I’ve noticed lately, that comments on this site are becoming rude and personal. Also, there appear a number of absolute statements like: WRONG! BORING!etc. Why not just agree to disagree? And there are no lack of comments dripping with sarcasm, not to mention some flat out attacks on a person's, character, state of mind and background without any actual knowledge. Sometimes in reading through the comments I get lost in all the tit for tat and lose track of what the point of the diary was in the first place. Why? It certainly doesn't add to the strength of this site, in fact it rather weakens it.
Some of the comments I read I could swear were written by Rush Limbaugh horsing around on Kos. Is it necessary to write to people in words that you wouldn’t have the guts to say to their faces?
There is nothing wrong with lively debate and discussion but that’s not what I’m talking about. Sometimes it feels like there’s a pool of comment sharks out there circling just waiting to snatch the first bite. And when the scent of blood is in the air, the rest dive in for their pound of flesh.
I wish that those of you who engage in this type of push and shove behavior with you words would just go away. You could form your own site and keep putting each other down all day long. Just think of the endless possibilities! It’s yours for the taking, only the sky and your own range of derogatory vocabulary is the limit!
A domain name is pretty cheap and there are some reasonable hosting services as well. I’ll even give you some free domain name ideas, how about: bullysht.com or bullystalkingsht.com or meanerthanabullsht.com. You get the idea. But I do understand that you might not take me up on my request to go away. After all, it wouldn’t be as much fun picking on each other. You'd just spend all day trying to out insult one another and that would get so BORING!
If you decide to stay, then for the love of God, human decency, kindness, respect and downright good old fashioned courtesy please don’t jump down the throats of your fellow Kos members. Most of us just want to contribute towards meaningful dialogue and contribute to the general good or have some kind of positive impact with the words we write.
And then there are the nitpickers. God don't get me started on the nit pickers, when they find something to pick at they'll pick it to death. When their done they'll pick the bones so clean you could use it as a toothpick, or an acupuncture needle to get rid of that nagging pain in the
neck.
UPDATE
Hey, I haven't laughed so much in weeks. Laughter is good! Obviously there are a lot of bright, funny and talented people on Kos. And I'm glad you all are out there! Signed Ma'am aka Miss Manners