Architect's Rants

I got the weirdest Email from some unknown ignorant person. I'm not even going to go through the whole thing here, you can check on it via the Culture & Traditions Board within the International Community located at an aptly named Thread: Your Spectrum Of Race-based Faces.

It is always amazing to me how people come across a site with well spelled out rules and policies that must be agreed to before joining, join the site after agreeing with the same (hopefully they did actually read), and then expect to change everything about the site to suit their needs. They are obsessed with getting everything and everyone to see their point of view. Of course there are the members who suggest things in the form of feedback, but then there are the others who pout and fuss over every little eyelet hoping to stress you into changing policies for them.

The fact of the matter is that you cannot please everyone. Some places will always be too hot or too cold for someone. If you are too hot then wear something lighter, if you are too cold then put on a jacket, that is much better than making everyone else who is currently enjoying the environment suffer by demanding the temperature be changed. I think this is reflective of modern day society where most people have a "doggie" mentality of serve self first and serve self second. Where are the days of sit back, observe, learn and listen and then after the recon make your view after all facts have been ascertained? I think everyone wants life to be like an Iphone where you can change preferences on the fly and have it look and feel the way you want it to. That works for what is yours, but when you are on another man's turf, please observe the sign before you enter.

I receive an Email... it is a new User that has joined one of our Communities, but wait, another Email follows - this one a rejection of their Registration from a mail host - the mail host did not recognize the Email of the user. I did a little investigation by tracking the IP of the person online since they are still in the mode of Registering. It so happens that the host rejected the Email because they put a typo in their Email address while Registering, so it went to the wrong host. Now, I was about to send them an Email telling them that the reason they will not be able to access our Community is because of the mistake. However, after some thought I did not bother, why should I? Time is money, I could be doing something better, actually I have LOTS to do! On the Registration form it says to enter your Email TWICE and check it over to make sure it is CORRECT. Now the same user is wasting lots of time trying to figure out why they did not get the validation Email. Even now they are trying to Post without even looking for a validation Email - what does this mean - they did not read a thing, just joined and was hoping to "say something". Thanks goodness they did not join, such ignorance should not be rewarded with seeing their nonsense perpetuated on our Community. Read and enter the fields correctly and stop making yourself look... you know.

It amazes me how easily offended users on the net can become when they read something not even addressed to them. I know they are offended because of the angry tone of their words. They become sarcastic and begin to attack the person who made whatever statements that upset them. People using the net need to understand that the world does not revolve around them and that everyone is entitled to a view point no matter how differing it is to your view. Granted, direct insults should never be accepted, and I wonder why some Administrators allow this to perpetuate and grow in any Discussion.

I run a Community where guests are allowed to comment on Topics they are interested in without becoming a Member. This 'extra' anonymity makes them feel they can bash other responses within the Thread with some kind of authority on the subject as though they were experts. The funny part about it, that is not really comical at all, is they cannot spell to save their life! I was never a great speller and I rarely check my grammar simply because there is just too much for me to do online. However, if I were going to add input to a Topic on a Constructive Community as though I knew something about it then I would at least check my spelling, so I don't look like a dummy. I guess the anonymity makes all text ills justifiable though, right?