I left UH without a fanfare over a year ago because life is too short to take crap from trolls who "know everything" but never post even a single photo.Yes,I can defend myself but who wants to waste time arguing with idiots when I can talk to bears instead and take photos? To those of you who keep sending inquiries about my whereabouts (perhaps thinking bears finally prevailed) I want to say I still do not have any body parts missing.And to be honest with you I do not miss insults,ridicule and vulgar PMs at all.Greetings from the Southeast Alaska,Alaskan.

I left UH without a fanfare over a year ago because life is too short to take crap from trolls who "know everything" but never post even a single photo.Yes,I can defend myself but who wants to waste time arguing with idiots when I can talk to bears instead and take photos? To those of you who keep sending inquiries about my whereabouts (perhaps thinking bears finally prevailed) I want to say I still do not have any body parts missing.And to be honest with you I do not miss insults,ridicule and vulgar PMs at all.Greetings from the Southeast Alaska,Alaskan.

Eveline Wrote:
I have made the difficult decision to leave UHH. Why? There are too many members who enjoy making negative comments to other members, or who spout off advice when they really know very little about the subject. I find those people unpleasant and a waste of time. I thought I would just leave, but I realized that wasn't fair to those who are helpful and positive. To those who help others so often, you have helped me learn new things about photography. I thank you. Good bye and good luck.

Eveline, I know exactly what you mean. I was an active member for a few months, I am not an expert
but I enjoyed the comradeship and made some wonderful friends who exchange emails with me daily.
Both women and men are in this group and I love all of them, they are real, understanding, true friends
We had some some super, slapstick fun, with many joining in. One of the posts received over 6,000
answers, all comical and it was a hoot. Photographs were submitted and edited on PS and other software and it really was quite an excellent affair, you must agree 6,000 is a lot of happy messages. I do not post to the forum now. I just lurk the background to see if anything interests me. Maybe you should name and shame the people who have upset you and treated you to make you want to leave. The reason I lurk and do not send messages is solely because of "JR1", he has been called arrogant, ignorant, rude and lots of other things. I just cannot stand how he treats people so inferior, as if he is Lord and Master. I do not give a damn how clever he is, or what he knows or professes to know. There is no need to be short, rude and to ridicule people. I know for a fact that others have left this forum because of the way "JR1" answers people. There is no excuse for his type of behaviour and lately he has been accused of being the forum policeman, who is he to lecture people he doesn't even know, about etiquette and manners. It is supposed to be an informal friendly forum, not some where you have to beg and grovel for an answer to a photography question. It appears to me, searching back that anyone who has been helped always does leave a thank you.
I don't know if this will be allowed on the forum, I really don't see why not, so here goes.
Graham Thirkill
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I have been keeping an eye on this post and I need to set the record straight. I personally have never been attacked or criticized on UHH. If I received feedback, it was helpful and I was grateful for the input. I also had no intention of singling any particular member of the forum. There's more than one guilty party, so please stop attacking specific individuals.

That was not my purpose in wanting to leave the forum. To clarify, I am very disappointed in the negative comments, and attacks on others that I have seen. (For example, JR1 and Annie Girl have been attacked relentlessly.) I have noticed some comments that were derogatory to other nationalities, (French speaking) or religions (Christians and those who mention God in their posts). As a result, I just feel that my reading the posts is not a productive use of my time. Maybe it's time for a change - no more personal attacks, or nasty comments. Just constructive criticism, helpful advice and fun are required. Wouldn't UHH be a better forum? In fact, the world would be a better place if we could use the same rules towards everyone.

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Keep in mind, that you cannot see facial expressions and body language in the written word and that not everyone possesses the gift of clearly writing down what they mean.
That sometimes make messages come across as unfeeling, hard, rude, etc., when they often are short and to the point. I've been accused of being rude myself, when I left a very short message simply because I had the answer to a question but not the time to go into some detail.
EstherP