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Originally Posted by archipelago
I am not sure the appropriate way to handle very strong and rigid opinions that seem counterproductive or even harmful. It says everywhere in the guidance on this site that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but not all opinions are equal or equally valid. And some are really judgmental in disguise of supposed "advice." When I see that happening, I really want to do something to change the direction of the thread, but meta-comments are also not allowed so I feel confused about the whole thing.
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If one is responding to a thread, keeping with what the OP's topic is, that is your best bet in your responding. Sticking to their topic, there is no need to argue with other posters in an unsupportive way. The OP can take what is posted to them and apply it, if it is acceptable to them, that's great, if they find no connection to what's been said, they can choose to not accept it and move on.
Sometimes the written word can be misunderstood since there is no face to face communication. We miss out on tone, body language and facial expression when reading words. There can be miss-communications in that way and I believe that is when some difficulties can arise.
Whenever you see a post that you feel is unsupportive in some way, please feel free to report that post to the Community Support Team. We will research the issue and decide if there should be any action taken, such as edits. That is not to say that every report will end with an action taken, but we do appreciate when members report things as we cannot possibly see each and every post that is made daily.
If you find a particular member goes against your grain, you have the option of putting them on your ignore list. That can be very helpful and is a great "self care" tool.
At this time, I will be closing this thread.
Thank you all for your input.
With Care,
sabby
Community Support Team