[Shelley_c]

You get treated the way you treat others. Let's say you come to a site and make suggestions and your met with sarcasm then it will be no surprise that your members will give back what you give to them. Respect is earned not given because you have a colored title.

We can hate things about certain areas of running a forum andor how people run a site but the problem lies way before the here and now but rather the past when people thought they could treat you in a manner because they thought This member won't be here long I'm sure there won't be any repercussions in the long run.

If members are stating their concerns you cannot place this as being argumentative or whining and look deeper into the problem which usually starts at home.

What annoys me are the kind of people that will put their stamp on a site (that they don't even own) and have whined in the past about not being listened to but can't see that they have become the people they whined to. Me? I would put this down to concerns and best interests to the site but in this present day it's now classed as whining.

Laziness is a factor that should be included. Generally, people become complacent and lazy and simply burnout and have nothing more to offer. Whilst they would be just as good as a member a higher position would be a case of prolonging yourself to more stagnation and rub off on your members who would then question their concerns. Whined if your living in the here and now and haven't time traveled back to the past aka the good ole days.