Freebies board regulars please read

Tigerlilley1980

Thanks for that! xx

fantasia322

phew thats good to know - am prone to mistakes lol. Can anyone tell me what or who a 'troll' is, have seen this referred to in other forums (including MSE) but don't know what it is?
Thanks in advance.

NeverInDebt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29

a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[2]

fantasia322 wrote: »

phew thats good to know - am prone to mistakes lol. Can anyone tell me what or who a 'troll' is, have seen this referred to in other forums (including MSE) but don't know what it is?
Thanks in advance.

Naye

I think the thing I least like about being 'told off' is that most of the time its not helpful and its actually a personal attack. It's very easy to say something horrible to people online, there are real people behind these posts and the attacks hurt just as much if not more than if it was in real life, people read things differently, so 'sarcastic' comments don't come across that way.

I have had it on this site, not this part of it, but I have been really attacked because I gave my opinion on a company I have used several times with no problem, that someone was really having a go about. I now don't use that forum section because I don't want to be attacked personally

The Freebies (no spend required) forum however have always been lovely to me! :beer:

formaldehyde_perfume

I'm a fairly recent member and have seen people be abrupt about a 'repost' which was posted over a year ago, these posts are helpful to me because I wasn't a member then!

maricris_b

P2TKL wrote: »

I agree. I have recently left another forum for being criticised about posting in the wrong thread. TBH it all got very nasty. I would hate that to happen here...we are all human and can easily make mistakes.

hear hear!:beer:

altojack

And here here from me :beer:

Saetana

I don't think the people who need to read this post have done so, I've noticed more than one very abrupt message regarding wrong postings today. I've been on here a while but I'm sure this is off-putting for newbies who may never post again. Good manners cost nothing people.

stonehenge8

The criticism is a bit heavy

lushy20

i posted a duplicate on my first and only post i didnt get too badly critised for me but its been very offputting for me to try and post any competitions i have come across.

can someone please tell me how i do a search on a url??