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How stupid can you.....erm, what a stupid idea! What ever gave you the idea that people want to socialize and discuss technology without humour and a little loose banter? This site is frequented by adults, the posts are heavily censored, easily tagged and removed when over the top, and people are individually addressed when they cross the line too often, as always it just works and people STILL flock here in droves to join in.

We have threads that are off-topic, where even the most starched shirted IT pros let their hair down.
We then have a supposedly professional IT Pro, TR and C-Net representative, who offers editorials that are pure BS, 100% hearsay, based on low end magazine rot that you find in the WalMart checkout lines, and posing it as if it is relevant and accurate IT news for those seeking such advice.
I suggest sort out your editorial staff, if anything, why let someone represent TR in a false light that is so EASILY challenged and dismissed as uninformed.

There's always been a professional separation here, there have always been trolls and younger folks who come here to bash an OS or BS about their favorites, they are easily and often ignored, or ganged up on by the "TR heavies" and told to sit down and mellow out.

I've sat here and hammered keys through gritted teeth with some folks over the years, like Maxwell or Tony, but we laugh and stick up for each other too, this site wouldn't be the same for me without them, in fact when they take a hiatus they are really missed.
Why? Because we are adults and capable of doing so without people effecting more control over what is said and how it is said.

They tried to turn TR into a real "upscale" professionals only, IT forum before, and people disappeared quickly, many of who have not been seen since and many of them were the most brilliant techs ever seen here, very astute and helpful in the Q&A forums. We just haven't seen techs like that since, that's for sure. One such tech was told off for pushing the line in a Yuk that was REALLY unoffensive to ANYONE, he was one of the most experienced and brilliant participants this site had ever seen, never posted again, but keeps in touch with many of us privately still.

So what's wrong with being adults, what's wrong with a little pithy, censored humour, what's wrong with passionate, off-topic threads that walk on the edge of being offensive.

We do a pretty good job of letting people know when they cross the line too far, we don't accept personal attacks (unless we really know the participants and they understand it).

I just don't get it, we have always seemed to have no problem speaking up and banding together to sort out people that go too far. I've had my lashings and so have many others, we move forward from there.

To add more control, rules, regulation, and stuffiness to TR will neither do you or C-Net any favours at all, you'll just find yourself recreating a 'new and exciting site' to try and regain some popularity again, as has been done before.

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NOW I see what you are talking about. A normal thread, someone offered a completely irrelevant comment. When someone else replied and stated as much, politely, someone else responded by calling him a ******? Absolutely no sense at all.

http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-12843-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=337129&messageID=3372938&tag=content;leftCol


Not too much you can do about people like that, in a technical forum though.

My aren't we just full of ourselves. Listen to the big-time blogger pontificating on proper online etiquette and conduct. What happened did some one call you a name little boy? Poor little thing. You just sound pretty much like an immature a$$.