[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

This.

Exercise a modicum of self awareness before posting/replying.

Just because it's easier to get away with on an anonymous message board doesn't mean you should say it.

End of the day, what you are is how you conduct yourself and what you practice every day. That includes every medium in which you are engaged.

If you're timid and nice to people's faces, but you're a jerk that subtly belittled people consistently over comments and boards and social media, then at the end of the day you're not being a great person and you're dragging down the world around you in little ways each day rather than contributing to it in a way that brings value.

It's an anonymous board but the people at the other end are very real and you'd be surprised how someone's snark and condescending speak on a place they go to for fun can affect a person's mood or day.

If you wouldn't make that comment looking directly into someone's eyes in a public place (and this board is a public place) then don't effing say it here.

It doesn't matter if you're feeling bitter or cheeky and need to vent (and we have threads made for that). Unless its in good taste and isn't framed as a put down (keep in mind some comments are rude on the surface and only regulars would get the humour buried beneath it, but any one else wouldn't catch on) it doesn't belong on a forum as much as it doesn't belong at a social function where you spoke your thoughts in front of every one else in the room.

At the same time when its a joke, or just goofing around (and the person has made that clear) it would be good if we can also get better at not taking things personally, because reactiveness and over sensitivity to humour is something that also dampens the fun of the board.

Posts that are meant in jest vs a straight up put down snark-type comment are two different things that warrant different treatment.

The best posters here are the ones who can disagree with people and vocalize that but in a way that challenges the content of someone's post, and not the poster.

You can tell by the way they post that they're solid people. That's because they have integrity and don't make exceptions in their behavior for an internet board.

/jk