[OutsiderFan]

People are way too sensitive on this board, IMO.  If you don't conform to a certain style, you aren't respected here very much.  JohnnyO may not be the prototype Cardboard poster, but he certainly adds color and illustrates not everyone who went to Stanford is cut from the same cloth.  That is refreshing, and diversity makes populations stronger.  To me, everyone has a take and a right to express it.  As long as they don't personally attack people or get into prohibited topics, why should they be marginalized? 

When this board allowed individual posts to be up voted or down voted, I would do that because that provided insight into sentiment on given topics.  But I have a real problem with judging people not posts. I think I've down voted someone on this board one time, for something that clearly broke the board rules.  I may disagree with someone's take on a topic, but that person may be someone I would have great respect for if I actually knew them personally, so I'm going to tell them I don't respect them by down voting them personally?  No, I'm not.

Multiple posts on the same topic in an hour is annoying and that behavior is clearly intended to dominate the board discussion, but that's something Yvonne can address in board rules.  But frankly, like all trolling, if you don't like it, ignore it, or you validate and enable it.

[OutsiderFan]

People are way too sensitive on this board, IMO.  If you don't conform to a certain style, you aren't respected here very much.  JohnnyO may not be the prototype Cardboard poster, but he certainly adds color and illustrates not everyone who went to Stanford is cut from the same cloth.  That is refreshing, and diversity makes populations stronger.  To me, everyone has a take and a right to express it.  As long as they don't personally attack people or get into prohibited topics, why should they be marginalized? 

When this board allowed individual posts to be up voted or down voted, I would do that because that provided insight into sentiment on given topics.  But I have a real problem with judging people not posts. I think I've down voted someone on this board one time, for something that clearly broke the board rules.  I may disagree with someone's take on a topic, but that person may be someone I would have great respect for if I actually knew them personally, so I'm going to tell them I don't respect them by down voting them personally?  No, I'm not.

Multiple posts on the same topic in an hour is annoying and that behavior is clearly intended to dominate the board discussion, but that's something Yvonne can address in board rules.  But frankly, like all trolling, if you don't like it, ignore it, or you validate and enable it.