16 May 19
@very-rusty saidYeah the people who do this kind of thing only do it for entertainment purposes.
eladar,
Have you considered that maybe not many participate in the forums so it appears they are dominating them? NOTE: As you said always the same posters! 😉
Look at the thumbs down I receive not that many participate between the thumbs down and up. I think many just sit back with their popcorn and watch the show. 😉
-VR
@eladar saidPersonally I have a great laugh at how serious people get about things, reminds me of myself when I was new to the site!!! 😉 Many take things very personal, which in the real world they would probably laugh off or not say anything.
Yeah the people who do this kind of thing only do it for entertainment purposes.
You know like the guy in line behind you in the bank whistling loudly. Well I will turn around and tell him how annoying that is, many people wouldn't do that.
-VR
16 May 19
@very-rusty saidReally? I'd guess that you'd be the guy whistling.
You know like the guy in line behind you in the bank whistling loudly. Well I will turn around and tell him how annoying that is, many people wouldn't do that.
16 May 19
@eladar saidIn Rusty's mind, one is the thoughtless rule-breaker and the other is the heroic monitor.
@HandyAndy
Why is that mutually exclusive?
16 May 19
@eladar saidWe have nobody like that on here.
Yeah sure you can start up a few threads but to really dominate a forum and attempt to keep out discussions you do not like you need to do more.
First thing is to come into threads and bring up a tangent discussion to change the subject of a thread. No need to see if anyone wants to discuss the tangent demand thst the people interested in the original discussion talk about ...[text shortened]... sations.
It is something I have seen at RHP since I joined. It is the exact same people doing it.
Everybody who wants a say can have one.
@the-gravedigger saidOf course everyone can have a say, so long as they stay within the TOS.
We have nobody like that on here.
Everybody who wants a say can have one.
Some walk a very fine line at times!!! 😉
-VR
17 May 19
@ponderable saidThere was a site, but he used the term forum warriors and that term is swamped by more recent users of the term, so I can't find it. It had an odd webpage ID which I can't recall. Maybe it could be found in this forum from 10 years ago..
In fact I know of a person who did a bachelor thesis on it some 20 years back 😉
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17 May 19
@eladar saidIt's not. It's no more exclusive than an ill-educated, opinionated lout starting a thread to complain about all the opinionated, ill-educated louts in these forums.
@HandyAndy
Why is that mutually exclusive?
@shallow-blue saidYour definition of 'an ill-educated, opinionated lout.'
It's not. It's no more exclusive than an ill-educated, opinionated lout starting a thread to complain about all the opinionated, ill-educated louts in these forums.
Someone who disagrees with you.