I suppose you've all read Todd's announcement and probably know what prompted it.
Todd emailed me about this and I was pretty much of the same mindset as him. Things had been getting ugly, and I was probably remiss for not putting a stop to it earlier. I didn't want to appear to be too heavy-handed, and I usually try to stay neutral. But things had clearly gotten out of hand and seemed to be getting worse. I apologize for not being more pro-active.
I will be more diligent about keeping things on an even keel from now on. We have a lot of people who are interested in gyros and the first thing they see, on the best gyro forum on the internet, is a bunch of squabbling. We have to be a little more cognizant of our behavior toward each other, and to the image we present to the public.
To echo what Todd posted:
Keep your personal squabbles private. Take it to email, or use a phone, or get together in a parking lot and duke it out. We don't want to hear it. We don't want to read it.
Posting private emails without the consent of the sender is forbidden. Whether you agree with what is written or not, it's private correspondence and needs to stay private.
If you have a legitimate gripe with a particular design or theory and want to discuss it, fine. That's what this forum is for. But think about what you have just written before hitting the 'Reply' button. Too often these technical discussions start getting personal and nothing but hard feelings result, with nothing being resolved. I would think that even a bunch of hard-headed individualists like us can disagree without being disagreeable.
We're all here to share our experiences and learn from each other.
But if I have to start thinning out objectionable posts and putting people in a non-posting status, I will.
Todd emailed me about this and I was pretty much of the same mindset as him. Things had been getting ugly, and I was probably remiss for not putting a stop to it earlier. I didn't want to appear to be too heavy-handed, and I usually try to stay neutral. But things had clearly gotten out of hand and seemed to be getting worse. I apologize for not being more pro-active.
I will be more diligent about keeping things on an even keel from now on. We have a lot of people who are interested in gyros and the first thing they see, on the best gyro forum on the internet, is a bunch of squabbling. We have to be a little more cognizant of our behavior toward each other, and to the image we present to the public.
To echo what Todd posted:
Keep your personal squabbles private. Take it to email, or use a phone, or get together in a parking lot and duke it out. We don't want to hear it. We don't want to read it.
Posting private emails without the consent of the sender is forbidden. Whether you agree with what is written or not, it's private correspondence and needs to stay private.
If you have a legitimate gripe with a particular design or theory and want to discuss it, fine. That's what this forum is for. But think about what you have just written before hitting the 'Reply' button. Too often these technical discussions start getting personal and nothing but hard feelings result, with nothing being resolved. I would think that even a bunch of hard-headed individualists like us can disagree without being disagreeable.
We're all here to share our experiences and learn from each other.
But if I have to start thinning out objectionable posts and putting people in a non-posting status, I will.