Go back to what I said about Dragon, or maybe Kathianne, or Abbey... why don't they have a pattern of negative responses? Because they are so friendly with everyone, they don't
at others, they don't look to rile others. And when someone is negative with them, rarely will they take the bait and let it ruin their day. The only pattern at this board is what we members make of them. Look at your friend Gabby
Do you think she gets negativity because of her never ending sunny disposition?
You can never integrate into a message board, whether American or Indian, if doing so based off of books or similar. Each post is a building block. Each post is based on the subject of the title. Each post will likely dictate the type of responses you get.
And as for exposing - you can only expose yourself to what you allow yourself to be exposed to. Think about it, being exposed to negative responses? You aren't exposed if you use the ignore function. You aren't exposed if you don't post negative yourself, and the folks replying aren't negative. You allow yourself to read the negative posts, to not ignore them in various ways - and then you complain about that very negativity. Either let it flow down your back, or place them on ignore.