There is No Place for Personal Attacks in the RE.net
By Drew Meyers | February 16, 2008
I 2nd Russell’s point. I’m not going to single anyone out by name or with a link, but there have been several personal attacks in the RE.net over the past several months that have bothered me. This is just a friendly reminder for everyone to follow one of Dustin’s rules when writing — “If you are going to attack something… attack ideas, not people.” We practice this same rule of thumb for moderating Zillow Discussions — debate the issues, not the people — and it works.
Even if you really don’t like someone or their ideas (which does happen from time to time), there is no need to insult them publicly; and definitely no benefits to doing so.
Bottom line — debate the ISSUES all day long, but there is no place for personal attacks in the NE.net.
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February 17th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Drew I quite agree. This is not a new problem it has been going on for some time. I find it interesting that such a post was written on the Bloodhound blog. I think it was last year that the hound him self wrote about the evil he saw in my heart. I don’t know how much more personal a blog post could get.
February 17th, 2008 at 5:57 am
I agree Drew!
Rudy
February 17th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Well said Drew.
I grow weary of it. But I doubt it will ever stop.
Just seems so….. pointless? Childish? Stupid?
February 17th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Agreed — I’d say pointless, childish, and stupid all apply to personal attacks.
February 17th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
We’ve got enough problems right now. Let’s try to stay positive and battle over the best ideas to fix the market. It’s easy to get negative when things are tough.