10-08-2010, 11:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-08-2010, 12:43 PM by Winston Smith.)
Rich Douglas Wrote:10-05-2010http://www.degreeinfo.com/off-topic-disc...sting.html
Rich Douglas
Narcissism and Posting
For the past 12 years or so, I've been posting on quite a few DL-related fora. After pondering it for awhile, I realize that my primary aims in doing so have been two:
a. Showing off what I know.
b. Proving you're wrong.
Oh, sure, there's been no small amount of desire to truly help people as well, but I'm afraid (truly) that reason doesn't crack the top two. Thus....
I've concluded that my behavior has been incredibly narcissistic and selfish. Regardless of the low esteem in which I hold a few posters, I've found a way to get even lower. Thus....
I'm going to refrain from posting for all the right reasons. I'll still read the boards, and will be happy to respond to the few PMs requesting assistance. If I have some salient and extremely essential information another poster requires--certainly a long shot, at best--I'll PM it. I would like to reserve the opportunity to post if I'm convinced it will help the community, but I suspect that will not happen. And I won't be posting this on the other board--most readers there also read here, I suspect. But it really doesn't matter. So....
See you around. I may have something to announce next year. Peace....