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Guys,
I,ve been reading this thread and my first thought was: "here we go again"
someone asks an honest question at the start of the thread, and quickly people are arguing with each other, instead of discussion the subject. I am not going to critize this. This is the internet and it's my own choise to read this or to skip it. It is just an observation I make and it amazes me. This is a webiste dedicated to a hobby. A bunch of people buying plastic kits, glueing the little pieces together and adding some paint to them. It basically nothing more than that, to me at least. That's why I don't understand the heated debates all the time.
I think what I see happening here is what I see on many internet fora. It is I think the result of anonymous communication. People don't talk face to face, and are therefore more "open" in their choise of words. Add to that that written communication often can be perceived as blunt to the reader and we have recipe for a fight. I see this often on youtube when I look for videos of tanks. Comments there a often just full of hatred and racism. Luckily this site has moderators to keep thing civil. However, I think it's rather amusing to see people arguing about plastic thingies and trying to prove their point, without seeing the obvious result: the opponent will never raise the white flag. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with a good discussion, but perhaps it's sometime better to agree that you disagree. Life's too short to loose your mind over losing an argument you have with someone on the other side of the globe you would not have ever met in your life without the internet in the first place.
My way of dealing with bad comments or no comments at all on my posts is to accept it's just a part of the internet age.
cheers,
Matthijs (Mat with 1 T)
You are right that it started as Brett Elphick's ("elph") honest question, "Why do folks post critques/comments but don't post photos of their own work?"
It was Matt Paine's ("grimmo") first post that changed the entire mode and direction; basically a "post photos of your stuff or shut up" opinion.
Suggesting an opinion telling any group to shut up is normally going to set everyone off.
