As a good Poster do you find a lot of detractors?

[Jayburner]

I'm not a great example of course...even though I think all my posts are quality. Do you good guys find it true?

[Heladys]

I do think you have a lot of detractors, but that it isn't a mark of quality.

[Jayburner]

point taken. touche

[Theodarzna]

Connal is a solid poster, but his main detractor might be me and I count him as a friend and my detraction is born of pessimism.

My posts are a mix bag, I have a dedicated core the hates every single thing I post, and I have people who love it. I am not sure what to make of that.

[Gib Lover]

Not consistent ones, but when I effort post I seem to get more detractors than when I drop a casual concern-troll.

[Jayburner]

Not consistent ones, but when I effort post I seem to get more detractors than when I drop a casual concern-troll.

why do you think that is though?

[Independent voter]

A man judges himself by his enemies.

I think that's the quote.

Long as you aint too drunk you're not so bad.

[Tennis]

I certainly have a lot of detractors but hey, what you gonna do? It's not about popularity.

[Jayburner]

what happened to your name tennis?

[Donald Hellscream]

I dunno, I have over 6000 posts and not all of them random shitposts so I am sure I probably annoyed someone at some point in time but I don't really recognize any recurring names so its hard to tell.

[Gib Lover]

why do you think that is though?

If I post seriously about something it's usually because someone said something blatantly wrong so I will fact check it and more or less talk to them like they are 5 years old. That doesn't sit well with people.

[Doctor Amadeus]

I really don't view anyone here as detractor. Not even @Dextroden (hug).

We have different opinions... but in the end I think we all want ourselves, and others to be happy, and live a quality/dignified life... it's just a question of how we go about getting there.

Everything I’ve ever said about you I believe is true. However now that you said that shit here I’m for sure your detractor.

[Celista]

Most of your posts are about being drunk and hitting on young girls at the bar.

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If I post seriously about something it's usually because someone said something blatantly wrong so I will fact check it and more or less talk to them like they are 5 years old. That doesn't sit well with people.

I need to be more patient and come across as less condescending. I realized that I do the same recently.

[Tripz]

Connal is a solid poster.

Dear person I gave a hard time to for having a large amount of posts in a small amount of time,

I apologize.

[Rudkobing]

I'm not a great example of course...even though I think all my posts are quality. Do you good guys find it true?

You are the best of the best. I salute you, sir.

/salute

[Jayburner]

Dear person I gave a hard time to for having a large amount of posts in a small amount of time,

I apologize.

you are forgiven for now.

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You are the best of the best. I salute you, sir.

/salute

aww shucks!

[Tziva]

Maybe it's my moderator perspective tinting things, but I don't think there is any correlation between being a quality poster and having detractors. If there's any correlation there it's all, it's almost certainly the opposite: people that put out poor quality posts have very few fans, and those that might call themselves such are almost certainly coming from a it's-impossible-to-look-away-from-a-trainwreck lense and not that of genuine appreciation.

(that said, the inverse of that isn't really true, though; you can have a lot of detractors for ideological reasons and that doesn't mean you're a bad poster)

Being a good poster is about having quality, thoughtful posts that have effort put into them, and has points relayed in an eloquent and civil fashion. If someone does that, it's pretty much irrelevant whether I agree or disagree with whatever they are saying (within reason), I'd still consider them a "good" poster.

Conversely, if someone is condescending, hostile, or posts pointless garbage, I wouldn't consider them a good poster no matter how much I happened to agree with their points.

I think a big problem with the internet (and maybe society at large) is that we tend to overvalue agreement and undervalue quality of expression.

[Jayburner]

Your icon is really distracting. just saying.

[belfpala]

A man judges himself by his enemies.

There are plenty of quotations along this line. e.g., "If you hate it, don't you do it too?" Pearl Jam, was just on my playlist.

I personally only dislike a few people who post here. Mostly it's people trying to figure out life in a crazy world, and so am I. So, /highfive.

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(that said, the inverse of that isn't really true, though; you can have a lot of detractors for ideological reasons and that doesn't mean you're a bad poster)

Being a good poster is about having quality, thoughtful posts that have effort put into them, and has points relayed in an eloquent and civil fashion. If someone does that, it's pretty much irrelevant whether I agree or disagree with whatever they are saying (within reason), I'd still consider them a "good" poster.

I think this is one of the greatest points: Beyond good and bad is the realization that neither might be wrong. This leads to one of the biggest "baits" to flame or getting personal. And as soon as one realizes this is about "opinion beating" it might be the best to just stop replying.

Most of your posts are about being drunk and hitting on young girls at the bar.

Hehe and I thought Jayburner is mostly about being drunk while having to deal with his nephew & girlfriend that bring chaos in his household :P