[Hermit] I felt that posting it was, in a sense, counterproductive. Confirmed in the time that this response has taken.
I was being a prick - popping your balloon of self-inflation. I got a lot of hot air.
First - my apologies. I should have approached this issue differently and now I'm not sure whether anything constructive will result. The problem I wanted to raise here, was that despite being excellent writers and provocative thinkers, some members *sometimes* write is a tone which can be off-putting (even insulting). This is not just my perception. I know a few people who checked out CoV (on my recommendation), but were put off participating because of what they saw as a certain arrogance underlying some of the exchanges. Perhaps we aren't very thick-skinned or can't take a little arch joke here or there. But I am loathe to see people discouraged from participation. My comment previous to this were not well thought out. Being confrontational, they were bound to be counter-productive.
In many ways I'm still trying to get to grips with the atmosphere of the list. There are certain regular contributers here who have a lot of respect. There's the occasional flame war. There's a certain investment in CoV values, terms, aesthetic and organisation (I don't consider myself a Virian incidentally)... What I like to see, on any list, is friendliness and patience. Hypocritically I over-stepped that mark. And I'm aware its just *my* mark, which I only air here, and am not interested in *imposing*. I also know someitmes people like to fight and show who's the smartest.
CoV seems to have a lot to offer. I'm signed to a variety of lists, but no-where else to I find this quality of thinking - its just the tone of dialogue that occasionally bothers me.
Walpurgis
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