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Originally Posted by tore
If the environment discourages people being nice, it is hard to be the change. Imagine a forum full of bastards and you're the only one trying to be nice. You'd be eaten alive. If there are no mods, then perhaps taking the high road in a conflict only results in you not defending yourself while your opposition heckle you. You would be less inclined to do it because there is little reward on your part. If mods could protect you against such heckling, it would be easier.
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I don't have to imagine, I actually belong to such a site, although I wouldn't say I was the only one trying to be nice. Maybe one of the one of the reasons I never fully quit the site is just to show them I haven't been eaten alive.
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Originally Posted by mord
Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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