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Hey everyone!
Congratulations on our 4,000th member!!
This forum has been consistently growing over the years with the excellent contributions of members and their posts with great questions and information. Of course, with growth and diversity comes more probability of differences of opinion. We would like to maintain a relatively relaxed moderation style on this forum, but we also must maintain an environment where everyone can express their feelings freely.
A few reminders on proper forum etiquette: http://www.ehow.com/how_2106033_use-proper-forum-etiquette.html
1) We must respect that others have different opinions, but we must be civil and friendly even if we don't agree.
2) If you ever feel a post is directed to you personally and that someone may be "attacking" you, by no means respond publicly. Hit the report button on the bottom of that post and the forum staff will review and take action if needed.
3) Express your differences of opinion in a way that is not trolling other people into a debate.
4) Remember there are lots of challenges with communicating by text only. So much is lost (tone, body language, etc.) which can cause a HUGE miscommunication problem. Per wikipedia:
"Some researchers put the level of nonverbal communication as high as 80 percent of all communication. More reasonably it could be at around 50-65 percent. Thats exactly what Mehrabian discovered in his communication study. He found that only 7 percent of communication comes from spoken words, 38 percent is from the tone of the voice, and 55 percent comes from body language."
So, you can see that in cases where people are reading and then posting replies to a comment, especially one that has a lot of emotion, a TON of information can be lost or miscommunication. This is usually responsible for 90% of the problems on forums which cause threads to be locked or removed.
We encourage everyone to be VERY careful as they read AND reply to posts on a forum (i.e., have a thick skin when reading and be very friendly and clear when posting).
5) Be careful how you reply to someone posting their opinion and how you react to "attacks". Never flame a person for their opinion. Examples:
Bad:
"You're pretty dumb for believing that! Let me tell you that I know I'm right and you're wrong..."
Good:
"I see what you are saying. I personally believe that xxx yyy...."
Bad:
"How dare you call me dumb you jerk!"
Good:
--- Do not reply publicly but report the post to the moderators using the "report" link on the post.
Again, our goal is to continue to foster open, educational, and friendly discussion, and as the forum grows we want everyone to keep this in mind.
Keep up the great work and the fantastic conversations. This forum is full of really valuable information and great members and discussion and we want to keep it that way!
Cheers!
Congratulations on our 4,000th member!!
This forum has been consistently growing over the years with the excellent contributions of members and their posts with great questions and information. Of course, with growth and diversity comes more probability of differences of opinion. We would like to maintain a relatively relaxed moderation style on this forum, but we also must maintain an environment where everyone can express their feelings freely.
A few reminders on proper forum etiquette: http://www.ehow.com/how_2106033_use-proper-forum-etiquette.html
1) We must respect that others have different opinions, but we must be civil and friendly even if we don't agree.
2) If you ever feel a post is directed to you personally and that someone may be "attacking" you, by no means respond publicly. Hit the report button on the bottom of that post and the forum staff will review and take action if needed.
3) Express your differences of opinion in a way that is not trolling other people into a debate.
4) Remember there are lots of challenges with communicating by text only. So much is lost (tone, body language, etc.) which can cause a HUGE miscommunication problem. Per wikipedia:
"Some researchers put the level of nonverbal communication as high as 80 percent of all communication. More reasonably it could be at around 50-65 percent. Thats exactly what Mehrabian discovered in his communication study. He found that only 7 percent of communication comes from spoken words, 38 percent is from the tone of the voice, and 55 percent comes from body language."
So, you can see that in cases where people are reading and then posting replies to a comment, especially one that has a lot of emotion, a TON of information can be lost or miscommunication. This is usually responsible for 90% of the problems on forums which cause threads to be locked or removed.
We encourage everyone to be VERY careful as they read AND reply to posts on a forum (i.e., have a thick skin when reading and be very friendly and clear when posting).
5) Be careful how you reply to someone posting their opinion and how you react to "attacks". Never flame a person for their opinion. Examples:
Bad:
"You're pretty dumb for believing that! Let me tell you that I know I'm right and you're wrong..."
Good:
"I see what you are saying. I personally believe that xxx yyy...."
Bad:
"How dare you call me dumb you jerk!"
Good:
--- Do not reply publicly but report the post to the moderators using the "report" link on the post.
Again, our goal is to continue to foster open, educational, and friendly discussion, and as the forum grows we want everyone to keep this in mind.
Keep up the great work and the fantastic conversations. This forum is full of really valuable information and great members and discussion and we want to keep it that way!
Cheers!
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