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Joannedacra,
Just as a response to the ageist thing ... I don't have a thing against Sean because he is 11. There are a few 14 year olds on this board that would not even be known as 14 except that they've posted the info at some point - they are treated completely the same as the others.
It's the badgering and constant, incessant follow up - not pure age - that put a few of us off. This behavior is also not well-received when done by an adult either on this board.
I don't think I've read anything that suggests that any poster dislikes younger posters per se, nor that anyone is being an adult "dick" as someone put it. Turning a cold shoulder because someone is young is being just that. But asking someone to stop making repetitious and irritating posts is not.
This board has a culture. And the nature of that culture is preserved by the participants. For all the frequent disagreements, near class warfare, debates and outright screaming arguments, they still fit within a culture that is largely acceptable. Behavior inconsistent with the culture gets a poor reception and is often short-lived.
It's not anyone being mean, nasty or ageist. It's just the way this awesome group holds together a little society with almost no guidelines outside of mutually acceptable behaviors.
Joann
(And I was thinking that edacra is arcade backwards and trying to remember if anyone on the board has an amusement industry connection! lol)