Published on 12, July, 2020
because of the arguments, why not hibernate?
I have done this before.
You can change your name to 'hibernating'.
It's good psychologically because it stops me from posting and indicates to others that you are having a break.
Also, you can choose to still PM (which I do) which isolates you less.
Roy has chosen to do this yesterday.
I've been told by one person that someone they knew was thinking of joining but didn't because of the disagreements, others post far less, others join and then stay a short while.
I was sad to read Billy87 s post today.
To the new people here: it's not always like this and only certain subjects are incendiary so if you can manage to avoid reading them, that would help.
I am guilty of having joined into arguments because I also feel passionately about certain subjects and I expect I will occasionally still make my point.
However, I think restraint here is the key and personal insults should never be acceptable.
I dearly hope that this thread doesn't go the same way as my 'arguments' thread and become one almightly row ...
I've been hibernating on and off for a year and a half. I have noticed a general downer on the forum this last year, debates turn hostile at the drop off a hat and it's very upsetting. Equally upsetting that some members have left and are leaving now. 6 months ago we had a good group of members, everyone was mostly happy and since then things have got bad and some members have died, others have left and more often than not there are arguments on the forum.
I am considering leaving. Not just because of the arguments but a lot of the people I knew are no longer here and it's lost that warm and fun feel to it.