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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1318629, member: 112&quot;]I&#039;m fairly familiar with the behavior of members on both the NGC and PCGS forums since I have been a member of both for going on 10 years now. I rarely post in either of them anymore and have not for several years - this one keeps me too busy. But I will say this. The, shall we call it, &quot;social decorum&quot; of the PCGS forum has always left a lot to be desired IMO. It is not a place for the thin skinned. The NGC forum on the other hand was always a lot more &quot;friendly&quot; in regard to how those of differing opinions and the way that those less knowledgeable are treated.</p><p><br /></p><p>But regardless of what forum you go to, including this one, there are always going to be those times - and this always kills me - when some take whatever is being said as a personal attack when it is in reality no more a personal attack than anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Being corrected on a point of fact is not a personal attack. Having a different opinion is not a personal attack. Being told that you need to learn more is not a personal attack. Being told that you are wrong is not a personal attack. Yet all of these things can be taken and quite often are taken as personal attacks - by some people. Of course this is sometimes understandable to a degree for not everyone uses tact when they reply on a forum. But I will agree with one thing - there are a lot of jerks in the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>My advice is always that you let it go, drop it, don&#039;t worry about it, and don&#039;t be so defensive. And don&#039;t be so thin skinned. And by all means ignore the urge to retaliate. If you are going to participate on a public forum, any forum, you have to expect a certain amount of it, be aware that it will happen sooner or later. And in some places it will happen more often, in others less. It depends on the members. And it depends on the rules of the forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>But honestly, there are a whole lot of instances where a person takes another&#039;s comments as being a personal attack - when they are no more a personal attack than anything. And when that happens the problem is really with the offended and not the so called offender.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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