Well said Attila.
I think too many people on-line worry way too much about what other people on-line are doing. For many the bonsai forum is a social thing and not an educational or inspirational thing at all and as with most social activities politics, clicks, ladder climbing, and so on always seem to creep in. Many people are more worried about debating the person than debating the subject which leads to personal attacks, hard feelings, and thus generally leading to poor content for others to view.
God help the person who thinks he can contribute to the community, unless you have already fought through all the crap, you will have to. (Some of the best artists now tell stories of being crucified at first) The prevalent attitude on most forums is to tear people down and not build them up. Which brings up the crabs in a bucket story again,for those who haven't read it it tells about how, when a person is collocting crabs, that a single crab placed in a bucket will quickly crawl out, but if there are other crabs in the bucket they will not allow one to crawl out and will pull any who dare to try back down into the bucket.
And lastly, many forum people love the crap.
What? It can't be so?
Look at the threads with the most number of replies or views here....which threads are they? Interesting, isn't it?
The facts are very hard to argue against and point to the social forum mentioned above where people love to see debates and attacks, like a car crash......or a fire....
So you don't like a person, so what, you don't have to live with them, you don't even have to read what they have to say. The ignore feature here works wonders, I use it myself to block those who I personally feel have nothing valid to contribute or who seem more concerned with starting fights than bonsai...I love that feature!
Besides, quitting never has accomplished anything, except start yet another car crash thread.....but then again, people do love those, don't they?
My opinions, my words, my thoughts,
Will
What you say is true Will, to a point.
But in order for change to happen you have to have a willing spirit. Don't depend on someone else to change if you are not willing to as well.
Change happens one step at a time and one person at a time.
The Bonsai World is a very small world of many people from all over the world.
I choose to believe that each person is capable of helping to change our small world into a more cohesive bonded community that helps each other instead of bashing each others.
Mom