Woah, heavy stuff.
If someone is being rude to me or another member, I will admit I find it hard not to respond. I'll also admit that I've probably posted many a rude comment in my time, as I also find it hard to keep my mouth shut when someone starts a thread to ask some ridiculous question or other. Especially in Brewster's where some religious/political/etc topics have come up. It's very hard not to get defensive and get into arguments in those kinds of threads.
So I'd say your "getting easily offended" point is a very good one. In most situations the best thing to do is not respond, hard as it may be sometimes. I've been thinking about this recently and have decided to use the block feature for the first time, and I can say it has helped. If somebody is posting things to rile people up, I simply don't want to see that and I don't have to, problem solved. It's really that easy.
I think everybody just needs to leave everyone else alone. If other users want to write without perfect grammar, fine. If they want to use the word bae, fine. If they want to discuss their religion or political stance on here? Totally fine. Once you realize that them doing these things does not really affect your life in the slightest, you realize that jumping on them for it is only hurting them for no reason. And that's just mean. I've done it, we've all done it, I'm just saying.
As alesha has said, sometimes it is obvious that a newer member is quite young. I'm not sure if there is any sort of age restriction here, but I have seen some members posting that they are as young as ten years old. At that age, sure they might be immature. But honestly, we all were so I try to cut people some slack. If I went back to old sites I used to frequent when I was twelve or thirteen, I would probably cringe at some of my posts.
/sorry this turned into a whole novel
If someone is being rude to me or another member, I will admit I find it hard not to respond. I'll also admit that I've probably posted many a rude comment in my time, as I also find it hard to keep my mouth shut when someone starts a thread to ask some ridiculous question or other. Especially in Brewster's where some religious/political/etc topics have come up. It's very hard not to get defensive and get into arguments in those kinds of threads.
So I'd say your "getting easily offended" point is a very good one. In most situations the best thing to do is not respond, hard as it may be sometimes. I've been thinking about this recently and have decided to use the block feature for the first time, and I can say it has helped. If somebody is posting things to rile people up, I simply don't want to see that and I don't have to, problem solved. It's really that easy.
I think everybody just needs to leave everyone else alone. If other users want to write without perfect grammar, fine. If they want to use the word bae, fine. If they want to discuss their religion or political stance on here? Totally fine. Once you realize that them doing these things does not really affect your life in the slightest, you realize that jumping on them for it is only hurting them for no reason. And that's just mean. I've done it, we've all done it, I'm just saying.
As alesha has said, sometimes it is obvious that a newer member is quite young. I'm not sure if there is any sort of age restriction here, but I have seen some members posting that they are as young as ten years old. At that age, sure they might be immature. But honestly, we all were so I try to cut people some slack. If I went back to old sites I used to frequent when I was twelve or thirteen, I would probably cringe at some of my posts.
/sorry this turned into a whole novel
