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Originally Posted by DampRobot
First, I'm sorry to have seized on this one section of your excellent post. I know you were taking about something different... But well the way your presented your ideas brought something to the surface that has been in the back of my head for a while.
I find it interesting that this is how all legitimate arguments seem to end on CD. Both sides come up with compelling arguments that nevertheless fail to convince the other side. The consensus always seems to be that everyone should believe what they're going to believe... Which is really no consensus at all.
Can't the FRC community ever decide on something important? Yes, thus is the internet, home of poor grammar and inflammatory arguments, but it always frustrated me how we can have these awesome discussions and never seem to get anywhere.
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Thank you for posting this! Every time I read a serious discussion on this site, I always get a... weird feeling. Yes, I know this is the Internet, but it always feels to be like discussions here are far less... I don't know, productive than they should be, or something.
Some people bring up good points and have them ignored, while others make useless troll posts and get 10 replies. The same topics get brought up over, and over, and over again, with no one ever changing their mind, no new perspectives ever being brought forward, and the whole thing often ending badly. People's reputations go up and down based on whether they have the "right" or the "wrong" opinion or on "witty" one-liners, not based on the quality of their posts. And most topics end up in arguments over semantics or attacking/defending particular teams or people, rather than actually important issues. I don't know if it's the format, or the reputation system, or the moderation, or just how attached all of us are to FIRST and what we're talking about, but there's just something... weird going on here. Or maybe it's just me?