Do on-line forums change views?

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

Actually yes. Not in how much fertilizer you use on your tomatoes!

I think the fertilizer on the tomatoes is actually a good analogy!

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

Anthing significant. Anything that would be potentially divisive, lifechanging, etc. .... for some who post here that would include all of the above.

Oh...maybe I voted wrong then! LOL

I know that online forums do change people's way of thinking...some at least. Not mine though.

[MrsMcD]

I don't know that I can say an online forum could or does change my views, but I do believe it helps me understand other points of view also.

[originalsecretplace]

No one told me we were supposed to think....

[Ferd]

I may be the only one here who can say this but I have become more conservitive since joining one of these forums.

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Ferd

I may be the only one here who can say this but I have become more conservitive since joining one of these forums.

Yep.

[MrsMcD]

Originally Posted by originalsecretplace

No one told me we were supposed to think....

That's because you are not supposed to think

[Carpenter]

While I haven't changed my views, the mental calisthenics going on around here have helped me consider the way I think about things. The secondary influence (conversations and relationships made outside the forums), ironically has been the most helpful along those same lines.

[Margies3]

'influenced' my ways of thinking - yes.

'changed' my ways of thinking - no

I agree tho, reading here has helped me to become more understanding of how others think and believe about things. I think that's important.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by originalsecretplace

No one told me we were supposed to think....

LOL!!!!

Maybe we have found the problem!