Enough with the hostility...

[HRBAKER]

I agree that the board seems more aggressive than usuall, but I think it has a lot to do with the large influx of new members getting defensive and taking things too personally. Some people used to find some of the sarcasm funny. I did. The personal attacks are getting a bit out of hand but I think it has a lot to do with misunderstanding, followed by a subsequent snow ball effect.

+1

[Peter_Spaeth]

To paraphrase Chairman Mao, card collecting is not a tea party. Nothing wrong with a little ego and attitude in my opinion.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

To paraphrase Chairman Mao, card collecting is not a tea party. Nothing wrong with a little ego and attitude in my opinion.

Ha, maybe it bit naive of me.. There's probably a fair amount of room for ego in just about anything from politics to picking fruit. I guess I just don't derive any of my ego from cards... This being greatly aided by the fact that NO one else in my immediate circle collects, so I'm generally alone in this thing.

Originally Posted by Matthew H

I was a part of the oil painting thread and can give you specific reasons for my post. The auctioneer who started the thread, in my opinion, seems to hype auctions even more than the usual. It wasn't a bad thing, again in my opinion, to chop down the idea that it was somehow a prominent painting of Cy Young. I could already see the auction description in my head.
-Matt

Sorry, I may have jumped the gun a little to use that example, since I clearly don't know the whole story behind your's or maybe others' comments on that thread. I guess in general (any thread/post) what stands out to me more are the times when it seems responders are just piling on someone. Especially when it's someone causing no harm or foul to anyone else. Another instance comes to mind, a guy simply asking for something and gets 7-8 smart ass comments back. Maybe it's an empty request, and I've got no problem with sarcasm and good humor (I love the Judd Apatow/Seth Rogan movies as much as the next guy). In my mind the first and 2nd are harmless, maybe even funny, but the 5th, 6th and on get old, especially when saying basically the same thing. But worse, the 5th, 6th and 7th make some guy feel like he's swimming in a sea of sharks. Whether the responders are right or not, I think there's no need to keep kicking someone while down.

[midwaylandscaping]

I spend more time reading than posting, but I think Leon does a good job. I see no more hostility here than some other boards I read also. Be it comic book or a card related board.
Also the only board I would use to seek opinions / advice if I ever decided to jump into pre-war collecting.
Positives on this board by far outweigh the negatives.

[wazoo]

Great responses everyone! All of you bring up very valid points. I believe someone mentioned something about the comments in a new member's post. It is true that some of the comments can be rude and not very accepting. I can thank everyone for being very kind when I was new to the board, but that's not always the case for other members who just joined. Just my two cents.

[wazoo]

And I'm not trying to play it as like it's a perfect world of course!

[Piratedogcardshows]

Sorry for this but it fits perfectly......Can't we all just get along!

[mrvster]

like waz, this board will have a great future