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Originally posted by Vilkku
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I think many have forgotten the reason why #banana was 'split' from the official Plus! channels in the first place. Guess what... it was the result of the exact same reasons why people make these rant threads. And as a 'solution' #banana was declared 'non-Plus! related' (as if that solved the underlying problems.... apparently not).
You are actually helping me prove my point. Let's play with this idea: would a similar channel on another network be any better, if the same kinds of discussions continued?
No it wouldn't be any better, because that is not the issue here. The issue is the attidude of people. And indeed, some people I speak about are indeed regular member of #banana too. The channel that has been declared 'non-grata' exactly because of the reasons talked about in these rants.
But declaring it 'non-grata' doesn't change the attitude of people on it (and off it!), just as closing threads like this don't solve anything, just as ignoring all this doesn't solve anything.
And that is what this is about, the attidude that many people (not all!) have these days towards other people, new and old. The fact that fewer and fewer can accept when things don't go their way. The fact that as soon as they get to be 'regular' they start acting like brats and forget they were once newbies too. The fact that people don't bother about what happens in the community. The fact that some people don't think before doing something. The fact that it is apparently considered cool to jump on people. The fact that it is considered normal to spam, laugh in people's faces, not report stuff and ignore rules and even guidelines. The fact that for some people common sense seems far away these days...
Selfishness, disrespectfullness, lazyness, ignorance, etc are all words which are heared more and more.
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