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There have always been conflicts on a personal level, maybe there are fewer of them today because some members left the forum, and others realized that it was a waste of time. The forum is definitely cleaner if you take into account spam or all those alt accounts that have been banned for various reasons, but there are still conflicts, just look at the Reputation board.
Thanks for sharing your perspective with me (and others). I guess most of those members who couldn't tolerate such attitudes/posts that caused frictions in the past are now more tolerant. As we grow and age, our sense of judgment gets tempered by real life experience and we tend to be more subtle and soft to issues. Little wonder grannies are lenient with their grandkids and annoyingly indulge them. I may be missing the mild drama you said still goes on at the Reputation section as I'm not a regular there. On the whole, I think life should be better without nagging confrontations. A little disagreement to agree is cool; it helps to straighten things up. Anything above that isn't healthy.
Again, maybe those who left are the real troublemakers 🤔