RC Exodus of Experts

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I have been using reefcentral since before I jumped into this hobby 6 months ago. RC is certainly a great collection of experts and knowledge, but unfortunately is also a real collection of egos as well.
In my opinion (and it is only my opinion) what has happened at RC is something that is happenning in many areas of our society. Rudeness has become acceptable. Where a few years ago someone might say "a 20 gal tank isn't big enough for a tang, and it would be cruel to keep it there", the norm is now something more like "What sort of idiot would keep a tang in a 20 gal tank, IT IS NOT BIG ENOUGH." Although the information is the same, the message is totally different. (If you page through the newbie forum of RC, you'll see many examples.)
In many areas of modern society it is now acceptable to treat others, especially those who are not personally known, rudely. One only has to take a short drive in traffic or walk on a crowded sidewalk to see strangers behave badly towards one another. Online systems, especially those that offer relative anonymity are often even worse.
The funny thing is that most people in this hobby are educated, articulate, and polite in day to day life and would never dream of treating anyone in real life like they do on the boards.
I've mainly migrated over to CanReef, because I find the company here more pleasent. I think this is in part due to the fact that it is a nice group of people on this board, but even more because most people on this board are personally known to at least one other member. Rather than a community of total strangers CanReef is a web of personal aquantinances, and that pushes us in the direction of politeness.
The exodus of experts at RC is, to me, just the final straw in an escalating battle of intolerance, rudness, hot heads and big egos.
My 2 cents worth...
Cheers,
Aaron