the last thing i wanna do is drag this out so apologies in advance but i felt i needed to comment.


i'm not a hugely vocal sifter but half the fun of this site is the community and the discussion it generates. in fact one of the reasons i don't comment as much is purely due to the fact that i spend a huge amount of time reading other people's opinions.


however, yesterday's reaction to fedquip's 'slip-up' was horrendous. i actually felt uncomfortable reading a lot of it and imagine it must've been pretty shitty to be on the recieving end. i'm not condoning his actions, whether they were intentional or not (for the record, i believe he did misunderstand the policy to some extent. the youtube account points to him too blatantly for it to be considered devious), but i just think on the whole we could've been slightly more willing to listen to his reasoning before pouncing and getting personal.


as he isn't a first time poster, far from it, the offending videos should be discarded and he should be warned. it'd be a shame to make him leave the site as we all know he has a lot to offer.


the last thing we want is for the site to degenerate into a hostile environment full of youtube-esque comment threads - that's exactly why i love the place so much and i'm pretty sure that's why we're able to boast such a high calibre of users at present.