Alright. Here’s a rant and I’m sorry ahead of time.
I just came across an unnamed paranormal team’s page. They’ve posted some images that are right to be questioned. Everything should be questioned. BUT another team ‘laughed’ at one of these questionable images, who knows maybe that was a button slip and it was supposed to be a ‘like’ or something else.
Instead of asking the said team to clear up any confusion or engage in adult conversation to understand each angle, the team that posted the picture turned to public shaming and calling a basic witch hunt from their followers. As in telling them to basically ruin the other team.
They also resorted to expressing their upset by comparing the number of followers each page had. Saying that the other team is crap because of their 1,000 followers compared to their 25,000 followers, and also attacked their looks and what had been posted on the other team's page.
I came upon this by accident and I AM EMBARRASSED when it has nothing to do with me personally. We are all adults! We are all after the same thing regardless of how different teams work towards this COMMON goal. Actions like this make the entire field look bad.
There should never be a time when a team stoops to the public shaming level of low over an emoji. I don’t care if your feelings get hurt, handle it like a damn adult!
30 years of experience does not make you a better team. 25k followers do not make you a better team. Behavior like this certainly does not make you a better team.
None of us are perfect and none of us know everything and probably never will because that’s how life works and that’s how this field works. It’s an ever-changing and evolving world.
Being a great team shows through how they conduct themselves in and out of the field, analyze findings, present that information, collaborate collectively, take constructive criticism, learn, and grow.