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Killed_by_Death

Killed_by_Death

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#1
What is it that drives people to click on a thread that is a topic they are either not interested in, or they have no input other than negative?

"I don't like 'this particular artist'!", but you just clicked on a thread with 'this particular artist' in the thread title to state that, and for what?

"I would never do THAT!", then refute everyone else who does, in a thread about "why people do THAT".

"You need big iron, all tube all the time!", while calling other amps toys, in a thread about micro-amps.
 
#5
I don't know! I guess some people have no life and what they do have sucks. A lot of haters here at TB. It kind of reminds me of the same group of guys you see at most rock clubs around town, they got the look and talk the talk but you never see playing any where and there all in two or three bands. Maybe it's me I don't know.
 
#8
Hey you, you're not in a gigging band, are you?

:D

OK seriously, I've been thinking about it lately because the feminism/sexism threads, and it's made me think about a feature of the internet generally, including forums and social media and such. What occurs to me is that there are all sorts of norms, rules, and strategies of social interaction that most of us learn to manage our face-to-face interactions. Just last night my wife and I were at a reception where two women were having such a non-stop engrossed conversation that neither she nor I could get a word in; or you can stay on a different side of the room from a person you don't want to talk to, or have a "wingman" run interference for you, so that you're buffered from dealing with someone, or whatever. We're gradually starting to develop a certain sense of internet etiquette, but for the most part those kinds of norms don't apply or not with the same force. If you post on a forum with 200,000+ members, who knows who is going to decide to post back and whether they'll be contributing constructively like you'd expect, or derail or be disruptive or insulting or who knows what.
 
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#9
The first round of forums I frequented on low baud dialup wasn't any different. And i got my first online death threats. Come to think of it I was doing exactly what you are describing in this topic. I pointed to a younger user that the 'vampires' were roll playing and not real - i guess i was the troll going against the topic. They claimed to know my real identity and said they were going to kill me. I don't even think i bothered to report it. I could picture the young users on the other side was just some kid feeling powerful. I just ignored it. And not dead yet.
 
#14
Sometimes a contrary opinion is just a contrary opinion and not necessarily thread crashing or hating.

If a thread creator doesn't want to hear from anyone who disagrees with his or her position they should include "Please don't disagree with me. I only want to hear from people who share my opinions on this topic." That way there's no potential for hurt feelings, which is very important for grown ups.
 
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Immigrant said:
I beg to differ.
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How DARE you?!
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#20
My favorite on any website/forum (not just here) is when someone chimes in on a thread with something to the effect of " This topic is so __________, I'm not even going to post a reply" .

Ah, but you just did. The "No comment"-comment, still a qualifies as a comment/reply.
 

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