When you come on to the forums, how much stead to you put in other people's opinions here? Do you use it as part of your social network, or do you just think of it as an "unreal world", and therefore of no importance??
The reason I ask this is that recently I have noticed several contradictory comments about this, and it is confusing..
One moment, someone is posting a thread, looking for advice/input, etc, and the next (usually if the OP gets a comment made not agreeing with them), dissing that person, and saying that it doesnt matter anyway what that person thinks, as they have never physcially met them in "real life" and therefore their opinion is irrelevant..
I personally find it an interesting and informative medium for getting to know other people. It doesnt matter to me if I never meet them in the physical sense; their opinion is just as interesting, even if I dont necessarily agree with it..
Are we a community here, or not? Either other members' opinions matter, or they dont. You cant be selective!
What do you think?