I didn't want to cloud up the regular forum with this (it's not all that important, but it's been bugging me a little), but is it just me or has there been an abnormal influx of assholes on the forum as of late? I know that a lot of us can get very fervent with our opinions and such sometimes, but generally most of the regulars on this forum can agree to disagree when we've reached a certain point. I'm not talking about that sort of thing. I'm talking about people being downright nasty just for the sake of being nasty.
In particular I've noticed a lot of name calling, unwarranted bashing of opinions, shouting (typing in all caps - a lot) and "I don't care what you are posting about" comments that are 1) unnecessary and 2) distracting from the actual topic of conversation on most threads. (Who cares if you don't care what I/he/she is posting about? Go to another thread that you do care about.) And generally it's coming from forum members who have less that 50 or 100 posts - newer forum members. (Please don't take this as an attack on all new forum members.)
Most of the time these sort of people just end of making fools of themselves in front of the rest of us, rather than actually getting anyone to understand their point of view.
Anyway, this was just a issue that I've noticed to be more prevalent than ever before in my last 3-4 years of posting on here. I know it happens on most online forums, but I have found it to be a rare occurrence on the PP forum.
Anyone else notice this and/or have any idea of where it's coming from? Did the Ozzfest or Blabbermouth forums suddenly stop working and we're getting their overflow of jerks who feel it can't live a day without criticizing or name-call in their online posts? Maybe I've just been lucky enough to manage to miss these people in the past.
Please note: I didn't mention any forum names, etc. of any of the particular offenders I have noticed of late, because I wasn't meaning this to turn into a bashing of any particular person/people who post here. I was simply wondering if anyone knew of a reason why this type of behavior has become more prevalent on a forum where people are generally pretty civilized in their discussions.
OK, that's my rant for the day.
In particular I've noticed a lot of name calling, unwarranted bashing of opinions, shouting (typing in all caps - a lot) and "I don't care what you are posting about" comments that are 1) unnecessary and 2) distracting from the actual topic of conversation on most threads. (Who cares if you don't care what I/he/she is posting about? Go to another thread that you do care about.) And generally it's coming from forum members who have less that 50 or 100 posts - newer forum members. (Please don't take this as an attack on all new forum members.)
Most of the time these sort of people just end of making fools of themselves in front of the rest of us, rather than actually getting anyone to understand their point of view.
Anyway, this was just a issue that I've noticed to be more prevalent than ever before in my last 3-4 years of posting on here. I know it happens on most online forums, but I have found it to be a rare occurrence on the PP forum.
Anyone else notice this and/or have any idea of where it's coming from? Did the Ozzfest or Blabbermouth forums suddenly stop working and we're getting their overflow of jerks who feel it can't live a day without criticizing or name-call in their online posts? Maybe I've just been lucky enough to manage to miss these people in the past.
Please note: I didn't mention any forum names, etc. of any of the particular offenders I have noticed of late, because I wasn't meaning this to turn into a bashing of any particular person/people who post here. I was simply wondering if anyone knew of a reason why this type of behavior has become more prevalent on a forum where people are generally pretty civilized in their discussions.
OK, that's my rant for the day.
