Because of the lack of context, i can not comment on whatever disagreement or argument that you have been in, however, i will say this. I am an old dude. I am pushing 50. That is old enough to witness the good old times when people freely spoke their minds without fear of being “cancelled” by the internet mob. Worrying about hurting somebody else’s feelings as i speak my mind is not something i practice because i value facts over feelings. I speak my mind and if somebody doesn’t like it, well that is their prerogative. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. That is it. I speak/write my mind and then i shut up. I don’t argue, i don’t discuss, i don’t quarrel. That is a waste of my and other people’s time. Life has taught me that.
So, stop worrying about what other people said, wrote or if they did or did not like your opinion. It doesn’t matter. We will all die. None of it matters. Just speak your mind and let the others decide what they will do with it.
PS: We also should not forget that there are lots of people in this forum who aren’t american or british in terms of their language. So when you criticize their use of english langauge or the “tone” per se, it is actually going into the territory of a selective cultural input. If one speaks with a certain manner in their own culture, it is “normal” for them to reflect that in english language also. Most native english speakers fail to understand that. And yet they also choose not to learn any other languages themselves. So much for the “diversity” that some people like to boast online.
… which is definitely the way to go in terms of resilience & taking care of your online presence. Sometimes it’s necessary to use these features. Or to gain some distance and to let cool things down for a while, as you did. Totally understandable.
There is definitely no reason to excuse yourself. At least from my perspective, I wouldn’t even call it venting. Sure, it left behind questions unanswered I guess. But that’s not important. No one called out any names, I haven’t be not involved (at least I hope so) and therefore, I’m pretty certain that you did the right & mature thing to address the unpleasant situation / interaction.
In the end, I’ve been in that very situation in the past as well. Not within this forum tough. But we all should take into account that sometimes the engagements and conversations within the digital domain could be exhaustive and tiresome. Especially on the days when we got up on the wrong foot.
Usually this forum is resisting the trend that the tone and the interactions online has gotten rougher than they used to be. Sometimes even a bit too much so for my liking. But the policy that political topics shouldn’t be posted - is not my decision to make and which I totally respect. But it has saved you all from a venting thread upon recent events in the world … at least once
Anyway, sometimes I’d like to hear the positions and opinions from the folks that are on the other side of the pond - just to reassure myself that not everyone is orange-faced and that there is still some reason. And that’s it.
Keep on spellbinding, make some wallpapers and tinker with fast-fetch !
well i can say this ,when i 1st started my EOS forum journey , i early recognised that you are 1 of the “old timers users” ,(meaning one could learn some things from you). I tend to seek out those kind of users on any forum i land on ,and value their inputs.
though i’m not really here much anymore ,it bugs me that ANY event should make an established user feel it’s time for a break…
I have to say that some users seems to treat this forum as some sort of extension to Reddit and use same tone here. This is really small minority however, but it’s something I don’t like, because that’s one of the reasons I left that platform; having negativity around you makes you easily negative yourself.
However, most of the time, even when there are disagreements and stuff, we are able to tolerate each other and our differing opinions here. And it’s something that’s not that common on social platforms, If you count this Forum of ours as one.
FWIW, I’ve reduced my input to this forum for very similar reasons (I took a whole month off earlier this year). Ignoring users helps, but sometimes ignoring the forum for a few days helps too.
Time to celebrate. 