FT is like society. You'll get friendly people, crabby/mean people, self-inflated people, argumentative people, super-talkative people, gracious people, and helpful/informative people.

Each of us can only be responsible for our own behavior, and hopefully most of us fall into the friendly/gracious/helpful/informative category.

But not all will. In those instances you can do a # of things: put the individual on your ignore list, discuss the topic & ignore the jibes re: of whether the other person does or not, report bad post, PM the mod of the forum or contact the Community Director. You can also feel sorry for the person that something in their life makes them crabby or mean or self-important & argumentative, and be glad it's not you.

Also, since FT is comprised of people from around the world, realize that what one might interpret as agressive or mean is not meant that way, but might be part of a particular culture's method of communicating. Heck, even in the US someone from NYC is probably a tad more 'direct' than someone from the South (realize that's stereotyping, but is being used for example purposes only).

And - FT does have TOS. Someone can disagree w/ you on a topic, but if they make a personal attack that violates TOS & they can be subject to suspensions, etc.

Enjoy FT, and don't be afraid to go into forums. Remember they need friendly civilized folk to post

Cheers.