Hi everyone @Appleblossom @PeppiPatty @Former-Member,

What I think I'm picking up in your conversations with each other is that neither of you are unhappy with how you have addressed each other. 

May I point out that we can never know what someone's intentions are. We can only make interpretations about what they have said. These are interpretations are neither right or wrong, they are your truths, but bear in mind that YOUR intrepretation of someone else's behaviour/post may not be how THEY viewed their behaviour, and it might not have been their intention.

It can be frustrating and painful to have good intentions, and reach out to others, only be told by someone else that your actions were ill-intended. For instance, lets say I gave @Shimmer a book about puppies because I thought she liked dogs, but then she accuses me of sugggesting that she is a dog. This conversation could quickly spiral, with me feeling misunderstood and attacked. As well as @Shimmer feeling insulted. What could be helpful in this instance is seeking clarification rather than making assumptions.  She could ask, 'what were your intentions of giving me this book?'

I'm about to close this thread now. Now, please know that is not because of the concern that I'm addressing in this post but because @Jacques and @hiddenite have agreed that it is about time we close this thread. It's something that we're going to do when discussion thread reach about 2000 posts around the Forums

But please feel free to continue this discussion elsewhere. May I suggest doing it here - the thread about 'when things get tough here on the Forums.' I've suggested this thread because I think it's relevant, as there's also tips on there for managing difficult conversations on here.

Also @Former-Member, I know that you have mentioned the ignore feature. This was discussed in a meeting with I.T. Please know that these changes can take some time because I.T. need to figure out if it's possible and then develop ways to do it. 

CB

CB