I have the Eris. Everything I say is the REALITY of things. How is it negative saying the FACT that the eris has a 2 year old outdated CPU which is the main cause for lag and slow rendering times. This is an absolute FACT.
It's negative because you constantly dwell on it.
No one is (or should be) debating the truth of what you say (unless it is false, but I take it for face value). But when you constantly harp on it, bring it up at every turn, and dwell on it over and over, you have to understand that people's reaction is going to be some version of "shut up" or "sell the damn thing and leave us alone".
You state that you don't know what to say, well, try saying something positive or if you can't come up with that, nothing at all?
Constant negative comments bring the forum down. And the manner in which you state them is also important. If someone asks why the phone is laggy, you can say "it's got an old processor, so it's laggy. You could try doing this and this to optomise it, but you're going to be dealing with such and such restriction". Instead, your posts come across as "this phone sucks, we're all a bunch of stupid suckers for buying it". No one wants to be told that they're an idiot.
I'm on a lot of other forums, mostly automotive. We don't constantly say, "crap, the technology on our cars is about 10 years old now, they SUCK, we're STUPID for not getting new BMW's". People realize that. Or if they don't, there's a better way to say it.
By the way, please don't take me to be a fanboy or an apologist. My phone has quite a bit of lag which gets worse when the cache gets full. I had Verizon extend my return grace period past my 30 day purchase date. This phone is getting returned, either for something else or another Eris. That's happening at the latest on Monday after the 12/11 OTA update. I love this phone but it has issues and I'm getting frustrated.
However, I'm not dwelling on it and belittling others for purchasing the same.
(sarcasm)
