Topic: Manners cost Nothing, but Rudeness is more Fun.........

[FrontMan]

I have arrived at this page for a breath of Autopuzzles Oxygen after having witnessed the latest slanging match on the main forum. Once in a while, someone with grudge-bearing tendencies pops up and posts vitriol regarding a Puzzle. Simple courtesy evades the coward who lurks behind a keyboard,...but enough about me .

The sad fact is that one or two of our fellow travellers seem to be driven by a worship of "points" neglecting respect owed to the puzzle poster. Such childish behaviour is upsetting to all of us, and achieves nothing besides revelation of the perpetrator's character.

Jokingly (?), I have suggested abandonning points altogether. Happily, there are sections on Autopuzzles where one can post a picture along with basic information, ask for further input from all and sundry,...and receive the most gracious and informative responses A comfortable place to be.

The the deployment of 'Search by Image' is rightly punishable by a lifetime ban. I propose a similar fate for the tiny minority of renegade puzzlers.

Thanks for reading, and peace to all.

[Carnut]

Many thanks for your input FrontMan.
AutoPuzzles has always been a very friendly site, where we don't generally get any of the 'back-biting' you see on so many Internet forums.
Occasionally though, a bad apple does creep in.  As an Owner/Editor I make a point of reading every post here and whilst I tend to have an attitude of 'laissez-faire', not wanting to get involved in other people's puzzles other than to guess answers, occasionally a point has been reached where the offender has received a warning. 9 times out of 10 the warning has been heeded but in my dozen or so years here a small handful have been banned, a solution I never really like.
Recently I haven't seen anything serious enough for those measures, although a couple of times it has come close.
Any closer and something will be said and done!

[nicanary]

Well said. No more petty tiffs gentlemen, please.

Remember the puzzles always remain the "intellectual property" of the puzzle-setter. He can ask whatever questions he wishes,  and if you don't like the answers, leave the puzzle alone and try another one.

[FrontMan]

Onwards and Upwards, gentlemen. Many Thanks for your vigilance

[fromwien]

Many thanks for your input, FrontMan, as ever