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Originally Posted by lucy7
This site seems to a bit more on the techno side for me maybe, so any pointers in another direction will be gratefully recieved!
Lucy.
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I think it's the more structured nature of this forum that makes it somewhere where people are not so open to abuse as they are in other forums. I know it appears heavily technical in places, and I think that's partially due to the nature of the issues that many of our primary target audience experience.
The lifestyle areas of the forum are great places to hang out, and quite often are the source of some (very) heated/interesting debates - there's no reason at all why someone shouldn't spend their entire time here posting in/reading only those less technical areas.
There have been accusations in the past that the rules/moderation here are too strict. There are other forums that I've frequented in the past where this discussion would have been shut down the very minute that any criticism (be it direct or implied) of the staff was raised. I've also visited forums where I've stayed no longer than a couple of days, and only posted onces, such was the overtly hostile and abusive nature of many of the Members and discussions there.
I'm not suggesting that CF is perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a damn site better and a much nicer place to frequent than the majority of the other forums I'm a Member of.