Forums Are Not My Cup of Tea

I prefer blogging, and tweeting these days, so I really do not have a lot of time for online forums. Do not get me wrong, some online forums can be fun, but there are still many things that happen there I really have no desire to read. The other day I realized I went months without posting on a forum and I do not miss it. However, it is very disheartening when I see people making blatant personal attacks in forums. There is one person that implies Mexicans do not speak English and they need to assimilate in to the American culture. Never mind that this sounds like a racist rant from a 1930's propaganda film, but how out of touch with reality must this person be?! 

Forums get too silly, but there are others who continue to berate and badger each other every day without any recourse. I am not talking about every forum, but any forum about religion, politics, and other debatable subjects are pretty much impossible to read. However, I am now beginning to see offensive comments being made in mundane forums such as crafting, hobbies and the like. Yes there are a few trolls in the world that get their kicks off making offensive, outlandish, and down right ridiculous comments in the forums, but they need to be given warnings or disabled from posting if they continue their antics. I am not talking just about the forum here, I am talking about many other forums actually.

These days I just focus on my blogging because I quite simply can live without many of the topics and slurs contained in forums. Most forums are getting better at moderation, but there are still a few individuals here that could learn to moderate themselves better. We are all adults and putting one another down is not flattering or humorous. It is almost like one big middle school note being passed around for the world to see. Grow up and cut out the personal attacks people because after ninth grade it is not cool to treat people like second class citizens. By the way, the majority of intelligent and savvy middle school kids think this type of behavior is just trolling. Unfortunately there are a few adult bullies who get their kicks out of acting out by putting other people down. This type of behavior will never go away completely, but I will not grace certain forums with my presence because of it.

I have grown bored of most forums and almost never post on these anymore. Sometimes I post comments on news articles, but beyond that I really do not get the point of using forums all that much. These can be useful, and I met some great people using forums on various websites, but now with Facebook I just do not see the point anymore. Facebook is much better for my social networking because I am able to add people I am interested in chatting with, and have online conversations about topics such as American politics without having to worry about the trolls coming along.