Originally posted by Sick Daddy
That's still on you, sorry, I was clear from the beginning that I wasn't 'whining' and I know what I meant. Perhaps the issue is the active forum members waiting around to jump on any little thing. That seems pretty clear to me. Nothing new in forum communities for the elders to gang up and be a collective prick to people.
No, you weren't clear from the beginning that you weren't whining. You explained that later, after people mis-understood your OP for a whining post, but your OP itself sounded whiny. You know what you meant, but we didn't... because you weren't clear in your OP.
Like I said before, either every single one of us is terrible at reading comprehension, or you aren't effective as a writer at expressing your viewpoints in an understandable manner. If you want to continue insisting that your writing is just fine and that everyone else but you is the problem, fine, go ahead. You'll join a long list of failed writers with no audience and no influence, grumbling under their breath that nobody understands their brilliance.
...or, you could, y'know, take this as a sign that perhaps you need to work on your writing skills to more accurately convey your viewpoint. As you improve, people will start to take you seriously. And with that, you'll be able to build some influence and shape the course of debate here on the GLB forums -- something which you are utterly failing to do right now thanks to your stubborn insistence that your writing skills are just fine and that everyone else is the problem.
By the way, if you think I'm one of the "elders," you haven't been paying attention. Some people in the forums like me, some people don't, but I really don't have a lot of influence around here, not compared to some of the truly big names.
I'm pretty sure I have more influence than you, though. You might want to ask yourself why.
That's still on you, sorry, I was clear from the beginning that I wasn't 'whining' and I know what I meant. Perhaps the issue is the active forum members waiting around to jump on any little thing. That seems pretty clear to me. Nothing new in forum communities for the elders to gang up and be a collective prick to people.
No, you weren't clear from the beginning that you weren't whining. You explained that later, after people mis-understood your OP for a whining post, but your OP itself sounded whiny. You know what you meant, but we didn't... because you weren't clear in your OP.
Like I said before, either every single one of us is terrible at reading comprehension, or you aren't effective as a writer at expressing your viewpoints in an understandable manner. If you want to continue insisting that your writing is just fine and that everyone else but you is the problem, fine, go ahead. You'll join a long list of failed writers with no audience and no influence, grumbling under their breath that nobody understands their brilliance.
...or, you could, y'know, take this as a sign that perhaps you need to work on your writing skills to more accurately convey your viewpoint. As you improve, people will start to take you seriously. And with that, you'll be able to build some influence and shape the course of debate here on the GLB forums -- something which you are utterly failing to do right now thanks to your stubborn insistence that your writing skills are just fine and that everyone else is the problem.
By the way, if you think I'm one of the "elders," you haven't been paying attention. Some people in the forums like me, some people don't, but I really don't have a lot of influence around here, not compared to some of the truly big names.
I'm pretty sure I have more influence than you, though. You might want to ask yourself why.
