You know, I've noticed that there has been an increasing amount of negativity on this forum too. To be honest, it annoys the shit out of me, but, at the same time, I know that there's not a whole lot I can do about it.
The only thing I (we) can do is just wait around until the negativity-driven, egotistical, insult-posting members cross the line, say something that catches the eye of a Mod and gets banned for it. Unfortunately, there are too many members like this to hope for a quick resolve, so it might take a while. I won't sit here and name bash, but there are certain members that seem to do nothing but look for trouble on this forum. They just browse the threads and do nothing but mass produce insulting and negative posts, hoping to rile everybody up.
It's funny, but I was actually thinking about this the other day. I was thinking about how all of this negativity just makes the forum less fun and less enjoyable to visit. It just seems that it chases good standing members away for a while, as they get tired of all the childish behavior. That pisses me off, when some jackass bombards the threads with bullshit posting, which causes decent, well-mannered posters to take a vacation from the forum.
There might not be a whole lot I can do, but I can do something. For example, in that one Canadian thread, I posted something about how stupid everybody was being, in hopes that they would grow the fuck up. It seemed to work, as BBB got banned shortly thereafter and everybody quit fighting with eachother. So, I guess I'll just continue to do that from now.
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