Posted by twinleaf on July 27, 2008, at 12:11:37
In reply to Re: private communications » twinleaf, posted by fayeroe on July 27, 2008, at 11:23:34
You have once again made an insulting, incorrect assumption about me. Previously, you assumed that I was reading ALL of the posts. When I point out to you that I am not reading ANY of them, you don't acknowledge your error, but instead post again to insinuate that I am COUNTING all of them. I haven't done that; nor would it ever occur to me to do so. What on earth is making you continue to come to these very poorly thought out, incorrect, insulting conclusions?
Common sense, and routine observation of the boards in order to see what I would like to read, have made me aware that this poster has been responding to nearly every thread. Early in 2008, I read some of them, and realized that many, although not all, of them did not have meaningful content- either clear personal experience, or meaningful emotional content. They appeared to have been written much more from a need to make social contact rather than from a desire to share information. I do not mean that there is anything inherently wrong with that need- it's a natural one that we all have- but I think it's reasonable to suggest that "less might be more" in the same way that posters are asked to maintain a certain level of civility. None of us get to say or do absolutely anything we might want here. The board couldn't exist as a viable community if we did
What one poster writes of course does not need to influence what another poster will write. All of these posts can easily be ignored. My concern, and the original reason for my deciding to post about this is that the boards seem kind of "watered down" when there are so many posts of this nature. Babble has always stood out, above the rest of the psychology sites, for the depth of its knowledge base, and for the breadth and sincerity of the emotional experiences which have been shared here. I would like it to stay that way, so that when internet browsers come upon Babble, they will be excited and interested in joining- as we once were.
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