[Jewelry making - Article 01255] - Re: [Orchid] Lets Get Yurman

[richard hart]

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Kimberly,

    I do not blame James White for his inflammatory posts. I understand
    that it can be cause for being censored or banned. Some of the
    people who post are so ignorant or stupid that it does cause one to
    want to berate them and humiliate them for posting garbage. It is
    really hard to not attack someone sometimes, and I believe that as
    that is what might happen if someone said garbage in person, the
    internet makes it easier to humiliate someone because of the
    anonymity. Some things that we would say to another with a differnet
    tone to indicate how it is meant cannot be done in a post. I never
    post something on the internet that I would not say in person. I can
    usually get the point across as to what I think of a person without
    calling them names. If someone is part of this forum and trying to
    educate, and their are people posting opinions, rumors, third hand
    misinformation, it can get very frustrating. I have had several
    exchanges off-line, trying to be as nice as possible, and trying to
    help someone understand why the forum is not a place for opinions
    that are contrary to fact. My question would be, why are there, on
    occasion, 1 or 2 posts with misinformation for each post that is
    factual? If you watch tv, more inflammatory language, including
    swearing, is being broadcast. This does mean it is appropriate, just
    that it is happening. Every so often, someone posts something about
    nickle in sterling. I wonder how or where this started. But I wonder,
    if someone who has experience with making jewelry, and they use
    sterling, why would they assume, make up, create, fantasize, invent
    that sterling contains nickle. I have wanted to do what I understand
    is inappropriate on a forum. STERING SILVER DOES NOT CONTAIN NICKLE.
    TELL YOUR FRIENDS FAMILY AND ANYONE ELSE YOU KNOW. Has anyone tried
    doing something that was posted on this forum and suffered a monetary
    loss, even if it just reduced the metal to scrap? Because the forum
    is anonymous, if someone posts something that is misinformation or
    something that results in actual monetary loss, whereas you can hold
    someone accountable if it happens on the "outternet", who is
    accountable if it happens on the internet? I used to be politically
    correct all the time and not tell a customer that the jeweler that
    gave them misinformation did not know what they were talking about.
    Now I say that what the jeweler said was stupid and they did not know
    what they were talking about. 20 years of hearing the garbage other
    jewelry sales peopl or jewelers say done wore out my patience with
    stupid. 

Richard Hart

 
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