet you" and stuff like "any time buddy, bring it on" OK, there may some hystory between them that I am not aware of, but it was dissapointing none the less.

Lukily that post was moderated and the offending material was removed.

Having said that, I have had a few ding dongs with one or two ppl on here, and more than a few with truckster, but I do not hold a grudge and will readily read and reply to his posts or ask him a question if I think he may know what I'm after.

I must admit, it does get kinda quiet around here when he is on hols.

Here`s one to Consider

If u can`t bark with the big dogs - Get off the porch Ha Ha

I just try to balance out all the do-gooders............. ;-)

J/K

As a proffesional Agent provocateur I think I may have met my match with Teabag... I think we have all been well & truly had.....