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Humor me. By what criteria do you determine whether a post is worth reading or not?</p>
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<p>Stupid, pointless, asked and answered 50 times before, incoherent, factually incorrect, based on false assumptions/premises, etc.</p>
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OK but threads that contain factually incorrect information or contain false premises are worth reading for some people. At least some of the time they reflect, not just the person who made the post’s misconceptions, but a common misconception. By addressing those concerns and correcting the record, you are doing the forum a service as well as the person. </p>
<p>However, when you are rude, insulting, or condescending in your corrections, you do the forum a disservice. As a current student or alumni (I don’t know which) you represent Columbia when you post here and you consistently leave negative impressions on people. Dude, why can’t you be nice to people? Do you talk with the same tone to people in real life? If so, doesn’t it get tiresome getting punched in the face so much?</p>
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<p>the benefit of good corrections and advice is much greater than the pain of ignoring idiotic comments by C02. They are also independent, him being a rude son of a, doesn’t detract from correction or advice value.</p>
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<p>This is true C02, you are hurting alma by venting frustration on the forum, you must care about columbia / students given how much you post here. If you think you’re doing it for the greater good of invisible readers, let me assure you that they don’t benefit from you pssing all over visible posters.</p>
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<p>I can see C02 being nearly as bad face to face, he’s probably in a profession where he can get away with it.</p>
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<p>not when posters pretend to be authorities, here misinformation can be damaging to the school, and harmful to future applicants. There’s a difference between asking an innocent misguided question and spewing false information. Half the questions here are so dumb that they can be easily answered with a google search or quickly answered with a forum search. Other times posters are horribly misinformed and usually arguing on very scant anecdotal (or even made up) evidence, it’s important to shut these people down quickly or you risk misinforming many more.</p>
<p>You don’t go straight into an MBA. To get into top programs you need to have 3-5 years of work experience as an investment banker, trade analyst, foreign exchange trader, etc…</p>