Oh, I suppose there's certainly a lot of subjectivity in analyzing the tone of a thread, or the tone of the forum. Whatever the case, I think it's fairly clear that this "bullying" thread didn't have a constructive tone to start out with, and it went downhill from there. For that matter, it would have been far more constructive to confront the "bullying" head on, where it was alleged to have occurred, rather than starting a new thread to complain about an aspect of another thread.

But yeah, I think most people can make a fairly consistent judgment on whether the general tone of a message or a thread is constructive or destructive. Whether that judgment is objective or subjective may be a matter of opinion - but the judgment can be fairly accurate, nonetheless.

But anyhow, what's your point???

-Joe Offer-