SWGB long time poster and probably guilty of everything.
Seriously, when I first started the lounge was, at times, like being in a foreign country and I didn't know the language. There were words, acronyms, and nicknames that I had no clue about, but I stayed, I studied, and I learned.
This is an online community very much like real life. People will NOT always get along, to believe otherwise is foolish. Things will be said that might make you upset, you have the choice to hold a grudge and dislike that person without explanation, or you can be an adult and perhaps send a PM. There have been threads and posts that started off as myself or another person thinking it was a direct insult. After a PM or two we were good and in most cases have become good friends.
Like real life there is good natured razzing, poking fun, and teasing. If it offends you contact the person doing it and explain your issue, or use the ignore feature. Sowal is a wonderful place where you can completely customize your experience using tools such as the ignore feature. I don't use this feature as I have learned or been amused by something posted by someone that I normally wouldn't talk to.
You can put up barriers all day long, but eventually you have left yourself in a very boring and isolated little box.
Just my 2 cents.
Seriously, when I first started the lounge was, at times, like being in a foreign country and I didn't know the language. There were words, acronyms, and nicknames that I had no clue about, but I stayed, I studied, and I learned.
This is an online community very much like real life. People will NOT always get along, to believe otherwise is foolish. Things will be said that might make you upset, you have the choice to hold a grudge and dislike that person without explanation, or you can be an adult and perhaps send a PM. There have been threads and posts that started off as myself or another person thinking it was a direct insult. After a PM or two we were good and in most cases have become good friends.
Like real life there is good natured razzing, poking fun, and teasing. If it offends you contact the person doing it and explain your issue, or use the ignore feature. Sowal is a wonderful place where you can completely customize your experience using tools such as the ignore feature. I don't use this feature as I have learned or been amused by something posted by someone that I normally wouldn't talk to.
You can put up barriers all day long, but eventually you have left yourself in a very boring and isolated little box.
Just my 2 cents.
It's the only choice I've got! 
awesome! quotes from David Cassidy! that needs its own thread.