Keep it friendly, please!

[BRDof3]

As long as the Community Board exists, the camping board will never be the mean side of the playground.

 

[des1954]

Kathy - Point taken, however, this announcement would be more appropriate on the Just For Fun - Community Board. Those people are brutal over there and I seldom see any hand slapping, threads pulled, or any repercussions. If we're going to mete out warnings and punishment, let's be even-handed across the whole board and not single out the camping board.

Here, what seems like an attack from an outsiders point of view, is just friendly banter. Most of us have been on this board for several years, have met one another, developed friendships, and ever consider each other family. There is one person on this board who reports anything and everything that they are not in agreement with (which is just about anything), and cries wolf (and runs to mods) when you dare disagree. One bad apple can spoil a whole bushel, so all I'm asking is, take a look at the whole picture before you dish out warnings. 99% of us get along just fine. 1% does not - and other than loving to be argumentative, I don't understand why the 1% sticks around.

 

[Born 2 Fish]

I pretty much agree with all that has been said by the regulars on this board. In fact, not only do I agree with most of whats been said but I also have much more to add to this thread myself, but I won't say much for two reasons,
1. for fear of being Banned
2. It seems that no matter what OUR voices say, nothing is ever looked into,
or dealt with when we have a problem .
Often times we are baited, attacked, slandered, and (dare I say it) even Trolled upon, but for some reason that appears (from my piont of view) to be okay,,but the first time someone without a sense of humor is upset we get punished.
To me it looks like these boards are be coming politically correct, as is the rest of the world.,,because one person has a problem then the rest of the folk has to conform to the wants of that one soul.

 

[DaveInTN]

I pretty much agree with all that has been said by the regulars on this board. In fact, not only do I agree with most of whats been said but I also have much more to add to this thread myself, but I won't say much for two reasons,
1. for fear of being Banned
2. It seems that no matter what OUR voices say, nothing is ever looked into,
or dealt with when we have a problem .
Often times we are baited, attacked, slandered, and (dare I say it) even Trolled upon, but for some reason that appears (from my piont of view) to be okay,,but the first time someone without a sense of humor is upset we get punished.
To me it looks like these boards are be coming politically correct, as is the rest of the world.,,because one person has a problem then the rest of the folk has to conform to the wants of that one soul.

Come back to the dark side, Frank.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Dear Webmaster Kathy:

I don't know you and you don't me.

But if there is one thing in the world that bothers me, it is injustice.

I hate being blamed or admonished for something that I did not do.

I hate being spoken to like a child by someone who has not bothered to gather enough information to make an informed decision.

From these two posts, I'm trying to figure out what was done to warrant posting a dire warning to the entire camping board:

Because we've had some less-than-welcoming responses to posts here recently, I think this is a good time for reminder of our rules and purpose.

I
I do know that I checked in on a thread where a brand new poster asked sincere questions about camping at Ft. Wilderness and saw some established posters responding with sarcastic and unwelcoming comments, and this is not acceptable.

So because of one thread, we all get called on the carpet?

Where is this thread?

Who was rude?

Who was sarcastic?

Why not just address those people?

As a regular poster and reader on the camping board, I know that there are thousands of threads on here where someone comes along and asks a question and gets a prompt, friendly and accurate answer. But because of one unidentified thread we all get a talking to?

In the future, I would hope that instead of posting something that is likely to offend hundreds of people you would instead directly address whoever it was that has broken a rule.

TCD

 

[caveat lector]

...... In the future, I would hope that instead of posting something that is likely to offend hundreds of people you would instead directly address whoever it was that has broken a rule.

TCD

Well put. I, as well as many many others, have learned to ignore the one joker. There is just way too much good information/subject matter experts on this board. It can't be easy to be a MOD with the speed/number of communications being created. However, in this case, I'm not sure a figurative "whack across the knuckles " is warranted. Just my opinion, but I would hate to lose any of the resources that regularly contribute here, because the joker has the ear of those who set the rules.

File this under----> two cents.

 

[DisCamper]

Sorry I’m missing something here. Why are we getting our PEE PEE SLAPPED?

 

[brerroadrunner]

Someone some where lacks a sense of humor. Maybe it was a little overboard, but after reading the whole post and thread, I think it is much to do about nothing. Someone needs to get a life. Have some fun.....GO CAMPING!

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Someone some where lacks a sense of humor. Maybe it was a little overboard, but after reading the whole post and thread, I think it is much to do about nothing. Someone needs to get a life. Have some fun.....GO CAMPING!

Where is the post and thread that you are referring to?

I would really like to know what this is all about?

Why is the whole camping board being admonished?

TCD

 

[jriae2000]

Jen I wasn't referring to anything that Stacktester said. I don't know where you got that from. I was just referring to those of us that haven't had the opportunity to hang out with those of you that do get together in person and foster personal friendships with each other. I hope one day to meet some of you guys but sometimes I feel like an outsider because I haven't been able to meet each one of you guys.

I think this is a great board and I'd hate to see it get destroyed by infighting and snarkyness.

Thanks for the future invite.

I havent gotten to meet anyone yet either. Missed a GG by three days last trip but boss wouldnt extend my vacation. I must say I have never felt unwelcomed here. I've asked questions and jumped in on some snarky banter and was welcome in like a long lost brother. If you've ever been called a smarty pants you will probably fit right in. Remember, we all have someone from time to time in our family that will say something that we may not like. Does'nt mean they dont like you, just may have come out wrong or been taken incorrectly. Gotta love "family".

 

[anolefan]

I thought long and hard about posting on this thread. I usually stay away from these types of things, but felt I needed to share my input here.

With all due respect WebmasterKathy, I think the problem with these types of reminders, is that they tend to create much more negative reaction than what was originally intended. I know that this was set out to be a kind reminder to all the members of this community on what the rules are regarding posting and such, but I don't feel that the outcome of this will end in a positive fashion.

This community has many members and as previous posters have already said, more articulate I might ad, why post a generic "reminder", or as I see it "warning" to the entire community. I feel this should be handled on a individual basis with the members involved. IMO, all this thread is doing is creating a negative overtone to the board.

I have personally seen several threads where new members, or even veteran members will ask questions particular to the Fort that are answered quickly and thoughtfully. I think if you would visit the majority of threads, this will be the norm, not the exception. This is the internet however, and anonymity rules the day. You also have to consider that there are some that enjoy perusing message boards with no other goal in mind than to stir it up. This has, and will always happen in these types of communities.

So what is my point? I hope to put some perspective on the situation and hope that the moderators will take some of it into consideration in the future when dealing with such situations.

Like CL said,

File this under----> two cents.

 

[clkelley]

I'm ready for a Kungaloosh or Toasted Almond!!!

Anybody else????

 

[DaveInTN]

I'm ready for a Kungaloosh or Toasted Almond!!!

Anybody else????

If Rick's shakin', I'm drinkin'!

Wait, that wasn't phrased too well.

But bring on the Toasted Almond!!

 

[VACAMPER]

No one here has ever made me feel unwelcome or unwanted. I dont post much anymore because of the complainers/whiners/frequent users of the red triangle. The humor on the camping board is what created the Fort Fiends. A group that im proud to be a part of. Heck, one fiend (donnie) even showed up at the fort and left my family his golf cart to use while we were there over Christmas. How much friendlier can a person be? With all due respect Kathy, i believe you have this all wrong.

 

[KathyTX]

Here, what seems like an attack from an outsiders point of view, is just friendly banter.

If you have to be an "insider" to recognize that a comment isn't rude, then it's inappropriate. Posts here are for EVERYONE, not just an insider clique.

I've been told I'm "not qualified" to post here. If that is the way an admin of this site is treated when simply posting a reminder to be friendly, I'm horrified to think how unwelcome some of our guests may be treated.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

If you have to be an "insider" to recognize that a comment isn't rude, then it's inappropriate. Posts here are for EVERYONE, not just an insider clique.

I've been told I'm "not qualified" to post here. If that is the way an admin of this site is treated when simply posting a reminder to be friendly, I'm horrified to think how unwelcome some of our guests may be treated.

I'm sorry, but if you won't even take the time to point out the offensive posts or threads, then I find the very fact that you posted a reminder stating as fact that "we've had some less-than-welcoming responses to posts here recently" to be an insult to me and to the many others who post nothing but helpful and appropriate responses on the board day in and day out.

I still have no idea what thread or post prompted what I consider to be an unnecessarily harsh warning from a Webmaster.

Also, I have carefully re-read everything posted on this thread and no one say you are "not qualified."

What I think everyone is trying to say to you is that you should not accuse an entire group of improper behavior when the impropriety (if there even was an impropriety) was confined to one thread, and maybe one or two members. And based on your response above, I am inclined to believe that you have taken something very much out of context.

TCD

 

[SCtigercock]

If you have to be an "insider" to recognize that a comment isn't rude, then it's inappropriate. Posts here are for EVERYONE, not just an insider clique.

I've been told I'm "not qualified" to post here. If that is the way an admin of this site is treated when simply posting a reminder to be friendly, I'm horrified to think how unwelcome some of our guests may be treated.

I am relatively new here. However, I have not seen ONE post where the OP was chastised, answered rudely or in a negative manner. In fact, I have never noticed a post going longer than a couple of hours without a knowledgeable response from someone here. Everyone has been extremely helpful.

But as in life, there is the occasional @$$. And those are generally ones without a humorous bone in their body. And they are also the ones that want to spoil things for everyone else because they can’t stand themselves.
If you look at the responses here, you will see an abundance of emoticons being used. If people were being rude or obnoxious those wouldn’t be used. Hell, if there was a quota, this board would be out in a skinny minute.
I agree with most poster’s that just because one or two troubled individuals whine and complain, doesn’t mean we all need to be punished and treated accordingly.
And since no examples have been given, I will just “assume” that the same individual that can’t take the heat went running for mommy and tattled.

 

[KathyTX]

With all due respect, we are not going to publicly discuss issues with specific posters. The "not qualified" comment is a direct quote from an email received from one of the posters here.

The point of the original email was simply that there have recently been some less-than-welcoming responses to new posters, and a reminder of our guidelines.

This is fact, and should not be taken as personally offensive to any member of this community.

 

[SCtigercock]

With all due respect, we are not going to publicly discuss issues with specific posters. The "not qualified" comment is a direct quote from an email received from one of the posters here.

With all due respect, you just did.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

With all due respect, we are not going to publicly discuss issues with specific posters. The "not qualified" comment is a direct quote from an email received from one of the posters here.

The point of the original email was simply that there have recently been some less-than-welcoming responses to new posters, and a reminder of our guidelines.

This is fact, and should not be taken as personally offensive to any member of this community.

I'm sorry, but you chose to post a notice (with a triangle and exclamation point no less) to all those who post here reminding all of us to not be rude.

Where I come from that should only have been necessary if all or most of us have been rude.

Well, I haven't been rude.

So why shouldn't I be offended for being called out when I haven't been anything but nice?

Your post was personally offensive. I post on the camping board almost exclusively. Almost every day. And here comes a webmaster telling us all that we are rude and need to be reminded of how to act.

And if it is a fact that "there have recently been some less-than-welcoming responses to new posters" why can't you point out these responses so those of us who don't have a clue what you are talking about can avoid ruffling your feathers and the need for further warnings from you in the future?

I think I know why.

Because you made a mountain out of a molehill.

That's why.

TCD