@will13am wrote:
@darlicious , I am a believer in free speech and not nearly OCD enough to want to move this post. Where you placed it is fine by me. I am just saying that there is already enough competition ripping the community apart and that there is no need to pour accelerant into the fire. If you have lots of time on your hands and want to be helpful, how about coming up with ideas that foster collaboration instead. What would also be of better benefit to other members are lessons on how to provide better quality posts over massive quantities as @ShawnC13 has referred to. I know there is no leaderboard tracking quality. Rest assured, there is tangible recognition.
@will13am I love to post a topic that starts a lively discussion....i had no idea putting together a few stats i thought were interesting and other members might find as well was going to be so divisive to elicit statements such as: "It is discussions like this that squeeze the competitive juices in altogether the wrong way and lead to greater divisiveness in the community." nor did i imagine collating readily available statistics would amount to : "I am just saying that there is already enough competition ripping the community apart and that there is no need to pour accelerant into the fire."
I don't disagree......that race to collect all the Easter eggs in only one or two baskets can have negative affect on other members moral and diminish active participation in the community resulting in fewer voices and less diversity making the community weaker rather than stronger. I am a proponent of active participation by everyone regardless of knowledge, length of membership, contribution or ability to help others. Everyone should be encouraged to comment and add their opinions ....i make a point of voicing my opinion on this on a regular basis. There is constant pushback from the Oracle team that this should be a help only forum. When there are less and less posts/threads asking for help spread among helping members that alone will foster competitiveness and the even my posting of this thread has been met with derision.
I have spent much of my time in the lounge where I have started many threads inviting members to share about their pets, try a new drawing app that allow users to collaborate on each other's creativeness, offered to help members with recipe ideas and contributed other members lounge threads asking for humour (yours) , shopping tips and generally trying to bring members to participate in something.....but nobody knows what goes on in there unless they know to go to the "abyss" at the very bottom of the landing page with nary a notification unless tagged or an indication it even exists. Al social interactions are quickly cut out of existing threads and summarily moved to the lounge. How else do you propose I foster collaboration among members?
I think for the most part despite my high post count I set a very good example of what a quality post should be....i think mine are informative, well written (most of the time I do have my moments) original and yes often opinionated, foster discussion and debate, give a unique perspective and when I'm having a good day they even offer links that work! Short of hanging up a sign offering tutorials...."how else does one give lessons on providing quality posts?"
This of course is in my not so humble opinion.....and our shared belief in free speech and JMM.
