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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I see it as completely the opposite problem. People want a place to vent about things, that's exactly what this forum is. If you don't want to read it, don't. Don't engage with it. Provide commentary that instead guides the conversation in directions you would like.
All you do by pointing out the negativity and griping about it is elevate the level of conversation around it. That's the wallowing. If we're making it a pig metaphor, the negative posters are just farmers spreading manure, but the pigs wallowing in the manure and mucking it all around are the posters then making a fuss about the negativity.
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Making posts that complain about people complaining about negativity seems like a very “have my cake and eat it, too” position. Based on your opinion that the most effective way to steer the conversation is to ignore what you don’t like and post about what you do like, it’s safe to assume you’re actually fine with people complaining about negativity.
However people want to spin it, the simple fact is that the GT and PGT have become mostly unreadable to people who want to ignore the negativity and resulting arguments about nothing.