Are people just a bit too harsh?

[Lanyon]

I've noticed it too. lots and lots of condescension from older members to newer members that dare to post or make threads that they think will create discussion. sadly not everyone sees their own views as things that thye can build on or help othres to build with and instead just post outright rude remarks. if you want to say something then just say it and back it up when it is countered. if you are wrong, admit it and move on.

Well spoken. Learn how to lose, accept defeat, lesson learned, be happy. It's harder than you think but if you can do it, it's not so bad!

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sorry if you felt personally attacked by my posts

Me too. Hug?

[Aiden]

It's always been like that, not that I̶ they don't deserve it sometimes... but people could maybe be a lil' less harsh.

[Matt]

There are some members of this forum that actually need to grow up. They think they're being cool in their group group of friends by criticizing and making fun of others simply for their own amusement and because of the type of things they post on here. They also assume that because they've been on the form for x amount of years they need to automatically be respected by all other members and if anyone challenges something they say/do, they talk about them behind their backs and bring out the claws. Not to mention if they have friends in high places, then of course they'll continue to treat other members like crap.

[buttons]

i think it's just the internet in general, there's always someone who finds something you say offensive, SOCIAL JUSTICE!!!!! if u wanna say something just say it, there comes a point where u don't care if someone finds what you've said wrong/offensive, chances are you're never gonna meet or even know these ppl in a few years.' bullies are everywhere sometimes u just have to stand up to them, plus i always love it when someone stands up to members that no-one dares to lol also it's not old vs new, most of us will agree with whoever we agree with, no matter how long they've been here, most of us can have a healthy (or not so healthy) debate then be friends in future, so don't be put off if you have a disagreement with one person once.

+ dw most of us start off with bad reps then get better

also @mdport.; thts not even true, most of the trolls r ppl NOT in 'groups' (could give examples but don't want to single out anyone) & imo there isn't even 'groups' other than maybe hxf djs, hxhd staff etc and i find ppl r even worse off the forum ie on habbo so yeah... forum is nowhere as bad as ppl think, think some ppl just don't understand that someone can disagree with u and it's not necessarily attacking u! but there are some people who get too personal too soon but it's a minority..

[karter]

There are some members of this forum that actually need to grow up. They think they're being cool in their group group of friends by criticizing and making fun of others simply for their own amusement and because of the type of things they post on here. They also assume that because they've been on the form for x amount of years they need to automatically be respected by all other members and if anyone challenges something they say/do, they talk about them behind their backs and bring out the claws. Not to mention if they have friends in high places, then of course they'll continue to treat other members like crap.

dunno about you all but i have never seen anyone misbehaving and using the excuse of being an old member of the forum. that's just you being paranoid tbh

[Matt]

dunno about you all but i have never seen anyone misbehaving and using the excuse of being an old member of the forum. that's just you being paranoid tbh

Paranoid over what lol, watching for older members to post a reply and accuse them of being arrogant and rude? that's not what I do. Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

And @buttons; I would name people but I'd rather not lol. I'd say there are groups within HxF that tend to create banter and tend to gang up on others and exclude people but I'm not sure why you're referring to hxhd and hxl as posting groups etc because that's not what i meant.

I don't think the people I'm describing necessarily attack peoples posts and I think thats the wrong word to use but they do think people over criticize posts and forget everyone has different opinions.

[karter]

The only "group" I can think of right now which you might be referring to joined like 1 year ago

[Matt]

In my first post i was referring to both older people who use their older status as an advantage to make others feel intimidated to post a reply to a thread (only a very select few though) and then yeah theres a handful of people I'm thinking of in-particular and they joined roughly around 1 year ago yeah, but then IMO they just troll 24/7 and think theyre fantastic when really they need a slap in the face and told to get off their internet. But as i said before, this only makes up a small proportion of hxf users but they tend to create more drama than most others which is why they stand out so much.

[buttons]

yh i agree a minority do (mostly on habbo tho not the forum, the forum has their own individual trolls) but i rly don't see how ppl use their join date to intimidate others lol anyone who says 'i was here in 04 im the best' are more likely to be looked down on cause they're still using forum after so many years n thinking it means something.. I think people may be intimidated but that's because of their own perception, not because the older forum member actually says they're better because of join date, u just assume they think that (n idk anyone who does thik that)

[Matt]

yh i agree a minority do (mostly on habbo tho not the forum, the forum has their own individual trolls) but i rly don't see how ppl use their join date to intimidate others lol anyone who says 'i was here in 04 im the best' are more likely to be looked down on cause they're still using forum after so many years n thinking it means something.. I think people may be intimidated but that's because of their own perception, not because the older forum member actually says they're better because of join date, u just assume they think that (n idk anyone who does thik that)

I'll say again, It's a very small numebr of people that seem to try and use their experience on hxf to do this. Not neccissarily use just their date to do this, but their 'overall experience'. This seems to make them more experienced and therefore they know how to reply better to a thread than someone who's only just joined. It's a small number of users that do this and yeah it's just my opinion. But I guess i was trying to focus on the group of trolls who are just pathetic and decided to mention the older users as i thought it was appropriate as it fitted the thread topic