Mentor/Student Involvement Philosophies

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by faust1706

Oh no! My magic internet points!

When members of the self appointed senior brain-trust neg rep bomb a new member, they heavily discourage the person from trying to understand the community and potentially grow because of future interactions with the community. I'm sure needlessly being a knob over a discussion topic just to get one's jollies off may seem harmless to some, but it's really unnecessary, damaging, and pathetic.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

When members of the self appointed senior brain-trust neg rep bomb a new member, they heavily discourage the person from trying to understand the community and potentially grow because of future interactions with the community. I'm sure needlessly being a knob over a discussion topic just to get one's jollies off may seem harmless to some, but it's really unnecessary, damaging, and pathetic.

Just as an aside: If a new member is being a prick, then are we sure they're even trying to understand the community?

Yes, there's a reason I'm asking. No, I won't go any further into the matter.

And, for the record, I have never given out a single neg rep. Neutral, yes, on a couple of occasions. Negative, nope (not that I haven't wanted to... but usually by the time I get around to going for it 47 other people have done so already).

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by EricH

Just as an aside: If a new member is being a prick, then are we sure they're even trying to understand the community?

Yes, there's a reason I'm asking. No, I won't go any further into the matter.

And, for the record, I have never given out a single neg rep. Neutral, yes, on a couple of occasions. Negative, nope (not that I haven't wanted to... but usually by the time I get around to going for it 47 other people have done so already).

I'd agree with you if this was an open and shut case of a troll screwing around. As far as I know this is someone who has been in the program for a fraction of the time compared to a likely member of the rep-bombing cabal (or you or myself) and lacks perspective on what this program means. I learn something new about FIRST or get a new perspective on the programs almost every single day. I have not always had this perspective and at one time held opinions similar to ZackAlfakir.

I really don't understand why people with their actual name and team number attached to them choose to troll the board, and I find it even more bizarre that more senior members of the board take time out of their day to passively or actively dish back any level of vitriol to an opinion they disagree with.

I really don't want to touch this anymore either, since a) it's not necessarily on-topic and b) no one is really going to take any of this into account after we all break out the Competition Season Controversy Bingo cards in a couple weeks and any perceived slight that gets broadcasted onto the forums receives the predictable responses.