Community Etiquette & Civility 101
The community portion of Jobcase is a wonderful and diverse crossroads of education levels, language, culture, race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexuality , and faiths (or lack thereof). It represents and is represented by individuals who all have a singular purpose:
To find work and to help others.
At times, as with any large group, you may stumble upon things with which you don't agree. It is in how you react to those things and with your fellow Jobcaser that will ultimately define you on this site.
We are all here voluntarily. No one is forcing you to be a member of this community. If you see something with which you don't agree you have two options.
1) Engage your fellow Jobcasers in civil discourse (with "civil" being the optimal word)
2) Ignore it and move on
Sometimes you will see messages that are hard to understand due to poor writing. Whether there is a language barrier, disability, poor education, or some other unknown variable, if you can't understand what someone is asking, request that they clarify.
If you can use context clues to determine what someone is asking or stating, answer the question or offer a response. Do not attack them or point out their inadequacies. It doesn't make you a better person to drag someone else down. It makes you a jerk.
If a post is so ridiculous to you that it makes your blood boil, ignore it. No need to become a keyboard warrior and take someone to task. It takes a lot less effort to be kind than it does to be hateful. If you find that the opposite is true, then the problem is with you and not with the people you feel the need to attack or belittle.
In the end, we are all human beings. That is our common denominator and that alone should be good enough to lift one another up; especially when the majority of the tribe is all in the same boat.
I can't agree with this enough Anthony Harrington - this is excellent advice for the community. For any online discussion, really.
We understand that the job search is stressful. We understand that sometimes people react to that stress by lashing out. However, it's important to keep a level head and understand that civil discourse and mutual respect is a better behavior to demonstrate than angry or mean comments.
Ignoring something you don't agree with and moving on is a perfectly legitimate reaction to it. There's no reason to get upset or belittle others.
Thanks for sharing this important message!! We appreciate you Anthony.
P.S. - just watched the video you sent to us.. it gave me goosebumps! Thanks for the kind words :) you definitely made my day!
I love our tribe Anthony Harrington !! I think here in the community and of course, out in the world, you won't agree with everything someone has to say. However, you can respect their right to express themselves (grammatical errors and all). There is something so truly special about this community that makes it a wonderful and supportive place to be. I just hope that we all continue to lift each other up : ) Thank you!
A very wise woman once told me I had to be "willing to meet people where they are" in order to make them feel welcome. We all have something to learn and teach each other a long as we agree to engage in a civil and cordial manner. Good point Anthony Harrington , thanks for sharing this reminder. Have a good day.
Hello Anthony Harrigton,
I whole heartedly agree! Very important rules for our community as I have seen every now and then someone who is not considerate towards another because of differences in opinion, beliefs or any number of reasons. Differences is the very thing that makes us better as a collective, yet some don't feel that way and are rude, even abusive about it.
The majority of Jobcasers are kind, helpful and considerate and that is one of the things that set our community apart. It is the fiber that bonds us together and unites us with the purpose of why Jobcase was started.
Thank you Anthony Harrigton for your continued devotion to protecting our community from elements of threat, malice, and ill mannered behavior.
Kind Regards,
Patrick Coppedge
Anthony Harrington I can not agree more with you and what you have said here. We are all human regardless of our stories on how we came about being here. We all have things that do not come easy to us. I have said it before and I will say it again..... We are like a family here who try to help each other. We laugh celebrate and cry with each other. We help each other up when one feels like they have been knocked down. But we are also a family of people who do not know each other in our personal lives. That's pretty special in it's own way that so many can help another and not even personally know them. That speaks volumes to the kind of community Jobcase is.
true to that
Amen I agree thank you