Thread Removed "Thoughts on forum behaviour"

Well said. Let's all force ourselves, even if it's sometimes hard, to be nice to each other.

Come on...  

 

I wasn't here for this. That is unfortunate though that there had to be heavy moderation and things. I hope everything goes smoother for the cafe for now on.

 

Nicely stated and addressed Patrick.

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I haven't followed the thread except for the first post and i thought it was a great list of suggestions. i did not know it degenerated to a point wherein it necessitated to be removed.

 

Good job Patrick,

Sure glad I missed it or ignored it. :>)))

Cheers

 

good words.

 

Glad I missed it, since this is my "Happy Place"

 

I've been "away" for a while. Glad I missed it. That's exactly why I removed the dpreview shortcut from my desktop! This is a good and helpful bunch. I hope it stays that way. Thank you, Patrick.

 

There's plenty of sarcasm, anger, even hate over at DP Review. If you must vent or use angry sarcasm, why not go there. You can be sure to elicit someone who call you childish names and insult you.

I love this forum for the mature, thoughtfull, encouraging, positive informative and helpful threads and responses.

Keep it up and thanks to all that continue to keep it that way.

 

Many of the contributors here left dpreview and other forums because of the bad behavior. It is good to see effective management of threads that get out of hand. Also glad I missed it.

 

Not to mention the same treatment at times in the Fred Miranda Forums.

This IS the place to be.

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I pledge to be civil, courteous and good mannered. I pledge to help those photographers who can't get straight horizons*, I promise to tell fellow photographers that their kids are cute when they're not, I promise to admire all those little doggie pictures when I'm a cat lover and think that all the yappy little dogs in my neighbourhood should be silenced permanently -esp the ones who yap before 7am. I promise to tell you that your chubby little bulldog is the cutest thing since sliced bread (snicker for Jarrell here), I promise not to swear, even when find that I'd left my camera setting at ISO1600 for a whole day and finally, I promise not to trip people who don't thank me for holding the door open for them *LOL* OK, my soap box is starting to wobble and needs to rest.

*this is in reference to a thread I started a while ago at DPR about my pet photography peeve: crooked horizons and eventually they started calling me the Horizon Police

Seriously Patrick, this is the place to be for peaceful photography discussions.

 

I don't know what started this thread, but I am on a lot of forums and the feeling here seems much more supportive.

 

I have seen little signs of this popping up occasionally in various threads. I hope we keep ourselves in check as like Todd, this is my happy place and where I go for useful information exchanged amongst those I consider friends.
Patrick, I respect you for this action.