Do we know for certain Gooner has taken any offence? I've seen him take banter in good humour on other parts of the board many times. He never struck me as someone who's going flounce off.
Saying all that, there has undoubtedly at times this winter been an undercurrent of snideness from some quarters towards posters who have been looking for cold spells. It's almost like there was some agenda taking place, to sort of stand up against the general longing for cold/snowy weather that predominates TWO (and weather enthusiasts generally)
I've been on TWO for years, and have noticed there's people who post sort of rebuttals against cold prospects from a meteorological viewpoint (the "I don't think that will happen, and here's why" approach). Nothing at all wrong with that.
There's some who openly don't like cold/snow (the "I hope it doesn't do that" or "I'm relieved that didn't come off" approach), and again there's nothing wrong with tha (even if they are weird 
)
But then, every so often, there's a strand that appears that seems to take perverse pleasure in telling people a cold scenario won't come off. Or, when a forecasted cold spell doesn't pan out, they delight in that (often accompanied by a "I told you so" gloat)
It may be posting/writing style and I'm barking up the wrong tree, seeing something that isn't there.
But then I recall the Steve Murr episode in early December. Now Steve's undeniably a cold fan - an enthusiastic one. He also knows his onions. He explains why he thinks a certain scenario will evolve. Some might say he lets his cold preferences influence his forecasting. But he's someone whose knowledge makes sites like this what they are. He forecasted a particular evolution in Jan, which didn't quite turn out to be correct (although, it wasn't that far away in terms of the energy transfer E ->W toward Greenland; it's just that it didn't do so quite like it was forecasted by Steve, so the effect of our weather was different). anyway, my point is that he copped a lot of sneering stick - and it was from the direction of the members that I'd have bet my trousers would be the ones doing so.
I don't want to stifle debate but, when certain members persistently are the ones being obnoxiously snide toward knowledgeable posters, who then feel "what's the point?" and stop posting, the TWO community is worse off for it.
Originally Posted by: Saint Snow