User blog comment:Jeremiah Garland/Why does it have to be like this?/@comment-3112181-20130324041103

@Breasly and everybody else making the argument that "this is the internet, therefore we are allowed to be unkind".

What kind of argument is that? Where is it ever written that every site and every section of the internet (the internet is quite vast, mind you) must be filled with ill-will? The internet is indeed a society of its own, or, more or less, a branch of society that the people of today, especially our own generation, have adapted into our everyday lives. That being said, the internet can be compared to the real world in that there will always be unkind places. I've had my share of unkind places in the real world. But does that entail the rest of the world to be unkind? Same with the internet: yes, there are several rough places on the internet. As John said, site such as Reddit and Tumblr can be unkind. But, here's the thing: we aren't Reddit or Tumblr. We're our own wiki, and the unkindness I see is completely unneeded and completely inappropriate. What bothers me the most is when people on this wiki complain how the wiki is dying, complain about the worthlessness of the admins, and complain about how everything here has simply collapsed. Then, those same exact people will get into a meaningless argument over trivial matters minutes later. As I said in the blog, if we want to change the wiki for the better, ''we have to start with ourselves. ''We need to work together, not oppose everything said. If you really want to see the wiki as a better place, this is the best way to start.

But, going back to the original point of this comment, you can't justify your unkindness here by simply saying "it's the internet, you can be assholes here". When Curycoo founded this wiki, I don't think he founded it with the intentions of people coming here to be "assholes". It's not who we are. If you feel the driving need to constantly be rude to everybody here for no reason, then 1) you have a serious issue and I pity you for that; 2) you aren't helping anybody, not even yourself; and 3) it would probably be in everybody's best interest, including your own, that you not come to this site anymore. We need to cooperate. I see some people willing and open to cooperation, and others who simply wish to continue the hate. To the people who wish to continue the hate, and see cooperation and bipartisanship as inane ideas, it's your immaturity that is reducing our wiki to the sad state it is.