I used to be a member of this site that posted regularly but I had forgotten to re activate my account after a while and stopped posting. So a couple of days ago I re registered and started posting again. What I totally wasn't expecting was the icy reception I got from some posters who, in my total of three posts, called my comments completely stupid and gave me grief over my poor spelling (which, by the way is caused by my mild dyslexia. But don't worry guys, I wrote this in a word document with spell check first so I wouldn't offend anyone). I wanted to post this topic in result to a post about the bad behavior of Aussies, and it disappointed me to see how childish and nasty the posts became.
I have been to Bali many times. I have a lot of friends that are over there with businesses and I find it really sad that while 90% of posts are from people wanting to share their love and excitement for Bali, or ask questions, there are those selected few who think they know everything about the island and scan the forum waiting for the opportunity to diss someone's post.
I have seen posts form first time BTF users, asking about Bali Belly and receive ignorant messages form unhelpful users telling them to stop asking and search the forum for an answer. I've seen some users shoot down a post simply because they didn't agree with somebody's opinion. I don't get it? When did forums such as this become all about heated debates and the grammar police? Are people really bored with their lives enough to go through every post waiting for the opportunity to right off another's? Does it make them feel better about their boring meaningless lives? Does it make them feel big? I just don't understand the need for it. I have told people in the past to join this site cause it is helpful to get any knowledge they know on Bali here, but they tell me that they retreat from posting because all they received was rude comments. We are all here on this site to share stories, keep up to date on what's happening and give out any advice we can to new BTF users....So all Im asking is where is the love people?!