As both a do organiser, attendee and a Mod in this forum, I'm obviously a firm supporter of FT Dos. A lot of my time and effort goes into these dos. At the same time, some of the stories here don't really surprise me - as
hiyo said
In a community as large as FT, there will be all types. There is no personality test for admittance.
FT attracts a wide variety of people from all walks fo life. Just because we all share a love of flying doesn't mean we'll love each other's company. While it saddens me to hear about such incidents of rudeness, I would hope that those encountering them would understand that those are not representative of the vast majority of FT encounters. Within the scope of people who I have met on FT, there are those who are now amongst my greatest trusted friends, those whom I have laughed with and had a great time with, those who I have been bored by and those I would be quite happy if I never met again. With around 150k people on the board, I don't really expect it any other way
As a do organiser, I do all I can to ensure that people have a great time - but I can't force them to do it. And additionally, for those with bad experiences, remember appearances can be deceiving. Someone who is offhand could just be tired, jet-lagged, worried, or even just focussing on something else - or their social skills could just be lacking
Interesting thread. With my mod hat on, I would be grateful if we didn't try to identify people too closely, since there are two sides to any story.
Thanks
Jenbel
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