[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

I personally attribute this to the growing speed of Life. It's very rare for people to take the time to read a thread twice before posting, then think, then read over their own post before they respond. Much of the time, you feel strongly about something you read, and so you post out really fast to get your opinion out there. With the growth of what I've begun to call the "Right now, Right Here" age, when technology brings everything fast and how we want it, people have a tendency to respond on impulse.

So in short, I think that the issue of a lot of negative responses and ideas could be eliminated by everyone taking a step back, putting on some nice relaxing reggae or something, and slowing down the pace for a bit. By rushing to your response, you have a tendency to respond on gut reaction. True thought and progress comes best when you slow down and take your time, and fully think things through before posting and responding.

Amen, brother.

I suspect there are quite a few who post without reading the thread at all. This leads to more noise, more frustration and less problem-solving in CD.

For suggesting to a poster: "Read The FIRST Manual" because the answer is in there in the clearest possible terms, I get negative reps - what's that about? (BTW, I had snipped the relevant sentence from the manual and put it in a prior post in the same thread).

I think there's some laziness involved and some need to post a statement here, whether it's accurate or not.

For those of us who do take the time to read all of a thread, consider whether making a new post is "value-added" and then take the time to write it carefully, these other sorts of posts are a major distraction.