Well Folks,

Have you ever heard of an especially virulent disease that has spread all over Adland Pro and most of the Internet?

NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT

Hi, Jenny, Since my return to activity in Adland I have been struck by the banality and pedestrian style that now infests the forums. I had a forum a while ago about the value of unread words but it seems I should have waited a while - if I had started that forum today it would have been much more apposite. It is plain to me that very few people are reading the forums in order to take part in a discussion - they are posting to the forums in order to build up their status, trying to climb the ranks to power poster or whatever. I was never a great one for 'ooh lovely' or 'way to go' but I think I prefer that to a system where more time is spent choosing a sparkly picture than the verbal content of a vaccuous response. I hope that, by getting my post in early, I will encourage others to actually think about what you have said. The situation is not as controversial as it was six months ago - people seem to be even more worried about saying something that somebody else will feel obliged to take offence at - but the whole point of a forum is the exchange of thoughts and ideas. It is a shame that this is beyond the capacity of some members.

Jenny

Thank you for the post. I agree with you 100%. THINK. A support group I

was in several years ago had coin phrases and one of the ones was THINK.

Leslie

Well, I decided to deal with this topic with humour, because, with all the recent upheaval at Adland, we need to lighted up a bit!!

But as Arthur has introuced a serious note, it is only fair to comment that I reckon that well over half the "problems" we have here could be solved if people watched that posting finger.  Once written down, whatever you say is there for keeps - and it can even appear on Google!

Saludos
Jenny