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People just need to be shown how to do things. We are similar to the villagers we tend to on our VV games. Do they come in knowing how to do things well from the beginning? Some do. Most do not. We need to teach them how it is done, what we want out of them. It is the same here. Respect and honor one another. The best way to get through to someone is with kindness and patience. If you attack someone, they will get defensive. It is a natural reaction and it might actually encourage the same actions you were getting upset about. **snipped**
There are as many different interpretations of the word
attack as there are people on the boards.
Example: Someone posts a response to a person (new or long-term) that they think is kindly and informative. Their perception is their post is helpful to the original poster.
New or long-term person takes the post as a personal insult. Their perception is the other poster is attacking them because they were corrected.
The people of the forum all come from many places, different backgrounds, different ages, etc., etc. All parties need to be understanding. It won't work if just the responders are. The original poster(s) needs to be as well.
It also feeds upon itself when other posters chime in concerning the "attackers" or the "victims".
We all are human and we all want our opinions heard, but when sides are taken that just creates even more hard feelings.
It's not just being nice, polite, and understanding to the new people. All of us need to be nice, polite, and understanding of everyone that posts here.
**I just used Gamey's post here in order to collect my thoughts on this issue. Read in it's entirety, or in portions, it's a great post! It is NOT an attack on Gamey.
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