Wow - looks like a bit of bullying going on.

I could care less how Eric posts. What I care more about is the content of the posts. Eric does just fine in this area.

He also probably gets out to the mountains more often that many of you combined.

It is interesting to note that similar discussions regarding Eric's posting style have occurred at more than a few other sites.

The typical result was that Eric stopped or greatly reduced his posting and moved onto another site. :P

"It is interesting to note that similar discussions regarding Eric's posting style have occurred at more than a few other sites."

queue that tired jab... sure, it's interesting - interesting to someone with an axe to grind ;P

Chad

As indicated by the mods .. If you prefer personal attacks, please put them in chaff

Ill not respond to this particular one specifically other than say the above

Thanks chad ;)

nm

Edited by dkramalc on 12/01/2011 11:19:31 MST.

Not an axe to grind.

As Eric himself has said this is his chosen posting style. I personally don't mind how Eric says it, I do have an issue with what Eric says.

All I'm doing is pointing out that Eric's chosen posting style seems to cause him a good deal of drama and this self imposed drama seems to upset him enough that he leaves sites.

Nothing personal, no attacks, simply pointing out the facts.

I brought up Erics posting style, as i found it very difficult to follow. However, i feel a little uneasy if i've started a 'get Eric' scenario. I don't like folk being picked on simply because they are different. He replied, and it is up to others to accept or not, his reasons.
One of the things i like about BPL is the friendliness of its members.

@Mike, I certainly didn't find your post unreasonable. It came across to me as friendly advice.
Personally, I find posts in styles similar to Eric's more difficult to read, but that may be an age thing. How many people finding it difficult were born in the 60s or before? I would prefer a bit more care in writing, but I certainly don't feel anybody has the right to demand that anybody change their writing style if the post is not abusive.

"All I'm doing is pointing out that Eric's chosen posting style seems to cause him a good deal of drama and this self imposed drama seems to upset him enough that he leaves sites."

pointing it out over & over again. We get it, promise... nah, not looking personal at all *eyes roll*

According to Eric, he is typing on an iPhone. It's tough enough when I type a response on an iPad2, let alone the smaller screen of an iPhone.

Especially the younger crowds are using their smartphones as "mini-computers"; some of my college students follow my highly technical diagrams (posted on a server) on their iPhone/Android/whatever screen. Whether voluntary r enforced minimalism, its the wave of (yr) future. ;)

ADD: Sorry to hijack the thread.

Edited by hknewman on 12/01/2011 11:08:06 MST.

Thanks Mike for deescalating things. I haven't participated in this topic because it went downhill immediately due to personal attacks on Eric. Attacks which Eric has deflected effectively without resorting to personal attacks of his own. I feel he's a valuable member of this community, and these attempts to degrade him or imply that he should leave are childish, narrow-minded, and certainly not in the congenial spirit of our community. The idea that anyone here should ask another member to leave is comical, especially considering Eric is a PAYING member, unlike a number a folks who attacked him.

ROCK ON Eric! There is at least one member here who values both your contributions and the style they're delivered in.

@William.
Yeah, i'm a child of the '60's. At Scottish schools, we were legally beaten with a leather tawse if our work wasn't up to scratch. Maybe that's why i find it difficult to understand why someone would write like that deliberately! :)

Guilty as charged - I think William may have hit the nail on the head as far as it being somewhat of a generational thing.

"ROCK ON Eric! There is at least one member here who values both your contributions and the style they're delivered in.

two members and I'm sure more that exercise the priceless gift of ignoring all this drivel. Thanks for posting, Scott (and the rest of you, thanks as well. I am glad to see people trying to be expressive on this without resorting to asbergers or ESL comments)

I'm surprised you can even use a keyboard.

You aren't now going to start talking about walking to school in minus 30 degree weather with your pants down around your ankles and your 'blank' hanging out. No wait, that was Eric wasn't it.

Really? I mean, did you really have to say that? I think you have time for an edit.

Edited by FamilyGuy on 12/01/2011 11:25:59 MST.

One last comment.
Middle-aged men shouldn't wear bandannas, or use the word 'awesome'. :)

Art, I have a niece who is autistic. What you said was insensitive at best, and inhuman at worst. Please never make light of mental disorders again. This is posted here because your PM is disabled.

Really? I mean, did you really have to say that? I think you have time for an edit.

well said, David. His rhetoric about being turned off by Eric's message and in the same stroke blasting judgement integrated with weiner imagery? Wow, just wow

There are probably two things getting intermingled here.

One is a grammar/punctuation/whatever thing that most folks probably don't care too much about (including me).

The actual thing that gets tiring to me is just him constantly going on about how lame gear weenies are and his exploits in off-width gnar and how lame patagucci and dead bird are and starting lots of posts in Chaff (and Gear and elsewhere) about "hey, this fat kid was taken from his parents!" and lots of other posts that just seem to be trying to stir the mostly-friendly BPL pot up, and are wholly unrelated to backpacking. I imagine that this is the kind of stuff that might have made him move to site to site (as per Chad) as it starts to border on trolling.

David, I didn't say that was what Eric was doing, but instead that my reaction to his writing style was analogous to that situation. There's a big difference. If I'd stated it in a more bland way I don't think I would've gotten across the magnitude of my reaction as clearly. I tried to convey that I do have respect for Eric and what he is trying to say, but that his style throws me off because of where I am coming from. I'm sorry if that didn't come through.

Somehow, statements of *my* observations about *my* reaction to Eric's writing style are not being perceived as I stated them, but rather as attacks on Eric's character and judgement - which just goes to show me that even correct grammar, punctuation, etc. are no guarantee of getting my message across ;-) I've removed the post, since my writing style seemed to offend more than just David.

Edited by dkramalc on 12/01/2011 11:59:46 MST.