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Old 05-06-2013, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Yorio View Post
Especially when the post is a grudge or complaints say about restaurants, I look at how many posts a person has made. If it is their first or the second posts, I tend to ignore them. IMHO I don't think any grudge or complaints should not be a way to initially participate on TOTV. The person may be sincere or the ulterior motive could be to smear the restaurants or companies which that person had a grudge for one reason or another. Also, I am careful with negative titles of the post. When you see negative titles, no matter how many positive comments afterwords, one gets drawn to the negative title unfortunately. Positive endorsements for contractors or services from few past posting worries me too. Reminds me sometimes of card playing people on the streets who plays customers to entice other people. Guess "readers" be aware.
I agree wholeheartedly with your post Yorio, and many others on this thread and I have been guilty many times of going too far. It is hard to not get angry sometimes.

Some posts push the buttons that are wired right to your hot setting.

I will try to do better too.

It is easy to be kind and tolerant of people who agree with you, but not so easy when they disagree with something close to your heart.

We still are supposed to "do unto others".
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