Anyone who does the same must know that we here at CF have a bit of a negative image. It seems others see us as nasty, abusive and unwelcoming to new people. Even those who have never had a disagreement on the forum and keep to the 'General' section get lumped in with those who are seen as being the trouble-makers. Obviously this is not in keeping with true Cypriot hospitality so maybe we need to get ourselves an image consultant.
On the other hand, maybe those other people are just a bit too over-sensitive or being mostly British ex-pats aren't as passionate about Cyprus as some of the regular posters on here. Surely we should be proud of having a forum filled with intelligent and opinionated people that can debate any issue and not just the 'safe' topics. I'm not saying the people on the other fora (or is it forums?) aren't intelligent, just that they tend to avoid discussions that may cause disagreements.
Personally, I don't think that people on this forum are any nastier than people on other fora (again, forums?) I've been part of. In fact I have yet to be directly insulted here (well, not properly anyway) and probably wouldn't mind if I was. I'm fairly certain that forum life for most of us would be very dull if we all just stuck to the same topics where we all agree all the time.
So what do you think? Do we need a change of image or are we fine as we are? Are those other people more mature and sensible than some of us here or do we just care more and express ourselves like the average Cypriot family; sometimes loud and offensive but ultimately united?
