Jim...here in lays the issue. When people start accusing each other of being a BS artist...it starts a nasty cycle...I can't tell you how many times I have read something posted by someone "knowledgeable" that was in my experience total hogwash. Now when I read that I have 3 choices...
1) walk away as its not worth my time
2) tell them they are full of it in harsh and uncivil tones...which accomplishes nothing and leads to a flame thread...and that is a fact.
3) State my opinion in a civil fashion and hope that if enough others do the truth is known.
*This is the way that actually works best here on Simply regardless of what some think...That I know.
My problem as the owner here is that though most members here understand this I have a handful that either
1) don't care
2) don't think rules apply to them
3) don't realize that they are part of the problem by how they post
4) are narrow minded and only they know the real truth
5) are socially inept and it carries over to their posts
6) are drunk when they post
7) are bored with life or have personal baggage and issues
8) are literally stalking someone they don't like and just are waiting for an opportunity
9) have been in this a few short years and are parroting experts with little experience themselves
10) ...have an inner Troll that they are too weak to keep chained up
I've seen it and then some. Discus Hobbyist's have no shortage of the self righteous...true for most deep hobbies...But that doesn't make it acceptable here.
No one is saying to not disagree, or to be cozy friends with everyone... but theres a lot of ways to write something and show you disgree...getting into an angry derogatory verbal fist fight may be entertaining for some...but I consider it a waste of my forum's bandwidth and disrespectful to what this forum is trying accomplish in the hobby.
Whether anyone likes it or not..I require people to use a certain tone here and follow a certain protocol. Old saying...When in Rome you do as the Romans... When on Simplydiscus....you do as the forum asks all members.
Hope that is clear to everyone.
Thanks,
al