paulkish
old fart
When bob's was down I went over to the darkside to feed my addiction. I went and butted in thinking I knew something about a subject and found out I had never before even heard about what was being asked. So I did my usual dumb stuff and went on and threw my 2cents worth in, which turned out to be not even worth a penny. Along the way I made some new friends, yeah sure if you believe that I have this bridge I can't seem to sell.
I think I learned a couple of new lessons there.
1. Only present your own thoughts and only address the questions and comments of the original poster, without any referencing anything anyone else’s posted.
Any time you reference or use anything anyone other then the original poster wrote, you are running the risk of angering others and you are hijacking the thread and taking it in a different direction.
I think one lesson learned was enough for me and I don't want to experience all that much more learning, of that kind, in the near future.
I'm going to try my best to only answer only what is posed by who first started a thread. I'm going to try to do it unless the starter takes it in a different direction or specifically asks for debate on what they post. If read something of interest someone has shifted the thread too, I'm going to make my comments within a new thread, hopefully correctly aimed at the new subject.
Yes sometimes it seems to end up as a good thing to shift a thread to a new subject and learn from it. But it's just not courteous to do so. It also may make the original poster think twice before posting again and it is hijacking a thread for your own personal gain without regard for others.
Don't know if I can 100% stick to it, probably not, but I'm going to try.
I think it's especially rude, crude, uncouth and totally un-ethical, when the reply on here includes a sales pitch, not requested in the post. Or worse yet is a comment in the course of a reply, by one supplier knocking another. If you sell goods or services promote what you can do. There's a fine line between comparing what you offer to others and degrading and disparaging competitors. I will never buy a product or service from anyone, who during their sales pitch to me in what ever form it takes, uses down grading others to promote themselves. Guess I just hijacked my own thread.
Another thought on it. It's just as wrong but way more subtle and even more underhanded, for a supplier to promote some suppliers over others. One way to attack a competitor is to put yourself in an exclusive club and promote the relationship, which does not include those your attacking.
I think I learned a couple of new lessons there.
1. Only present your own thoughts and only address the questions and comments of the original poster, without any referencing anything anyone else’s posted.
Any time you reference or use anything anyone other then the original poster wrote, you are running the risk of angering others and you are hijacking the thread and taking it in a different direction.
I think one lesson learned was enough for me and I don't want to experience all that much more learning, of that kind, in the near future.
I'm going to try my best to only answer only what is posed by who first started a thread. I'm going to try to do it unless the starter takes it in a different direction or specifically asks for debate on what they post. If read something of interest someone has shifted the thread too, I'm going to make my comments within a new thread, hopefully correctly aimed at the new subject.
Yes sometimes it seems to end up as a good thing to shift a thread to a new subject and learn from it. But it's just not courteous to do so. It also may make the original poster think twice before posting again and it is hijacking a thread for your own personal gain without regard for others.
Don't know if I can 100% stick to it, probably not, but I'm going to try.
I think it's especially rude, crude, uncouth and totally un-ethical, when the reply on here includes a sales pitch, not requested in the post. Or worse yet is a comment in the course of a reply, by one supplier knocking another. If you sell goods or services promote what you can do. There's a fine line between comparing what you offer to others and degrading and disparaging competitors. I will never buy a product or service from anyone, who during their sales pitch to me in what ever form it takes, uses down grading others to promote themselves. Guess I just hijacked my own thread.
Another thought on it. It's just as wrong but way more subtle and even more underhanded, for a supplier to promote some suppliers over others. One way to attack a competitor is to put yourself in an exclusive club and promote the relationship, which does not include those your attacking.