Sad reflections

I have noticed there have been quite a few poets with some outstanding work and interesting discussion contributions who have left the site.

Maybe this is a reflection of the current state of this site. The message forums on here are mostly a place for people to incite a lot of anger and bash each other. People who just ask for help get told that they suck or to go F*** themselves. Add to this that out of the three featured poet awards there is one dead link and one a plagiarized poem with a message from the so-called poet to "shut the fuck up!" If I happened to be the third poet I think would bow out.

I've noticed that too. I'm still a newbie, but all I see from many members is nothing but profanity and disrespect towards people who give suggestions or ask for help in anything. There are also certain members who contribute only rudeness and pathetic attempts to appear tough - which usually fails and makes them appear idiotic instead. The best bet is to ignore those members. It's hard, but if done long enough, they might get the hint.

Scarlette: Thanks for support :)

I feel clueless.... because I havent encountered alot of the negativity that people talk about. I dont want to start the "bashing" up on this thread either, however are there any people in particular who you see doing this alot?

Well read around the forums and I think you'll get it pretty well. Although, I have noticed that it has lessened up the past few weeks...maybe that's just me...hmm. Well I'm staying here because poems-and-quotes is my 2nd home...and I love it. I just ignore those people and try to be helpful...i may not always be but I try and that's what counts...