Dan Antonelli
New Member
Just a thought - I wonder if there might be less hostility towards one another if everyone's avatar was their actual photo, and everyone nickname was their actual name.
Somehow I think it might instill a little more kindness in our posts, as it's harder to be rude to 'Tom Jones' and his headshot, than it is to to 'Trskjas' (or some other meaningless name) and his random avatar .
Consider if the guy was hanging out with you having a beer, would you verbally say the same thing face to face that you just posted?
I dunno, just a thought.
Recent events notwithstanding, I think it's easy to maybe forget why we joined S101 in the first place. I thought it was to learn, to share knowledge. Quite frankly, the more educated everyone is, the easier it is for the profession to be taken seriously. Sure it's easy to be pissed at the newbies, or soccer moms with the cricuts. But there's little to be gained personally by putting down someones work with an equal dose of superiority, and few insults thrown in for good measure.
Respect in the community should be earned for sure. But no one here was born a brilliant designer. Let me post some of my work from 25 years ago and we'll have a good laugh about how much I sucked. And I'll tell you one thing - as a 20 year old kid with not a lot of self confidence - if I had a forum of people tell me repeatedly how much my work sucked, I might have just quit and believed them.
So maybe just something to keep in mind. For me personally, I've learned the more I can give back to others in the business, the more it comes back to help me. I feel an obligation to try and help as much as I can because of the others who came before have helped me.
Somehow I think it might instill a little more kindness in our posts, as it's harder to be rude to 'Tom Jones' and his headshot, than it is to to 'Trskjas' (or some other meaningless name) and his random avatar .
Consider if the guy was hanging out with you having a beer, would you verbally say the same thing face to face that you just posted?
I dunno, just a thought.
Recent events notwithstanding, I think it's easy to maybe forget why we joined S101 in the first place. I thought it was to learn, to share knowledge. Quite frankly, the more educated everyone is, the easier it is for the profession to be taken seriously. Sure it's easy to be pissed at the newbies, or soccer moms with the cricuts. But there's little to be gained personally by putting down someones work with an equal dose of superiority, and few insults thrown in for good measure.
Respect in the community should be earned for sure. But no one here was born a brilliant designer. Let me post some of my work from 25 years ago and we'll have a good laugh about how much I sucked. And I'll tell you one thing - as a 20 year old kid with not a lot of self confidence - if I had a forum of people tell me repeatedly how much my work sucked, I might have just quit and believed them.
So maybe just something to keep in mind. For me personally, I've learned the more I can give back to others in the business, the more it comes back to help me. I feel an obligation to try and help as much as I can because of the others who came before have helped me.
