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Paedantic Basterd · 08-08-2013, 09:45 AM

I'm not going to stick around to hash it out because I'm volunteering at the SPCA today, but for instance:

http://www.musicbanter.com/introduct...2-im-back.html

Four posts, all of them mocking, none of them welcoming this poster to the site, none of them asking her interests or attempting to start a conversation. The posts themselves aren't particularly harmful, but the impression all of them give together? And the mockery is based on... what exactly? Her username? Our first impression here is not overtly offensive, but it's not welcoming or interesting. And then we complain that people don't stay, after we make no effort to keep them?

08-08-2013, 09:45 AM	#11 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I'm not going to stick around to hash it out because I'm volunteering at the SPCA today, but for instance: http://www.musicbanter.com/introduct...2-im-back.html Four posts, all of them mocking, none of them welcoming this poster to the site, none of them asking her interests or attempting to start a conversation. The posts themselves aren't particularly harmful, but the impression all of them give together? And the mockery is based on... what exactly? Her username? Our first impression here is not overtly offensive, but it's not welcoming or interesting. And then we complain that people don't stay, after we make no effort to keep them?