Originally Posted by anonplz
... I certainly won't stop from dinging if I feel it's warranted, which would be rarely, but posts do occur which qualify for a ding.
Indeed. I couldn't agree more. But do you, ultimately, think that the dingee feels that way? In other words, I issued about 3 or 4 dings-- to people I consider to be negative impactors on FT. In fact, I'm certain about it. But I somehow doubt the dingees will agree that the dingor was being objective and constructive. Thus the circular firing-squad effect...
But, hopefully you are right and I'm not giving FTers enough credit for their maturity and restraint.