Thread:LiSaLo/@comment-35379880-20181024192629/@comment-35148884-20181026235534

Hi Madlen, As Linda says above, we all have trouble being properly understood from time to time and especially here on the wiki, I'll bet a majority of posters here have had an "uh-oh" moment. I know I have. The forum does seem more treacherous to safely traverse lately.

Part of it might be the large influx of new people. Not that it's *them* as in they are bad people... just that longer time forum users are used to established ways of behaving. So when a newer arrival "hijacks a thread" as we used to say back in the day, they might be asked nicely to start a new convo. And they may get offended. Or somebody asking a question we've all seen asked/discussed now dozens of times... if it is suggested that there have been some great threads on that topic to read. They may get offended. I don't know why small grievances seem to escalate so fast. Heck, I was involved in one myself earlier this year and didn't walk away nearly soon enough.

Add to that, these newer anonymous posters introducing topics that they KNOW will be controversial. I suspect they (them, him, her?) like to post then sit back and watch the "fun".

So, we've got it seems like at least double the amount of forum posters that were here when I started, more posters, more opinions, more feelings... mix in controversial issues and it's the perfect recipe for trouble.

You did nothing wrong. You were trying to be helpful the same way that you have always been. Au contraire, I think you are a great addition to this wiki, and plenty of others think so as well. More hugs, Bea