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Posted by: Jace Beleren
It starts with the community. Starts with every forum post you make, you put thought behind it. Maybe each response it's considered "normal" to type out a couple paragraphs. Eliminating posts and reporting things such as "TLDR" and "Adapt" or "UMAD BRO?".......
You've got to remember that this is the internet. The place where anonymity is everywhere. The place where you can literally be banned from somewhere and still evade the bans over and over again. Telling people "We need to smarten up" who aren't listening isn't going to help.
The major flaw of the Internet is that it's too accessible. Anyone of any age can hop on a computer and post away. Thankfully, this site requires registration, so we aren't completely bombarded with complete......silly people.
Also, bungie.net has no real detrimental effect on my or anyone's life really doesn't help the "be mature" ethic. If I was to post naughty pictures I'd get banned. I could still attend my school and work at my job, the fact that it has no repercussions on reality just really makes the silly....well, act silly. Speaking of silly, ever heard the phrase "When in Rome?". I think this very much applies to the internet. "Everyone else is immature, why not I?". When the perk of anonymity is applied, even the most mild-mannered person can completely change, from Tom the businessman to Tom the Troll!
I think you are seriously overlooking the amount of serious and mature posters we have here. The deeds of the minor punish the many. It would be similar to saying all the forums are dead because the gallery forum is dead. There are shining examples of users on this site.
It's not that we need more maturity, we just need to appreciate it when it appears.
[Edited on 02.11.2012 8:31 PM PST]