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Originally Posted by angela4design
I think that a user with many posts holds more credibility than a 'newbie'...
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Many moons ago, when the forum had a different format, my husband made his first and last post. If I remember correctly, he provided information on GPS, which was relatively new at the time. He ended his post with a light-hearted comment. A user with many posts critiqued his post, saying it was very credible until the last comment. My husband, having lots of experience posting in the ne.weather newsgroup but eventually stopping because of the divisive nature there, decided that he wasn't going to waste his time posting here if that was the type of BS he'd have to put up with.
When I sarcastically congratulated the "experienced" poster for chasing my husband away (he hasn't even read it since), this poster proceeded to question my husband's manhood because I stood up for my husband instead of him standing up for himself. Luckily, several other posters got on and basically shouted this guy down. I don't know if he continues to post...if he does it's under a different user name. I do know that I don't want anyone who is relatively new to be pushed off because they feel like they're providing an informative post and get grief for it. And perhaps some of them don't follow up because, like my husband, they feel they'll probably get more grief if they continue.
Like Skip, I'm going to bow out of this thread, and perhaps the forum for a while. When I find that my informative to contentious post ratio going down, it's time to give it a rest for a while.