@maxine*j wrote:
One thing that has changed, I think, is how people handle anger.
I was taught, as were many in my generation, that when I feel angry I should stop, take hold of myself, calm down -- because speaking or acting in anger nearly always yields regrettable results.
Now, it seems to me, people feel that if they are angry the whole world should know about it, and know about it while the anger is still hot. And it doesn't seem to matter, really, what caused the anger, or whose fault it is. It is the ANGER itself that is burnished and put on public display.
But, then, I am old and perhaps my view is skewed. I did learn, long ago, and have said before, that many people find more emotional gratification in having problems than in solving them.
Agree 100%. But unfortunately for every 1 person who comes to air their anger over a problem, there is usually a whole crowd happy to come amplify their anger, by either pointing out (without compassion) how the problem was their own fault, or to agree that they were wronged and it's just more proof that eBay (or eBay's buyers, or eBay's sellers) are evil villains. There are Community members who have left eBay but remain in the eBay Community just to watch their decision get reaffirmed. Or at least they say they left, but either way, if leaving was such a wise choice, wouldn't they be spending their time being happier doing something else?
On the other hand, I have made a few (and seen a few posted by others) positive posts, like sharing the results of trying some new platform feature for instance, and the response tends to be very limited, with some of those responders being skeptics.
