stonproject
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Edit: Nevermind. Decided to just report the troll and move this right along.
good call. esavs quote above is relevant. Some people should just stay in wc.
Edit: Nevermind. Decided to just report the troll and move this right along.
Is it June yet?
What happens in June?
Long backstory involving personality clashes between members and ultimatums issued. Honestly the kind of thing that would be kind of antithetical to the thread topic to go into in detail about.
How can an ultimatum be issued by a forum member? Members have no power, right?
How can an ultimatum be issued by a forum member? Members have no power, right?
If you want to shoot me an email I'll give you the story as I understand it, but as I said, I feel like this isn't the thread to go into the history.
I was a member of a tech forum years ago that was killed by trolls, was one of the busiest tech forums on the net until the trolls started a bunch of garbage, this was back in 2001.
As it turned out it was all to steal members for another forum.
The 1st forum never recovered from it.
The problem is I am starting to see some of the same patterns starting to happen on BF lately....
The blatant double standard, that exists on this forum (which allows certain member's the ability to troll), is crystal clear!
I disagree. Perhaps some folks just have a hard time seeing the difference between sarcasm, pithiness, snide comments, jokes, witty barbs, etc.... and actual trolling.
If the sarcasm, pithiness, snide comments, jokes, witty barbs are used to disrupt threads, get emotional reactions and are often targeted at particular members, how is it not trolling?
There are definitely some curmudgeons on the forum who are brusque to nearly everyone. That doesn't seem to be what Andy, Comeuppance, Ankerson, Stonproject, Kelama, Czechmate, LaneMeyer, Benchco Spydermade, Katanas, VanDammet, UDiver, Anaries, AdamFuzzyballs, JDBear and Hackenslash are talking about. They seem to all be agreeing that there is something systematic and often linked to W&C that is lowering the GD forum. I'm sure they could all suffer the same delusions and lack of humor that I have, but it seems pretty unlikely.
I think the delusion is thinking that there are special people with special hidden privileges that give them the power to troll freely. I know that many regard you as a troll, yet you're still here!
It might be a delusion, but you'll note it is an increasingly common delusion. Perception might not be reality; how many people sharing that same point of view does it take before something happens to correct it?
[snip]
...something is afoot.
The trolls won't have such luck with me.
I'm here for the duration. :thumbup:
No matter how much they try to derail discussion, they'll never get me to shut up...just ask my wife!