Originally Posted by Pinky the pilot
(Post 11113279)
Doesn't surprise me in the slightest. But I still refuse to ever have anything to do with that place!
Facebook, just say no! |
The rather common misuse of 'loose', |
Bring back Slasher - problem solved.
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Just look what happen to people who talked about a middle eastern carrier (we dare not speak its name!!) they got hunted down. The carrier (we dare not speak its name) sent out its lawyers to hunt down the perpetrator.. lawsuits and lynched. I will be next after posting this...
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Originally Posted by pineteam
(Post 11113422)
Same here, I have been zeroed last year without any warning or explanation. “ I was annoying” they say.. xD No empathy or care at all towards the members.. Shame.
Also you can barely say something without someone attacking you or criticizing you. Lots of snowflakes and closed minded people.. A bit of a turn off for me. I’m now pretty much only active on the technical forum as some nice fellows members are always there to answer my queries. |
Originally Posted by Pinky the pilot
(Post 11113440)
I was waiting to see if anyone would pick up on that.:hmm:
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I agree with the OP's observation and have been wondering about it. I think part of it is that, over the years, everything has been said about almost everything. For example, I followed the Covid thread closely to start with but now I hardly look at it. I have now identified those who have opinions I respect and I will have a quick look at what they say. If that looks interesting, I might then look at the surrounding posts. I think that there used to be a lot more posters who offered informed opinions or were able to catch one's attention with amusing comments or anecdotes. Basically, there are fewer real characters left to amuse or inform us.
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I / we love this forum , been using it, ~ 15 years , fantastic unique " PROFESSIONAL " stuff on here , LONG may it continue... Absolutely brilliant ; thank you :ok::D
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One reason I visit here daily and only much more sparingly at FB is that here, despite the effort required to sort the signal from the noise, and notwithstanding all the “I wish we had a like button!” comments over the years, we have no like button here.
To paraphrase Balzac, the boiling down of all the infinitely multifarious shades of approval to a single simple gesture, i.e. the like, is the death of nuanced discourse. |
Originally Posted by pineteam
(Post 11113422)
Same here, I have been zeroed last year without any warning or explanation. “ I was annoying” they say.. xD No empathy or care at all towards the members.. Shame.
Also you can barely say something without someone attacking you or criticizing you. Lots of snowflakes and closed minded people.. A bit of a turn off for me. I’m now pretty much only active on the technical forum as some nice fellows members are always there to answer my queries. Unfortunately the IB system doesn’t always automatically apply old post numbers when you come out of purgatory, but a reminder to one of us can short circuit Waiting for Godot 🙊 |
mcoates - Are you able to edit the thread title? It is "losing" not "loosing".
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Originally Posted by Senior Pilot
(Post 11113662)
I’ve restored your post count 👍.
Unfortunately the IB system doesn’t always automatically apply old post numbers when you come out of purgatory, but a reminder to one of us can short circuit Waiting for Godot 🙊 |
Are you able to edit the thread title? It is "losing" not "loosing".
Getting slack in my dotage - didn't even see that error in the title. Fixed for you, now. |
Originally Posted by Senior Pilot
(Post 11113662)
I’ve restored your post count 👍.
Unfortunately the IB system doesn’t always automatically apply old post numbers when you come out of purgatory, but a reminder to one of us can short circuit Waiting for Godot 🙊 |
Originally Posted by Grumpy retiree
(Post 11113726)
Maybe I’m missing something but how do you send a reminder if you’ve been blocked ?
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The amount of interest the current owners have in this website, is demonstrated by the fact they haven't even updated the forum descriptions for over a decade, including the private forums for airlines that rebranded or went bust many years ago (BMI, Thomson, Monarch etc). It died when Danny sold it. Was still occasionally useful for interview gen but even that's going to be all hopelessly out of date when hiring resumes. Everyone's long ago moved to Facebook as previously stated.
Don't be sad that it's gone, be happy that it existed and it was so good for such a long time. |
+1 for a like button. That's pretty standard on a lot of forums these days.
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Personally I find the speed with which personal attacks or petty arguments happen on a lot of threads vey depressing. Within the blink of an eye, what I hoped would be a good aviation related conversation, descends in to a childish argument or slanging match. For that reason I often think better of participating.
Strangely (given we like to think we're laid back), this appears to be a lot worse on the Aus forums than elsewhere on Prune. |
Originally Posted by Flyer517
(Post 11113763)
Personally I find the speed with which personal attacks or petty arguments happen on a lot of threads vey depressing. Within the blink of an eye, what I hoped would be a good aviation related conversation, descends in to a childish argument or slanging match. For that reason I often think better of participating.
Strangely (given we like to think we're laid back), this appears to be a lot worse on the Aus forums than elsewhere on Prune. People are losing interest, and if "Engagement"- however Management defines that- is an indicator, it won't be coming back anytime soon, not with the damage done in the last 18 months (28% pay increase for management whilst crew are on Government handouts?? Sure, that's fine). |
Personally I find the speed with which personal attacks or petty arguments happen on a lot of threads vey depressing. Within the blink of an eye, what I hoped would be a good aviation related conversation, descends in to a childish argument or slanging match. For that reason I often think better of participating. Strangely (given we like to think we're laid back), this appears to be a lot worse on the Aus forums than elsewhere on Prune. we no longer have a Forum where both sides can a rational discussion about aviation- it quickly spirals into vicious name calling with people being called "bigot/ racist etc etc", or else people who have zero aviation experience- |
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