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mn hq, is it really wise to have topics that are deamed so agressive/scary that most members don't want to post there?

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wannaBe · 29/08/2011 13:40

have just read a thread in the doghouse topic, and posts from a few posters saying that they never post there due to the agressive responses there.

Now, I know that hiding a topic could always be an option, but is it really in the spirit of mn to have separate topics that are deamed so unwelcoming/agressive that few posters actually want to post there?

I can of course see the need for certain sections, conception/sn/relationships, but it just seems against everything that mn stands for to let a topic exist that is frequented only by a few individuals while the majority feel that the responses there are agressive enough to warrant not feeling comfortable there.

Why can't we just go back to having a pets topic?

OP posts:
usualsuspect · 29/08/2011 13:51

Its not a very friendly place is it

OracleInaCoracle · 29/08/2011 13:50

I think its the posters that are the issue, not the topics. Posters who are being overly aggressive and treating others unfairly should be reported, just as we would suspected trolls or troll-hunters. But I do think that mnhq needs to state their position on what is acceptable. I was once deleted for calling someone a fool. Several posts on, the same person was called a cunt (by someone else) and that post stood.

OracleInaCoracle · 29/08/2011 13:50

I think its the posters that are the issue, not the topics. Posters who are being overly aggressive and treating others unfairly should be reported, just as we would suspected trolls or troll-hunters. But I do think that mnhq needs to state their position on what is acceptable. I was once deleted for calling someone a fool. Several posts on, the same person was called a cunt (by someone else) and that post stood.

RCToday · 29/08/2011 13:46

I agree, I have 2 dogs but would never ever ask for advice on the doghouse

I havent hid the topic as sometimes I go in and will support an OP who is getting flamed

It is far too aggressive now

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