Originally Posted by
MaxVO
Post #1063 lacked any actionable content, so it was rather reasonable to assume that its intent was hostile. I did so too. Now the withdrawn apology just confirmed it.
We can go on and on, bickering about people having their feelings hurt. Here is the deal with posts on the internet: You don't know the person doing the post, and probably have little or no history with them. You don't have the same indicators of intent you would have in person: voice tone, facial expression, body language. So it's easy to misinterpret the intent of a post. I suggest that as long as they don't call you clearly profane or derogatory names, just assume you/they misunderstood and let it go.