Finally re-met
beckoa--turns out he was at the Solstice Do at Casa de Bob W last year. (Bob, you
sure that wasn't two years ago?
)
I've been following the "Never fly Alaska Airlines with a child!" thread. Interesting. It appears to have been started somewhere else (TravelBuzz, maybe?) and moved here, so I suspect that many of the people following it are not AS forum regulars and are keeping updated on it via MyFlyerTalk subscriptions, so they're not really in tune with the atmosphere over here on our board--it reads more like many of the threads on more active forums, like UA or AA.
It's been interesting and encouraging to see more active posting and vigorous debate, but with that has come some of the mild animosity and ever-so-slightly personal attacks that tend to be promulgated on these other fora--nothing violating the ToS or anything, but it just seems so out-of-character for us mild-mannered West Coast AS flyers!
So, I thought I'd ask and take a little informal poll: do you guys (AS forum regulars, although it's open to comment by everyone) prefer the lower-activity, friendly atmosphere that more or less predominates the AS forum or the higher-activity, adversarial, argumentative style that seems to predominate on the larger forums?
One thing about the argumentative style: you definitely get to know people better (by way of their opinions). Sometimes I feel like I don't really
know many people here (which might explain why I've been so active trying to get the ANC residents together and meet as many people as possible!). On the other hand, I don't like making "enemies," and if we do cross paths someday, I don't want to feel any animosity towards you because of an argument we had on FT!
What say you?