I am a member on there too and there are some great people on there as well as here lets not forget. I prefer the layout of this site and I don't have enough free time to be active on both forums. (would cut into my brewing time :lol:)
I'm on their too (no 2 of the 3 I am on), and fairly active. I see no harm in been on multiple fora, so long as you don't start trying to play them off against each other (actually had that happen to a forum I ran once (nothing to do with brewing)).
End of the day, this is the internet. Just like real life you are going to bump into people who you don't like, and who don't like you, only on the internet people hide behind anonymity and become emboldened. That's just the way it is. You don't have to like it (I certainly don't), but I can't see it changing any time soon sadly. It's why I prefer a forum to an FB group, they tend to be better moderated and structured, so tend to be a little less prone to trolling.
Like others, I hope that nobody leaves. But if anybody is making things personal, then I would merely ask that they reconsider, for their own good as well as others. It's the internet, it's never personal, even when somebody tries to make it personal.
This, from a lefty who considers been called a special snowflake as a compliment.:twisted:
