Roger Hogan Wrote:
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> Everybody should try to remember that it takes
> a lot of time to get and then process photos and
> or videos so sometimes take the extra minute to
> post a thank you or make a comment.
James Wrote:
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> Funny you should say that. I don't know if you
> saw the photos in the other thread before they
> were yanked, but I did. A couple of them were
> of SP 18 sitting inside a really dirty looking stall
> (typical of busy shops -- good atmospheric pictures
> of an almost-disappeared reality). Someone *did*
> comment on the content of said pictures by ex-
> claiming awe over the impressive amount of grime
> present.
I can't see that as negative, rude, or
>
otherwise inappropriate.
Me neither. In fact, since the commenter's handle is ABQfoamer, I figured he was just being tongue-in-cheek facetious about how n-i-m-b-y-s view railroads in general. I certainly didn't think it was in any way a comment on the photograph per se
or that it was in any way aimed at the photographer.
> You might be friends with a certain poster, but
> don't let friendship stand in the way of objective
> reality. He picked fights with people who made
> off-topic comments he wasn't personally interested
> in. He insulted people who made jokes. At last
> he threw what amounts to a public temper tantrum
> over someone making a content-appropriate com-
> ment on his own photographs. He has a long his-
> tory of belligerent and toxic behavior spanning num-
> erous forums. He only started posting here again
> after he left (or got kicked out of) another forum.
> In short, the only real problem here is that indiv-
> idual's own poor attitude. If you're a friend, may-
> be you can get through where nobody else can
> and tell him he's way out of line.
>
> As a rule this forum is by far the most civil inter-
> net board I read on a daily basis.
I say don't fix
>
what isn't broken.
AMEN!!
> Some forums have active view counters
. . . seems
> harmless enough. As someone else said, like/dislike
> buttons tend to become political and wind up {being}
> manipulated by the various cliques that inhabit a given
> forum.
Right On, James -
Methinks thou hast hit the nail upon its very head.
- Russ
