Do you look to see who posted before answering?

[exrockstar]

well, im new here so i dont know who really "knows" things and who is a little rough around the edges.

I'm sizing people up and Im sure im getting sized up to.

I do have the tendency to play dumb sometimes but maybe i should do that after I've been sized up.

[Iryssa]

I used to avoid topics written by certain people...but I don't so much anymore. I've pretty much found that everyone here has good days and bad days, topics that to them and topics that don't, etc. etc. etc. What I find makes a bigger difference, actually, is which forum it's in. I'm far more likely to avoid a topic in Controversial Issues than I am in General Discussion, for example, because I tend to get my defenses up more quickly there than I do here.

[Marnie]

Naw. I'll argue with anyone. But, I confess, with some posters I like get a little tongue-in-cheek and see how far they'll go defending an idea. It's all in fun, and with the exception one or maybe two here, I'd have you all over to my place for coffee and blintzes.

Will Mike be there, if so count me in Marnie, oh hope your there too!! Unless I am one or the two that are not invited.

Of course you're invited Chip!! Bring the wife; we can play bridge.

[Guest Biblicist]

Who has posted does not make a difference to me, it's what they have posted that matters. Sometimes people surprise me!

What irks me is that people don't make an attempt to read at least some of the posts and just respond. Aah, but it takes all kinds to make the world go round and it's my problem not someone elses.

[dakota190]

You can't post for a long time on a board like this without getting to really appreciate certain ones here and it is easy to look at who is writing before answering.

There are some that I just wouldn't want to disagree with if I considered that it was this or that one that wrote this or that, but that can cause us to favor a person and leave a potential error unchallanged, or an alternate viewpoint unwritten, so...

I am trying to respond to the posts prior to looking at who wrote the post.

Some folks here are difficult to visit with, and I am sometimes one of those folks, but it is natural to me to speak up if I disagree...

What do you think?

you have made a very good point and it does occur. i haven't visited here much over the last 6 months or so, so i am basically a stranger here. i do remember a few names from my sojourn here before. i did avoid certain ones, but usually only for a short time, and it was basically because we had a stinging exchange and a cooling off time was needed. human emotions being what they are.

if i may append a question, do we on our respective boards give the unknown or lesser known posters the same considerations in what they post, regardless of who they are debating in a thread? i admit that on the board i post on with the most regularity if a lesser known, so to speak, shows up and challenges one of the real regulars, the family as it were, i can be a little less patient and scrutinize their posts a little more. not just for the quality of biblical teachings and beliefs.

i had not realized that until you asked this question.

thanks

[RedeemedByHim]

I love to see what others think. i think that it is great that we can agree to disagree and still have a great time. I have been so thankful to God for you guys...If we never meet for real in this life, I sure can't wait til eternity to meet you all...

[RebekahDavid]

my 2cents worth well maybe only worth 1 cent

Mostly i read and pray for posters on the boards- only once in a great while am i led to respond. you all.

love your sister in Christ,

Rebekah David