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Originally Posted by dubyajay
I'm sorry I did not maintain the post. I was not aware that I was responsible to host the post forever. I will keep that in mind if I ever start a new thread which is highly unlikely given the tone of your post.
I'm just here for some civilized conversation but if people can be that rude here, it may not be a forum where I want to contribute anything.
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What you did is generally called dive-bombing. It tends to irritate people. And frankly, most forums are happier
without dive-bombers "contributing" what they contribute, which is disruption and flameage.
Civilized conversation topic: "I've had problems with two different Sony Readers. Is this common?"
Dive-bombing topic: Advice: do not buy a Sony Reader. Battery issues and support sucks.
One is a question about shared experiences. The other is a personal opinion couched as an authoritative statement of fact. The latter is, in essence, telling all the happy Sony Reader owners that we made the wrong decision. If I started a thread called "That guy with the battery problems is just too stupid to use a Sony Reader" you'd be rather irate, wouldn't you? But that's what you've said to us: we made a bad decision in our choice of ebook devices and we're just too ignorant or stupid to realize it, but
you're going to tell us how it is.
You're free to present your opinions as fact, of course, and tell everyone to do as you say, but you can't expect people to react positively to being told they're wrong, stupid, and ignorant. Your actions, from the title you chose for your post to your spammy replies to every comment individually, ending with the the "you're all so meeeeeean!" post, are typical of a troll, not a genuine user. I'm actually surprised that people reacted with as much restraint as they did. Nobody can see inside your head, so we have to call 'em as we see 'em. So if you're not a troll, not acting like one would be a good start on convincing people of that.