@bonustreak 193189 wrote:
they will feed off it and enjoy the drama, what they hate the most is to be ignored and that is what I try to do.
I have always tried to stay away from any forum drama after all this went down If I can say my peace without throwing something at them I will but they are really starting to piss me off with the rumors now and when I am pissed I am better off shutting my mouth.
There is nothing really to worry about as you said there only a few flamers over there keeping that forum alive, it is a dead place and of no real use and believe me most of us affiliates know this why do you think we live at CAP
Looks like we have all been in the line of fire before – unfortunately it seems to be the nature of the beast oline. If you become visible, you become a target.
There can be a fine line between correcting faulty statements and blowing on the fire to make it hotter.
I have stayed away from the GPWA flame because I don’t want to lend it credibility. The less credible people post there, the more stupid the whole thing looks, IMO.
If the only people posting in that thread are the usual rebel rousers, it will lose credibility fast. People may like to watch a drama and keep reading, but if the only people contributing are known hatemongers, people will know this and not lend any credibility.
I have learned that sometimes defending oneself in a flame only feeds it. I think it is best handled by just making one plain statement of fact and letting them try to tear that apart. They will look stupid grasping at straws and splitting hairs and destroy their own mission. Not only that, if they are fed only dry, short, factual statements they will try to blow life into them and distort them, and that endeavor becomes obvious to readers and ends up making the thread boring.
Lawyers and business consultants know this, hence you see businesses only make short, unemotional, dry statements of fact.
Just my two bits. :hattip: