I grow weary from all the negativity.

[SavinDwarf]

I agree totally with the OP. + Rep!!.

All negativity is an illusion created by the limited mind to protect and defend itself.
---Ambika Wauters

Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.
----Michael Pritchard

The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.
----Foster's Law

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
----Oscar Wilde

The level of negativity is a sap on most people’s energy levels. What we are seeing here goes beyond the traditional optimist/pessimist views on life. Although optimist and pessimists may view things from a different perspective, neither type wants to hurt other people – that is something altogether different. I know these things happen on other boards, but that doesn’t make them right. The types of things I see which are annoying, and plain “not nice”, come from 5 types of posters: (the list is from another site)

1) [bold]Seagulls “Mine, Mine, Mine!!”.[/bold] Some people seem to believe that the only way to get “what they want” is to make sure that others “don’t get what they want.” As a result they feel the need to enter any thread, no matter how innocent, and try and trash the OP and prove them wrong, stupid and worthless. Why? Because somehow they are threatened. They especially tend to wade in when the poster has received a few positive comments on their ideas.

2) [bold]Forum Bullies[/bold]. Some people just don’t even understand that being nice is a requirement of healthy social interaction. These people not only will till someone they a wrong, but try and do it in a way that belittles the person and/or makes them look stupid. What these people don’t realize if most people just hate those types of responses and thing the person is total jerk. Or maybe these people are social outcasts that have no friends and as a substitute try and make as many enemies as possible.

3) [bold]I’m Right, you’re wrong!![/bold] Some people never have any intention of having a discussion or even a healthy debate. No matter what anyone else says they stick their guns. They tend to misquote people in making points, never really make any attempt to understand another person’s point of view. It’s all about winning rather than learning and interacting. these types of posters will even disagree with you when your post just agreed with them.

4) [bold]I Need Attention.[/bold] Although many people make posts because they would like positive feedback, there is a class of poster that just wants feedback and negative feedback is just as good as positive feedback. You can always spot these people, they try and find people that are willing to reply to all their little stream of threads and then they stick with it as long as possible even if the conversation is going nowhere.

5) [bold]Don’t Confuse Me with the Facts.[/bold] These types of people will make demands and when others try and explain that demands are unrealistic they just don’t want to hear it. Reality is the enemy to their world vision of what should be and they combat reality with all possible vigor.
It just takes a small percentage of the above five types to make a set of forums feel very unpleasant and someplace you don’t want to be. Guilds can combat this by not inviting these types of people into the guild, but gaming company forums seem to always have their quota.

Savin