My New Years DU resolutions. Care to join me?

[uppityperson]

1. I will not jump to conclusions based on an article, especially if the information in it has been given out quickly, to make the news, rather than accurately.

2. I will not jump to conclusions based on a post by a DUer until I make sure I have clarified what they mean as internet and forum communication can easily miss those cues face to face discussions have.

3. I will not blame others for taking something I wrote wrongly, especially if there is more than 1 of them, instead look at what I wrote to see if I can clarify or if I need to change what I wrote/ how I think.

4. I will not post broadbrush or stereotyping posts as even asshole individuals are individuals.

5. I will contribute to discussions in a positive way, saving snark for rare cases rather than helping make DU suck more.

6. I will appreciate the differences we have, realizing we come from different places, have different strengths, weaknesses, hot points.

7. I will accept I do not know everything and learn from others rather than primarily trying to have them learn from me.

8. I will break all of these at some point, but use this list as a guide to better use DU and appreciate my DU friends.

Happy New Year DU and DUers.

[shenmue]

1. I will probably post less, because of how much the place sucks lately

No way am I going to sit here and blame myself for the decline in quality on the board. It would be nice if they would enforce the TOS once in a while, but they hardly ever do.

[etherealtruth]

2. That is a wonderful list

[Skittles]

3. you want I should kick your resolutioning ass, uppityperson?

I COULD MAKE THAT ONE OF MY RESOLUTIONS; yes INDEED

[Grateful for Hope]

5. I don't necessarily agree with what you say

But I do love how you say.

[uppityperson]

6. only if you can catch it!

[darkangel218]

10. Skittles, you terrify me

You rule!! Cheers!!!

[Skittles]

13. you want I should kick your terrified ass, darkangel218?

I won't break your arm; I'll just bend it a little

[darkangel218]

14. I probably need a bit of ass kicking, for what is worth

[Pretzel_Warrior]

4. I like it! I know I'm guilty of snark

Etc. Etc.

Thanks!

[darkangel218]

7. Those could be the "8 commandments of DU"

Cheers!!

[darkangel218]

8. My resolution is to iggy my haters and dont get any more posts hidden

[uppityperson]

9. +, ignore is good

[Shankapotomus]

11. Ah, clarification

instead of wrapping a giant negative narrative and drama around a little bit of information.

What a concept.

[uppityperson]

15. I know, I am uppity.

[quinnox]

12. K&R

[uppityperson]

17. one gratuitous self kick, happy ny all

[countryjake]

18. I've already gone & broke 'em, fell into a thread earlier...

after reading your resolutions and agreeing that those are worthy guidelines to follow, I came upon an individual asshole...

Seriously, these are fine resolutions, things that I do normally consider when participating here.

Thanks and a Happy 2014 to you, uppityperson!

[hfojvt]

19. I don't see how I can

I mean, look at #7. How can I accept that, when the fact of the matter simply is that I DO know everything?

Also, doesn't it seem like those who keep that resolution will simply be "learning" from those who don't?

I don't think there is anything wrong with teaching others, or attempting to. I think it is a larger problem when somebody, instead of teaching and guiding people who don't know what they know, choose instead to berate and belittle them. That's not what a good teacher does, it's more like what a class bully does.

and then there's point #8. Clearly I do not meet the pre-requisite for keeping that one, since it would require me to actually have "DU friends".