New to Mandocello

[MikeEdgerton]

We attempt to keep this civil and a nurturing community. If that's anyone's problem it's a big old internet, take it elsewhere. Might be time to read more and post less.

[k0k0peli]

Plenty of free-for-all forum sites exist and they can be real fun. Polite sites are a different sort of fun.

I think it was Woodrow Wilson who said that academic feuds are vicious because the stakes are so low. Argumentative forum sites are like that -- there's nothing to gain or lose; they're just venues for ranting. The stakes here (and on the camera/lens forums I used to frequent) are somewhat higher: creativity, happiness, skill, money, that sort of stuff. We act nice and treat each other respectfully because we want to keep those flowing. I can slip back into 4Chan and have a great time, spewing and snarling and urinating upon my fellow creatures. It ain't like that here. I'm glad.