Pyrpolizer wrote:Londonrake wrote:erolz66 wrote:And some have wondered recently why there are so few posters and so few serious discussion of any worth and merit on this forum ?
I have to disagree with that statement. I really don't believe it's correct.
If you look at the list of OPs, you can see that the vast majority are generated by remarkably few people. As with your observation about GIG's posts, you will find that many of them display zero tolerance for any view which differs from their own. Particularly those expressed by somebody who is relatively new to the Forum. If you post something which contravenes their creed, you can find yourself subjected to a totally disproportionate and sometimes quite viciously racist attack.
Such people do not "wonder," or care, about the lack of posters. On the contrary, things are just how they want them to be.
If this is true then GIG is actually giving the forum a boost.
Forums don't thrive on agreements,they thrive on disagreements and on turning other people mad, to the point they can't help but respond, often vigorously.
Look what happened to Milti as soon as his personal polls got "banned". What happened to his historical to be mother of all polls?? He just left...
think of it this way: Would Erolz ever respond if it weren't for GIG's post and if GIG was not irritating him so much?
erolz getting mad at GIG's posts is actually becoming a rule in this forum
I disagree. Rational arguments, discussions and debates are fine but here they tend to degenerate into personal attacks and snide remarks. There are a few on CF that post interesting and useful stuff, that's why I look in every day but I have given up regular posting because of the super patriots on both sides - they do Cyprus and the Cypriot cause no favours.