Posted by Twinleaf on August 7, 2014, at 17:30:39 [reposted on August 7, 2014, at 22:50:37 | original URL]
In reply to Re: The Hsiung-Pilder discussion, posted by bryte on August 7, 2014, at 0:03:40
These lengthy discussions on Administration leave a very unfortunate impression. Posts written with a clear hope of increasing communication and understanding are met with a seemingly endless series of slightly alternative points of view which completely disregard the intent of the original messages. These alternatives do not appear to be selected for their relevance or meaningfulness. Instead, they appear to be chosen almost randomly for their ability to frustrate and confuse. They clearly do have the effect of increasing the confusion and frustration of the original posters, and, I strongly suspect, result in an ever-increasing sense that they, and their contributions, are not valued enough to be responded to.
Exchanges like these leave the impression of being willfully obfuscating, in situations where one would hope and expect to see respectful, enlightening and empathic responses. Very sadly, they leave a strong (although possibly inaccurate) impression of emotional disconnection, passive-aggressive hostility and narcissism. This may be why such an extraordinary number of posters have left this site in a very disillusioned and distressed state of mind. For people who come to this site suffering from anxiety and depression, perhaps for the first time, and who are looking for reasonable understanding and responsiveness, it unfortunately appears to keep turning out that there is no-one "there" here.
poster:Twinleaf
thread:1069388
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