Aren't gransnetters nice!

Condolences, Silverfish, that must have been a shock as it was so quick (but sometimes I think better than years of being ill and unable to cope).

When the sun is shining it makes people nicer I think!

Nice? Meaning neat and particular, as in ' she was nice in her ways'

I can live with nice! - it all depends on context (this is not a high school essay!) and the sentiment behind it.

I think Gnetters can be very nice indeed, especially when someone has a problem.

Sorry to hear about FIL silverfish.

Wot! No pedants?[chad] emoticon

Condolences Silverfish.

I'm with you Galen. Wasn't that a diatribe in Jane Austen. Something from o levels.
Sorry for your loss Silverfish and yes please change your name as I have horrid memories of a maid's room toilet in Paris when I was an impoverished student.

Sorry to hear about your FiL silverfish.

I think I'll call you gobby because I quite like it sometimes! A bit of character doesn't go amiss as long as there's no nastiness.

DD has been called. 'gobby' on more than one occasion, and it's true she is !!

GNetters - salt of the earth. A pleasure with whom to do business!

silverfish my condolences on the loss of your father in law.

We were told not to use the word 'nice' when writing essays.

'Keeping yourself nice' had a particular meaning in my day ......

Yes. I was taught at school to avoid the word "nice".

Sod that. It's a useful word.

My condolences, Silverfish.

Would pleasant be a better word?Although I can think of a few Gnetters who are not exactly that.Thankfully, most are.

I also think, we are not in school anymore, so can just say what we want!

Devil take the hindmost!

Don't like "pleasant"! >>stamps foot<<

It sounds like a Sunday afternoon stroll.

It must be me, I don't have any problem with the word 'nice'. . I know a lot of folk I would call exactly that 'nice' people. Give me them over a confrontational trouble maker any day of the week.

As for the OP question I would say, hmm? Not so sure at times but in general yes.

I think we can all have a bit of the devil in us.

nothing wrong with 'nice ' but its overused and bland.

Nice, pleasant, affable, genial, amiable, any better?

My preference would be the word used by the OP; kindly.

Most are, but some can come across as very sharp, particularly when using your name in bold to disagree with something you have posted. It sounds as if they are shouting at you.

But we've always put usernames in bold, rosequartz - not shouting at all!

rosequartz not shouting, I thought it was sort of protocol on here to put names in bold - shouting in forums and emails is using capital letters ...

Putting usernames in bold makes it clear who the reply refers to and flags up to that person that they have been mentioned. When the bold is missed out the username can sometimes bemissed in the middle of the rest of the post.

CAPITALS are shouting for attention, and whole passages in bold add heavy emphasis on what is being said

A little bold goes a long way! Too much and the reader feels like the young Queen Victoria in the presence of William Ewart Gladstone "He always addresses me as if I were a public meeting."