[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Josy

Is it really complaining if we are answering a question?

The bolded part, I can only reply in regards to my post but with things like the chat thread for instance people do try to have normal conversations in them then you get someone coming in with sarcastic comments about the conversations, replies like 'anyway' 'boring' and so on and its just offputting for the people that were chatting in the first place, there is a few members that don't frequent the chat threads now because of stuff like this.

Some people do try to make fun threads and such but again you get people coming in and say for example posting a completely random comment or gif as a reply then the threads take a completely different turn to what was originally posted.

Then we have the drama lovers, that will take the silliest little comments as an insult and escalate it to an argument.

I could go on and on.

And yes we are all responsible for making the forum a better place which is why if some members are enjoying a thread or having a chat others shouldn't go out their way to ruin it IMO.

I don't think negative criticism will turn newbies away no what I do think may turn some away is the replies they get to their posts, not understanding the 'in jokes' that are posted, the words that are used that they don't understand etc.

Couldn't agree more with this, any 'funny' thread that attempts to be made nowadays is soon filled with the generic replies and it soon dies