Prices on mugs dropping, what gives? - General Tiki

J JenTiki Grand Member (1 year) Home of the best rum collection in NC Joined: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 2336	J JenTiki Posted posted on Tue, Mar 8, 2016 7:46 AM On 2016-03-07 19:09, Hakalugi wrote: Message to Swizzle (and El Jefe), and anyone else that wants to help improve TC: DO NOT troll a troll. If somebody is trolling, IGNORE them. As they say, "Do not feed the trolls". If you see somebody causing trouble, send me a Private Message. Trolling a troll NEVER makes things better, it just doesn't. Amen to that!! This thread is like a freeway pile-up ... you know you don't want to see the carnage, but you just can't help looking. All the back and forth bickering really doesn't help anything and does cause a lot of folks (who don't always announce it) to leave TC or not even bother to sign up after lurking. Just last week I received the following response when suggesting that a facebook friend post progress pics of his new home tiki space on TC: "It's been a while since I visited that site. Didn't seem terribly welcoming in the past..." If we want to see the actual content that is the whole purpose of TC, we need to make it a place where people are comfortable sharing without fear of being trolled. There are several people on this site (not all of whom have posted on this thread) who make it an intimidating place to "hang out." It very much does feel like high school sometimes and the cliques/rivalries are very obvious even to the casual observer. Most of our lives are stressful enough without running into such drama every time we log into a site that, by its very nature, is supposed to be about escapism. Whatever happened to "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all"? Sure, that means that sometimes we have to bite our tongues, but that's better than fanning a flame that will burn us all eventually. Gentle guidance for newbs is one thing, but outright insults and judgment don't help anybody. (Unless, of course, they're trying to make a Mai Tai with Myers or grenadine :wink: ) [steps off soapbox]

On 2016-03-07 19:09, Hakalugi wrote:
Message to Swizzle (and El Jefe), and anyone else that wants to help improve TC:

DO NOT troll a troll.

If somebody is trolling, IGNORE them. As they say, "Do not feed the trolls". If you see somebody causing trouble, send me a Private Message.

Trolling a troll NEVER makes things better, it just doesn't.

Amen to that!! This thread is like a freeway pile-up ... you know you don't want to see the carnage, but you just can't help looking. All the back and forth bickering really doesn't help anything and does cause a lot of folks (who don't always announce it) to leave TC or not even bother to sign up after lurking. Just last week I received the following response when suggesting that a facebook friend post progress pics of his new home tiki space on TC: "It's been a while since I visited that site. Didn't seem terribly welcoming in the past..."

If we want to see the actual content that is the whole purpose of TC, we need to make it a place where people are comfortable sharing without fear of being trolled. There are several people on this site (not all of whom have posted on this thread) who make it an intimidating place to "hang out." It very much does feel like high school sometimes and the cliques/rivalries are very obvious even to the casual observer. Most of our lives are stressful enough without running into such drama every time we log into a site that, by its very nature, is supposed to be about escapism. Whatever happened to "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all"? Sure, that means that sometimes we have to bite our tongues, but that's better than fanning a flame that will burn us all eventually. Gentle guidance for newbs is one thing, but outright insults and judgment don't help anybody. (Unless, of course, they're trying to make a Mai Tai with Myers or grenadine :wink: )

[steps off soapbox]

Post #760400 by JenTiki on Tue, Mar 8, 2016 7:46 AM