Use of the Barrie/Northern Ontario section of https://terb.cc
In my opinion, the coolest colour is red. Does anyone wish to dispute that red is the colour I think is the best?? NO!! So remember my opinion is my own and cannot be wrong. It may differ from your opinion and everyone is welcome to post their opinion, but my opinion is my own and cannot therefor be wrong.
In my opinion, I think the board is good for information and reviews, and negative information (if, and when true) is still good to have, but just senseless bashing back and forth does seem to me to have taken over the Barrie/Northern section.
SHILLING...
In my opinion shilling is wrong. It offends me when people try to fool me. I rarely fall for for it. It loses the "shiller" business. Before I believe a really positive review, I look at the history of the suspected shiller, and the shillee. I look at the dates and times of posts and when the two are very close together, it triggers my pessimistic nerve. You also get a feel for similar styles of writing, and the vocabulary used in the shill as by the snillee, or other suspected shillers, if there are such.
BASHING...
In my opinion, good-natured teasing is recognizable by the fact that it is good natured. In my opinion people who like it will dish it out and take it, with dignity and good nature. But mean, and malicious bashing is catty and brings into suspicion the nature of the relationship between the participants. And I know that I will not be seeing any SPs or MPAs who participate in such because that is not the type of personality I like to associate with. Others may, and I am very much a proponent for consenting adults doing what they will, but commenters who are mean and nasty and overdo it may want to realize they may be losing business.
THREAD USAGE...
I think, if you got something different to say, start a new thread, damn it. boards and threads are great reading, but we make it easaier for everyone if we keep threads consistent, and identify other subjects with a new thread.
NEWBIES...
Damn it all, again!!! we need more information in this area. Encourage newbies. Invite reviews, and valid information. The more the merrier. But yes, newbies will be suspect, and abusers of the system will often pose as new users and new users will therefor always be suspect. But that is part of life. People suspect what other people say until their credence is substantiated through increased awareness of their knowledge, their experience, or their opinions.
REBUTTALS...
In my opinion, chasing every entry in every thread with rebuttals and outings, muddies the purpose of this board. Got something to say try a new thread, with an expose of the consipiracy. Say, this person is related to this and I offer such ands uch as evidence, and this user and this are related this way and I know this because, etc. etc. If someone's, or some user's spewing crap, I wouldn't recommend harrasing them, just tell the truth as you know or suspect it in your own thread. Then you are supporting the common good, as opposed to interfering with it.
MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES
In my opinion, should not be done. It is usually recognizable. People have consistent vocabularies regardless of how borderline schizo they are. Then everything they have to say, even the good stuff, is suspect. If you think you need to voice your opinion multiple times using multiple personas, to get attention, then maybe you are just not good enough at expressing your opinion, or maybe your opinion is biased and full of crap. Be true to your audience, and your audience will be true to you.
Remember these are just my opinions. If your's are different, you are welcome to let yours be known, too.
Let's be more information oriented, less confrontational, and more encouraging of new authors.
Let's get the Barrie/Northern section to be more useful.
My 14 cents worth.
Leroy
In my opinion, the coolest colour is red. Does anyone wish to dispute that red is the colour I think is the best?? NO!! So remember my opinion is my own and cannot be wrong. It may differ from your opinion and everyone is welcome to post their opinion, but my opinion is my own and cannot therefor be wrong.
In my opinion, I think the board is good for information and reviews, and negative information (if, and when true) is still good to have, but just senseless bashing back and forth does seem to me to have taken over the Barrie/Northern section.
SHILLING...
In my opinion shilling is wrong. It offends me when people try to fool me. I rarely fall for for it. It loses the "shiller" business. Before I believe a really positive review, I look at the history of the suspected shiller, and the shillee. I look at the dates and times of posts and when the two are very close together, it triggers my pessimistic nerve. You also get a feel for similar styles of writing, and the vocabulary used in the shill as by the snillee, or other suspected shillers, if there are such.
BASHING...
In my opinion, good-natured teasing is recognizable by the fact that it is good natured. In my opinion people who like it will dish it out and take it, with dignity and good nature. But mean, and malicious bashing is catty and brings into suspicion the nature of the relationship between the participants. And I know that I will not be seeing any SPs or MPAs who participate in such because that is not the type of personality I like to associate with. Others may, and I am very much a proponent for consenting adults doing what they will, but commenters who are mean and nasty and overdo it may want to realize they may be losing business.
THREAD USAGE...
I think, if you got something different to say, start a new thread, damn it. boards and threads are great reading, but we make it easaier for everyone if we keep threads consistent, and identify other subjects with a new thread.
NEWBIES...
Damn it all, again!!! we need more information in this area. Encourage newbies. Invite reviews, and valid information. The more the merrier. But yes, newbies will be suspect, and abusers of the system will often pose as new users and new users will therefor always be suspect. But that is part of life. People suspect what other people say until their credence is substantiated through increased awareness of their knowledge, their experience, or their opinions.
REBUTTALS...
In my opinion, chasing every entry in every thread with rebuttals and outings, muddies the purpose of this board. Got something to say try a new thread, with an expose of the consipiracy. Say, this person is related to this and I offer such ands uch as evidence, and this user and this are related this way and I know this because, etc. etc. If someone's, or some user's spewing crap, I wouldn't recommend harrasing them, just tell the truth as you know or suspect it in your own thread. Then you are supporting the common good, as opposed to interfering with it.
MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES
In my opinion, should not be done. It is usually recognizable. People have consistent vocabularies regardless of how borderline schizo they are. Then everything they have to say, even the good stuff, is suspect. If you think you need to voice your opinion multiple times using multiple personas, to get attention, then maybe you are just not good enough at expressing your opinion, or maybe your opinion is biased and full of crap. Be true to your audience, and your audience will be true to you.
Remember these are just my opinions. If your's are different, you are welcome to let yours be known, too.
Let's be more information oriented, less confrontational, and more encouraging of new authors.
Let's get the Barrie/Northern section to be more useful.
My 14 cents worth.
Leroy