Hello. I'm usually a lurker on here due to my own lack of confidence, and more recently due to the reasons that started this thread. But as this is something everyone is experiencing I thought it'd be good to share my interpretations of it as well, and hopefully others will if they haven't already, as it would be good to everyone's opinion, even those who aren't directly involved.
 It's been bought up how the community here isn't as welcoming as it was, 'popularity', cliques, and other issues along those lines. Since it's been mentioned so often by different people on multiple occassions it can be concluded that these issues exist. However, in my opinion they are separate and unrelated to recent aggression that has been here lately, so I won't go futher on it.
 I've gotten the impression since there has been some negativity building over the past months, people are on their guard even more than they usually would be and are seeing aggression where there isn't any. Hopefully this thread has helped break that cycle and has been a gentle reminder to everyone that users are just discussing things and more often than not, not trying to cause a fight.
(Is my grammar right there? Should there be two nots? 
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 Actually I feel stupid because I'm finding it really difficult to sum up what I wanted to say, because often I can't tell if people are being rude or not on here, which is ultimately the problem. So instead I'm going to second remembering to read your reply before posting, maybe if in doubt even adding "I'm not starting an argument and am genuinely interested in what you have to say!"Â
 Be the better person. If you see someone being snarky, ignore it or navigate around it. It doesn't make you look any better than them if you respond in kind.
 If you feel someone is getting personal, then send a private message to them rather than continuing publically. I can think of many threads that could have been salvaged if this happened.
 Lastly, please, please, agree to disagree when you both believe you are right. In pretty much every case I have seen on here, no-one is wrong. But everyone has different opinions, and it's important to remember that.
 I'm just repeating everyone else.
 Thank you to our lovely Moderators for discussing this, dealing with recent dramas, and generally being awesome.
 It's been bought up how the community here isn't as welcoming as it was, 'popularity', cliques, and other issues along those lines. Since it's been mentioned so often by different people on multiple occassions it can be concluded that these issues exist. However, in my opinion they are separate and unrelated to recent aggression that has been here lately, so I won't go futher on it.
 I've gotten the impression since there has been some negativity building over the past months, people are on their guard even more than they usually would be and are seeing aggression where there isn't any. Hopefully this thread has helped break that cycle and has been a gentle reminder to everyone that users are just discussing things and more often than not, not trying to cause a fight.
(Is my grammar right there? Should there be two nots? )Â Actually I feel stupid because I'm finding it really difficult to sum up what I wanted to say, because often I can't tell if people are being rude or not on here, which is ultimately the problem. So instead I'm going to second remembering to read your reply before posting, maybe if in doubt even adding "I'm not starting an argument and am genuinely interested in what you have to say!"Â
 Be the better person. If you see someone being snarky, ignore it or navigate around it. It doesn't make you look any better than them if you respond in kind.
 If you feel someone is getting personal, then send a private message to them rather than continuing publically. I can think of many threads that could have been salvaged if this happened.
 Lastly, please, please, agree to disagree when you both believe you are right. In pretty much every case I have seen on here, no-one is wrong. But everyone has different opinions, and it's important to remember that.
 I'm just repeating everyone else.
 Thank you to our lovely Moderators for discussing this, dealing with recent dramas, and generally being awesome.
