I'm used to this kind of behavior on RP community forums. It won't drive me away so easily. That said, I do also prefer the RPC and how it was when I first joined. This has been the most positive community I have been in. So, even though I am used to things being argumentative, that doesn't mean I want the RPC to stay that way.
I'm rather opinionated at times and because of that I usually just try to keep out of discussions. I don't post a lot and prefer lurking. I am always searching for ways to improve my tone and have been on a journey to do so ever since I left my first MMO. This is what I feel drives much of the negativity--tone. Often times we might view ourselves as being completely calm, maybe a little bit impassioned, but not angry. Then we type up a post and the reader either takes the tone wrong or the original poster takes the rebuttal the wrong way. A lot of it is just very subtle.Â
The only non-subtle example I can give to the posters here is to not feel like you need to get in the last word. It can be hard to be the first person to just walk away because it makes it read like the other person has somehow 'out debated' you.Â
I know several people who avoid the RPC because of it, yes. Unfortunately, even this thread has some examples of hostility in it.
I'm rather opinionated at times and because of that I usually just try to keep out of discussions. I don't post a lot and prefer lurking. I am always searching for ways to improve my tone and have been on a journey to do so ever since I left my first MMO. This is what I feel drives much of the negativity--tone. Often times we might view ourselves as being completely calm, maybe a little bit impassioned, but not angry. Then we type up a post and the reader either takes the tone wrong or the original poster takes the rebuttal the wrong way. A lot of it is just very subtle.Â
The only non-subtle example I can give to the posters here is to not feel like you need to get in the last word. It can be hard to be the first person to just walk away because it makes it read like the other person has somehow 'out debated' you.Â
I know several people who avoid the RPC because of it, yes. Unfortunately, even this thread has some examples of hostility in it.
