An apology

babyblade41

I have been warned on numerous occasions, but stupid is as stupid does.  
I have been on the receiving end of blunt posters who helped and put everything into perspective.

Some people need to get out more... leaving though is counter productive.. hang on in there ...from another blunt...sometimes rude contributor 

getmore4less

Move to a board where you are seeing new questions

There is always the option to pick what you want to respond too on this one.

Never really understood the need announce you are leaving a party.

Browntoa

If you think the questions are repetitive on here head over to Facebook and look at groups about popular holiday destinations .

Every day and possibly within a few minutes 

1) what's the exchange rate 
2) what's the weather like in march 
3) where's the best Sunday roast / Chinese / curry / restaurant.
4) any review of XXX hotel ( reply with TripAdvisor and get " I read that , I wanted people's opinions" ?? ) 

jimbog

Sorry you are leaving  

It does seem that in society in general many confuse not liking what people are saying with being offended

elsien

There’s more than one who are on a final warning for no clear reason.

However I would also add that I find the search function in this place next to useless since the new forum was put in place so i do think reminding yourself of that when a question comes up yet again helps. I was looking for a recent thread a few days ago that I knew was there but just couldn’t find. 

Time away from here if it’s an off the phone generally isn’t always a bad thing though. 

Soot2006

I agree the search function is useless, and that doesn't help new posters at all. I find that searching my keywords + MSE on Google gives me more helpful threads here than using the actual search function which seems to favour returning something from 2011. So I start a new thread, then realise someone asked the exact same question three days ago but I couldn't find it.

I think when you start to feel angry about something, it's good to get some distance, but don't assume it's forever. On a boring, rainy winter's lockdown night, it's useful to have a boring place to be with no expectations!

pinkshoes

Shame you're leaving, but always put your sanity first! Hope you find a new exciting venture and perhaps visit us to let us know what you're up to!?

I'm another believer in being blunt is often the best option, and I'm not particularly the sympathetic type unless it is genuinely called for...!

I'm always amazed about the amount of people asking for help when they have already made up their mind on what they think is right, so are unbelievably rude to people who try to suggest otherwise!

The search function on here is rubbish, so I don't blame people for repetitive questions. They probably stumbled across the site by a Google search and found a similar but different scenario, so then post their own.

YoungBlueEyes

Agree the search function on here is poor. 

I’ve received some rather blunt advice on here a few times, and it was exactly what I needed. I didn’t need people telling me how awful x is and how they feel sorry for me but hang on in there!! I needed - situation a isn’t an issue because…. but you haven’t even considered b. You should do this and then that, and look at this website. Crack on. 

Maybe we need a snowflake section, where no real advice is given but virtual hugs and useless platitudes are thrown around like confetti. 

Instead of the mods reacting to someone reporting a post/member, perhaps it would be wise of them to read the offending post to see if it contained accurate and useful information. Banning the knowledgable folk for someone taking offence is short-sighted and dumb, frankly. 

And anyone who takes offence at that can take the gate as well and shut it behind them (as Father always said) 😁

Bendy_House

Argh, davilown. Your username is very familiar, so you have clearly contributed on here very regularly.

I hope it's temporary, and you find you miss it too much after you've had a break

It can become compulsive, but it is possible to take a partial step back from it. For instance, when you read the threads that are repetitive or annoy, just ignore them. Resist!

I hope it's not permanent.

davilown

Thanks everyone for your comments (they were nice as well!).

Enjoy the forums and hope to continue to see your great advice!