Critiquing things can be difficult, especially when the thing you are critiquing is something that you are very passionate about. That is the case in this instance as I am looking at the community and something that they can improve on.
It boils down to the fact that for the most part the community is very civil and respectful towards each other. However, as with with group, on the fringes there are some bad apples that ruin it for everybody. These bad apples are usually trying to take advantage of newer collectors, stealing cards, and doing just about everything to collect all they want. Don't get me wrong, I love collecting, but that doesn't mean by ill means. When bad people do bad things, it makes less people want to get into the hobby. In the real world when an employee makes a bad impression on a customer, they don't usually come back for a second time. The same rings true in the card collecting community, so in order to keep the hobby alive and well we must make sure to unite together.
The community as a whole needs to rid ourselves of these people and group ourselves in with the people that push the hobby forward as a whole. In one of my previous posts, I discussed that act of card collecting is on the downswing and there is absolutely no stopping that downswing if these people continue to act like they have been able to. It takes a community to change.
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