Posted 3/18/2014 4:00 PM (GMT 0)
I have a few reminders of how HW works and what is expected of its members.
The last few nights has seen a influx of New users and many are not familiar with posting so to begin with All new members Please break your long posts up as we have many members that cannot read long unbroken paragraphs and you would be cheating yourself out of what may be valuable advice.
Second we try at HW to keep the length and number of posts to as few words as possible as the site is charged my the words and or letters,not meaning to leave out anything or not to say what you want to say but if you have several questions or topics please post it all in one post and break it up. Sometimes it is better when you have multiple questions to actually list them as 1,2,3 and so on. They tend to get lost in long posts. That will certainly help us help you faster and more efficiently and no one will be overlooked.
Last I have been at HW 7 years and I am absolutely disgusted with several members treatment of new members over the last few days. Its not what we are about,being curt,rude,and unwelcoming to someone and especially someone who has never posted here before and came looking for help??
I know we all have bad days and we all have times we get frustrated and aggravated but please LOG OUT if you cant be civil and you are at the breaking point There is no need to to intentionally hurt of abuse anyone here.
This forum has always stood on the principals of 'Your right to choose treatment or not" We respect everyones form of treatment and even if I dont agree with it? Its not my place to change it or encourage them to.
If your going to post to a new member and offer advice? How about welcoming them to HW and CP first? I keep seeing folks going on a new members thread and spouting off right or wrong,this or that and not one single word of welcome??
This forum has never been as unfriendly as it has been the last few weeks and thats sad. When we are not welcoming and caring and we lose our empathy then every hope Peter had for this place that many of us have called home for a lot of years is gone,lost, and that means folks like yourself who come here for answers? Dont or they find a forum where no one posts for days or weeks and has no regulars.
Peter the Admin has some pretty strong thoughts on being a support community and giving of our understanding and I can tell you that he will not tolerate members being treated poorly and talked to rudely. You can have your account temporarily locked for doing so or you could get banned forever. No one here wants to see that happen,we dont want a forum that is on constant turmoil as that doesnt help anyone.
I know its been a rough winter on many as the weather isnt giving you northerners a break and cabin fever can get the best of anyone. Lets try to do better,this isnt us and I was mortified to get emails from other forum mods asking what is going on in CP? This forum has always been the best!!!! I dont want other mods to wonder why we are being unwelcoming to new members or anyone. I want this forum to be what it has always been.
Susie and WB and I work hard to keep it clean and free of spam,we break up posts for you,we try to at least drop in several times a day and welcome new members,and we all offer you the option to email us 24/7 if you have a problem or concern.
Lets try to remember why we are here and that we too were putting our first post out here and imagine would you still be here today if you had been treated like the several that came this weekend?? I know I wouldnt!
Thank you guys!! I may get irritated from time to time and have to put a boot on thats too heavy for my poor knee to lift but I still think us CP Mods have the most awesome forum and that is due to the most awesome folks here!!!