Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> "Bruce" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Sat, 8 Jul 2017 07:41:04 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
> > "Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > Just abut everyone here should take a deep breath and assess how
> > they have been posting. Most people here have either snipped at
> > someone of have been snipped by someone. Civility is draining away.
> >
> > An infusion of new people would help, but just look at what happened
> > when a new guy did show up, though he was a little part of it too.
> >
> > The different personalities is what make a group like this
> > interesting but when the insults and derogatory comments start, it
> > just goes into the dumper. My guess is that in person, this would
> > be a great group of people but on the keyboard, civility comes in
> > second toan off hand dig.
> >
> > =================
> >
> > Ed, this is exactly what poisoned and killed off the UK group
> >
> > I can see it happening here and that would be a big shame because
> > there are some lovely people and I would miss them (
> >
> > They mostly went off to Facebook where nastiness isn't tolerated.
> > A little kindness goes a long way but it seems to be at a premium
> > here Complain about bad treatment and YOU are to blame.
> >
> > I am often invited to join the group and I must admit I am becoming
> > tempted. This becomes very tiring
>
> On the other hand, if nastyness could kill this group, it would have
> died a long time ago
>
> ==
>
> But, Bruce, it didn't used to be this bad

It goes in swings.

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