suggestion for improvement

Half Fast said:
Old college cheer:
Tangent, cotan, cosine sine​
Three point one four one five nine​
Yaaaay, PI!​

(Yes, I went to Ga Tech)
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Y’all stole that from us. But what would you expect from the MIT of the south? ;)
 
Hengelo said:
The hostility, condescension and general meanness here is nothing to be proud of, or minimize.
There are lots of way to fix it.
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I am really super offended by this post. You are mean for telling me that I spend too much time online. So much so that I can’t even recognize the toxicity here. Yes, poa, the tamest forum I visit, should be monitored by miss manners; that’ll fix it.

Ps-fellow meanies, am I supposed to go back and forth line by line and change the font green word by word?
 
Half Fast said:
Old college cheer:
Tangent, cotan, cosine sine​
Three point one four one five nine​
Yaaaay, PI!​

(Yes, I went to Ga Tech)
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Or the "Differentials" cheer that was performed on the sidelines through 1982:

"Differential Y
Differential X
To hell with differentials.
We want Sex."

Accompanied by the male cheerleaders dipping the female cheerleaders who pretended to be swooning.

That cheer was banned before the 1983 football season. Some people...
 
kyleb said:
Or the "Differentials" cheer that was performed on the sidelines through 1982:

"Differential Y
Differential X
To hell with differentials.
We want Sex."

Accompanied by the male cheerleaders dipping the female cheerleaders who pretended to be swooning.

That cheer was banned before the 1983 football season. Some people...
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I graduated in ‘84 and I recall all of us being PO’d about it. We still did it from the stands a few times without the cheerleaders.
 
AKiss20 said:
Yup, BS, MS, and PhD.

My husband and I met there but his sister and dad went to GA Tech. My FIL loves to pull out that line. It’s okay, whatever yall need to do to feel better :p
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I only did my BEE at GT. My math degree is from Samford and my electro-optics degree is from UCF.

I’m guessing your FIL has disinherited your husband.
 
Half Fast said:
Well, the ratio was pretty lopsided at GT, but there were certainly some good-looking gals there. I met both them, dated one of them.
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One of the best looking cheerleaders from my high school went to Tech. I think she was a cheerleader there too. I'll bet she got a LOT of attention. She is President of a major University now.
 
“solidifies the public perception of the GA community as entitled jerks who use public money for a dilettante's hobby.”

No shortage of that on pilot forums. Too many believe their ownership of a plane is a benefit to someone else.
 
Back a bit to the OP. If you want a thread to go away, even if you created it and it went sideways unexpectedly, the best way is to drag in the current administration, the past administration, gender stuff, Covid stuff, or a litany of other things to get it locked.

Then just wait out the ban jail sentence, if it happens.

Easy peasy
 
Perhaps there should be additional font colors implemented in addition to sarcasm.

Snark

Curiosity

Hostility

Anger

Do not reply to this

Do not read this
 
kyleb said:
Or the "Differentials" cheer that was performed on the sidelines through 1982:

"Differential Y
Differential X
To hell with differentials.
We want Sex."

Accompanied by the male cheerleaders dipping the female cheerleaders who pretended to be swooning.

That cheer was banned before the 1983 football season. Some people...
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The integral of e to the x power = the function of u to the n power.
 
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I’ve noticed that the general rule for any forum, not just POA, is that it takes about 10 posts before the comments wander off into the wilderness or start turning toxic. Nevertheless, POA has some of the most knowledgeable commenters around, so quality stays pretty high.
 
mcdewey said:
I’ve noticed that the general rule for any forum, not just POA, is that it takes about 10 posts before the comments wander off into the wilderness or start turning toxic.
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So you're saying that PoA has negative dynamic stability?
 
Iflydogs said:
I have noticed a marked decrease in civility over the years on this forum that makes it both less useful as a resource and also presents GA in a bad light that I believe deters people interested in flying, and more dangerously, solidifies the public perception of the GA community as entitled jerks who use public money for a dilettante's hobby.

In the past, it was a place to share flying experiences, get tips on maintenance and general flying, and "hang out". While those activities remain, the site seems to be increasingly monopolized by a few frequent posters who comment on just about every post, invariably in a negative light, almost always with snark and sarcasm. There seems to be a general attitude of "You can't top this." Related, I have seen younger, junior pilots post questions and get pilloried for the question. I am thinking of a few that I would not be surprised if they walked away from aviation after their shabby treatment here.

Some of us just want a fun place to share bits of information or experiences, without being told they do not know what they are talking about. There is a marked hostility on the part of some forum members to others' insights.

In general, the moderators do an excellent job in curbing the worst abuses and culling the most vile offenders. But my observation is that POA stands out for the meanness of spirit and downright nastiness of a minority--other avocation-related forums of which I am a member have a much more collegial, welcoming, and supportive vibe.

Part of the problem is the internet, exacerbated by a tendency for aviation to select for individuals with big egos. You can't fix either of those, but I propose a partial fix which would make POA more friendly and "give it back" to people who just want to share, without being harassed or vilified: Create a "no comments" sub-forum where people can just post something--a place to eat, a flying tip, a neat idea, without getting a dozen negative posts from the usual suspects. This would give back POA (at least a part of it) to the people who just want a fun spot to read about flying. The haters will have plenty of other forums in which to kibitz.

The alternative is to continue as is down the path of insularity, and I fear that will not augur well for the future. GA pilots are not perceived by the general public in a particularly good light, and POA's tolerance of this behavior only ratifies that perception.
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I agree with the observation, but not really with the solution, and honestly, I’m not sure there is one. I’ve noticed that when well-known influencers share their opinions, people rarely push back, no matter the subject. But when it’s someone else, any disagreement can quickly turn into an attack not just on the opinion, but on the credibility of the person. Fortunately, this doesn’t happen all that often, but it only takes a few run-ins like that for someone to just throw up their hands and walk away. I’ve also noticed this kind of behavior is much more common from posters hiding behind unidentifiable screen names. Perhaps one way to increase civility among people is to not hide behind a mask.
 
AKiss20 said:
Perhaps one way to increase civility among people is to not hide behind a mask.
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I agree. Which is why I post with my name or some fairly recognizable derivative. It creates a bit of personal accountability in that you can't do a drive by and walk away without risking reputational damage.
 
kyleb said:
I agree. Which is why I post with my name or some fairly recognizable derivative. It creates a bit of personal accountability in that you can't do a drive by and walk away without risking reputational damage.
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Not sure how the quote got messed up but I wasn’t the one who said that.

That being said, I’m not sure it makes much of a difference. I’ve seen very civil and mature discourse on entirely anonymous places like some subreddits and incredibly toxic and hateful comments on non-anonymous Facebook (in fact I’d say Facebook is one the most toxic of the mainstream social media). Maybe it’s a second order effect but a lot of people who are hateful and toxic don’t care or don’t recognize they are hateful and toxic.
 
kyleb said:
I agree. Which is why I post with my name or some fairly recognizable derivative. It creates a bit of personal accountability in that you can't do a drive by and walk away without risking reputational damage.
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Many years ago, I was caught posting stuff that I should not have posted about a previous employer. From that day on, I decided to be transparent about who I am and where I am. It keeps me honest.
 
No idea how posting under your real name matters to anyone else but you. First off I don’t know if it’s even true, and second off, I still don’t know who you are.
 
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I grew up in the era where you didn't share your real information on the internet because of privacy concerns. Requiring your name makes little to no difference in levels of civility, from what I can see, and I will never be comfortable exposing my full name or other information on any publicly accessible site.

That said, I do my absolute best to never post anything I would be ashamed to read fifteen years into the future. I end up deleting far more replies than I actually post, but in my 5.5 years of being here, I can count on one hand the things I wish I hadn't posted.
 
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