Brown-Eyed Beauty said:
200 posts does not make up for 1 senseless post. And before you start jumping to conclusion with regards to my "arrival", how but you follow your own advice and do some research first. People come here in search for answers so they do not necessarily have to make a post in order to validate their existence. There are plenty of people here who search for particular topics, get their answers, and move on. So don't give everyone the impression that the number of posts you have "under your belt" reflects your degree of knowledge.
I could care less how many years you've known this person and the degree of your friendship. Just a suggestion, don't be making idle threats that you are not prepared for (i.e. "barking up the wrong tree").
My point here is, there are many ways to say things. Tone and choice of words are key factors when communicating. So if someone is upset about people who ask the same questions over and over again, well, you can either ignore it, or use words that do not come across as being condescending.
BEB - I did not suggest KNOWLEDGE in way shape or form was based on the number of posts a person has - it does however reflect a certain degree of SITE experience and interaction - why else would it exist in the poster's profile to begin with? Lurkers are a dime a dozen, but unless they voice themselves...'newbie' or not, they are not seen or known. There is no "
research to be done - it's really quite academic.
Unless you are suggesting that you normally post by
another username, and felt the need to anonymously post ....Does it really matter????? [This is irrelevant, but you raised the point....and I am commenting based on that].
To the point of your original post....and I quote...
Quote from: Brown-Eyed Beauty on May 17, 2009, 06:33:55 pm
Boncuk....or whatever the hell your name is
The only drift I am catching is that you appear to be a insecure, pitiful, submoronic imbecile who seeks pleasure in making others feel inferior. As someone pointed out earlier, this is a forum where people come for advice and support. Not to be bullied or made to feel less of a person through ignorant comments made by a foolish person. Clearly, English is not DentistUSA's first language but you failed to realize that fluency in English does not equate to intelligence, otherwise you wouldn't have posted such a dim-witted response. I think it is safe to say that we would all prefer that you keep your disgusting comments to yourself.
First of all, who's being condescending.....In addition, You made the assumption that Boncuk's comment was based on his use or mis-use of English. And you based your entire three or so posts on that ill-placed assumption. As I said in my previous post....some people don't read (instructions or previous posts) prior to asking questions - as you yourself have suggested you do....[and if you truly did, you would see from his previous posts, the context of the questions, and you would see for yourself that the questions would be easily answered by simply reading the instructions a good once over...] which was what Boncuk was suggesting....
MOREOVER, in the context of the Boncuk's post, her reference was to that effect and nothing more.
Further the context of my relationship to Boncuk is very much warranted in my previous post (whether you care or not) as I know of her character AND what you were accusing her of..was in fact out of line... as IF you knew her as I did - which you don't ... then you would never have even surmised that which you did from her words. She, herself, is married to a non-English native tongued person and is anything but what you accused her of.
Barking up the wrong tree was not a threat, but a comment. You are the one who initiated the conversation with comments you chose to post - and I merely said [as well as another poster or two] that you are out line, it's unwarranted and you really have (had) your facts wrong.
And if your final point was what you were trying to convey initially in your first post...just a note, it wasn't made as clearly as YOU suggest people should be, when communcating.
I really think PMM should post some simple netiquette suggestions - as not just here, but in general, people get way out of line, and tend to ignore common decency [especially here on the net.]