As far as people getting their feelings hurt, and leaving.
It happens. We don’t want to see anyone go, but sometimes they need to take a break. They need to give themselves a time out, and they do. Most people come back. Some don’t. Those that don’t come back, is because they don’t need us. That’s a good thing. It’s also a good thing that we are here for those that do need us.
Some folks have mentioned Broadzilla in this thread. I tried coaching him. I even put him on probation. – He didn’t change his approach (that I could perceive… but perhaps he has). I had a decision to make. Boot him from the site, or allow him to be him. – We are not going to boot anyone from this site, just for being themselves. He is trying to help people, in his own way. It’s not the way that I would like it to be, but I have to accept that not everyone in the world is like me. I also have to accept that my way isn’t the only way, and it might not always be the right way. – I encourage others that dislike his methods to not fight with him, but to accept him as he is. A simple reply to one of his ‘janitor/ search’ replies with a reply with the other side of the coin. That way, people will see there are all kind of people in the world, even in nuclear. – Variety is the spice of life. If we were all Beercourts or Marssims… The site would be pretty lame. What I’m preaching is tolerance, for the things we don’t like or agree with. Sometimes that means tolerating me, sometimes its tolerating Dave Warren… that commy pinko… sorry… It doesn’t mean you have to like it, doesn’t mean you have to enjoy it, or agree with it… It’s like the winter in the north. You don’t necessarily like it, but you build up a tolerance, you adapt, you accept what you cannot change because you choose to live there.