Re: False Online Identities/Why People Create Them... - Page 7

cecesnana · ‎07-12-2013

@MaggieMack wrote:
This thread is like a class in "Board Savvy 101." This is the first board I've been on, about a year, and will likely be my last. Although I would never describe myself as gullible, I do lean toward trusting. But I am also wary, which is why I would never use an Internet dating site.

Interesting comments about men disguising themselves behind a female persona, I've sensed that myself. I have occasionally longed for a down arrow option in addition to the hearts.

I have disdain for anyone who uses others for their own dark purposes. I like "WYSIWYG" much better.

I learned a lot from reading this "Board Savvy 101".

Cakers3 · ‎06-17-2015

@Burnsite wrote:
On the old iteration of the QVC Viewpoints forums, the people with fake nics and fake personae were mainly motivated by anger and spite. They just wanted to make other people feel bad.

They would wound people just because. And I doubt they were men though they might have been, I guess. I sometimes thought it was just one person who had access to numerous different email addresses.

Sometimes sad or bitter people feel more powerful if they can make someone else feel bad--that's the only theory I could come up with.

I am thinking of the old posters who used to drive nice folks like Cherry and Roget off the BBs.

@Burnsite Sometimes a smaller goup of posters would share an account just to post here (and other sites).

Many posters have since left this BB, unfortunately.

"" Compassion is a verb."-Thich Nhat Hanh

Cakers3 · ‎06-17-2015

@Moonchilde wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
@handygal2 wrote:
I've always suspected that some of the posters/lurkers here are men posing as women, just for the heck of it. Now, more than ever, l believe that's true...
@handygal2 I agree. I also believe, though, that not everytime we read something anti-women it means a man wrote it. Some women can be downright insensitive to the concerns of other women.

I also have always thought that there are a handful of posters who just enjoy trolling, in that I don't believe the subject matter or issue of a thread actually matters to them in the slightest. They look for threads where they can "tag on" to previous posters to TOTALLY AGREE. ITA!!! with them, or write a single line or phrase that is invariably the opposite of what most are expressing - just to stir the pot. Easy to spot and ignore if you've been on the forums more than a month or two.

@Moonchilde I agree to a point but I also believe that some posters may be intimidated, especially in the "old days" here to speak up - so the ITA allows them to express an opinion without fear of being shut down.

I agree that some ride the coattails of others - either for fear of being beaten down by more intense personalities or because they are here simply out of loneliness and just need to be part of a group.

I find it difficult to accept that any poster who doesn't contribute the way one thinks a poster should contribute (and I don't mean you think that way) is necessarily a troll.

Sometimes extending a cyber hand in friendship can allow another person to be more comfortable and participate with more depth.

When we automatically assume a poster is a "troll" we can sometimes miss out on an opportunity to meet someone new instead of determining that the poster is not worthy to be here.

High horses and all that.

"" Compassion is a verb."-Thich Nhat Hanh

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@Cakers3 wrote:
@Moonchilde wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
@handygal2 wrote:
I've always suspected that some of the posters/lurkers here are men posing as women, just for the heck of it. Now, more than ever, l believe that's true...
@handygal2 I agree. I also believe, though, that not everytime we read something anti-women it means a man wrote it. Some women can be downright insensitive to the concerns of other women.

I also have always thought that there are a handful of posters who just enjoy trolling, in that I don't believe the subject matter or issue of a thread actually matters to them in the slightest. They look for threads where they can "tag on" to previous posters to TOTALLY AGREE. ITA!!! with them, or write a single line or phrase that is invariably the opposite of what most are expressing - just to stir the pot. Easy to spot and ignore if you've been on the forums more than a month or two.
@Moonchilde I agree to a point but I also believe that some posters may be intimidated, especially in the "old days" here to speak up - so the ITA allows them to express an opinion without fear of being shut down.

I agree that some ride the coattails of others - either for fear of being beaten down by more intense personalities or because they are here simply out of loneliness and just need to be part of a group.

I find it difficult to accept that any poster who doesn't contribute the way one thinks a poster should contribute (and I don't mean you think that way) is necessarily a troll.

Sometimes extending a cyber hand in friendship can allow another person to be more comfortable and participate with more depth.

When we automatically assume a poster is a "troll" we can sometimes miss out on an opportunity to meet someone new instead of determining that the poster is not worthy to be here.

High horses and all that.

@Cakers3, you and I agree, especially about terming anything or anyone not liked as a troll. However, I was referring to a specific group of/type of posters fairly easily identified by virtue of their not actually contributing to conversations anywhere, and not actually conversing. IMO their aim is to stop the flow of conversation and to intimidate.

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