In my case, it is with motorcycles, jiu jitsu or guns. It's really amazing how across such varied interests that the same style of things and types of people show up.
What originally starts as a place to ask questions, gain knowledge and develop a sense of community (the laudable goals) turns into asinine questions, ignorance, trolling and tearing something else down to build yourself up.
I can see now why professionals in their respective areas avoid the internet in regards to their area of expertise.
The load of insolence present within internet communities is astounding. APUG is one of the rare forums where that doesn't seem to be the case. I've been surprised to see how prevalent it is even on the Yelp community when someone simply asked for advice on a rock climbing site. The poor person received an overwhelming number of assenine comments, and only two normal replies.
ReplyDelete...furthermore, there are so many posts, with good intentions, yet they lack ability or care for grammar and sense.
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