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[quote=Anonymous]I'm new to DC too, and this forum is WAY different from the parenting forum I have used up until now.  My main forum (which I still use) is way more crunch granola and people trip over themselves to be kind and try not to offend.  Mostly I think it paves the way for a very comfortable environment, but now being on DCUM also I can see there are benefits and losses with both "tones".  I actually love the directness and no-BS attitudes here, although I totally agree that the anonymity seems to facilitate both trolling and bitter bored people just trying to be mean or stir up crap.

I would love the directness of DCUM but without the anonymity.  Requiring signing in does not mean people have to use real names... and it does crack down on the "Ok, now I'm posting as one person... and now I'm pretending to be someone else!" unless people want to re-register all the time just to be silly.

My take so far on YY is that while there are probably some very legitimate concerns voiced here about the school, a lot of the really nasty comments sound like haters and not people trying to have a constructive discussion.  This thread is really interesting and I think raises good points about such a trip, so I don't see criticizing the trip as hating.  I just see some of the pointless nastiness as hating, which, well, what else is pointless nastiness anyway?[/quote]

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