Re: My new Website/Classified Forum

"Alan Silver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Jolly good.
>
> I would just like to say that I am impressed with the responsible
> attitude you have taken to this site. I have seen quite a few people
> post links to sites here and they get very narky about any comments
> other than "Oh I love it to bits". You seem to be genuinely interested
> in making a good site. This probably means that you will succeed ;-)
>
> -- 
> Alan Silver
>

Alan,
    As a website owner, I'd just like to say, many people respond differently to
criticism. Many times it depends on how the criticism is being given. It's hard
to convey an attitude or tone over email. So sometimes, harmless comments come
across as arrogant or down right rude. In the end, if someone is spending time
working on a site to give out information and not gaining any personal profit
from it, then they're just doing it to help new people in the hobby from making
the same mistakes they might have made. At least that's why I do it.
    I may seem defensive here, but a month or two ago, I myself got what you'd
call "narky" after a couple posts back and forth on my forum. I was receptive
and understanding for the first post, but the reply to that post just set me
off. The reply I received back was obnoxious and made out of ignorance.
Ignorance in itself isn't a bad thing, but this person was arrogant about it. So
my reply was less than nice. ;-) So hopefully before you dub someone as
unwilling to take criticism, you're looking at the context of the whole.
AC