the problem with this forum

[Reha]

Re: the problem with this forum

@azmaira12

I’ve been following this forum for a while but only post on it when I have something meaningful to ask or say. I see many others who post on it incessantly and don’t even offer meaningful advice. I was frankly quite disappointed with this forum when I sought advice here once about a dress but it turned into a personal attack on people’s own in-laws and since then haven’t bothered. But recently I find that many posters motivations for being on this forum really disturb me. Many who frequent this forum need to evaluate why they post here and/or find more meaningful ways to channel their ill-feelings towards other.

That said, I have a few questions for those who post here regularly.

1. Do you consider this to be a place where people offer genuine advice or is this just somewhere you can rant about problems in your life?

**Its not as black at white as that.

GS has memberships from all over the world. Some of our members are serious about asking and giving advice and some are goofs…that is to be expected. You have to be able to take the good, leave the bad and go from from there. There will be days when you will want to rant and this is a great place to do it because you’ll find people that console you, make you laugh and piss you off. It would be the same had you ranted in real life to a room full of people.
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2) When you post here about some genuine issue are you looking for your opinion to be changed or do you simply want your voice to be heard?

I am open to all of it. If someone presents a different perspective on things…my view can be changed.

3. Many of you criticize others people in your life on this forum. Do you ever approach those people in real life and try to resolve those issues or are you closed up to them in real life?

**I don’t really know a lot of guppies offline and have issues with none of the ones I do know.
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4) Do you ever find yourself investing so much time in this forum that it prevents you from having real social relationships?

Not really…I have my gang of girlfriends and we do stuff all the time. Why would GS prevent me from having real social relationships?