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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
I do see some decline in the posting. I know I often delete many posts before hitting that little button. Then it also gets a bit on my nerves to see some of the newest line of rookies or whatever. It was fun in the past, at least then some were of interest or showed serious potential. Now it seems that the majority just want to go with the theory of "well the site is called go fuck yourself, what do you expect". I am sure we all appreciate the funny threads, the joking, the goofing off, so forth. Just the newbie pack cruelty is sort of fucking annoying now - along with a few other issues that are just annoying on a whole different level.
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I feel you dawg. However, some of us actually still do business on the board(s).
Fun and games and ball busting is one thing. But as some of us have seen in the past 2-3 years, the trolling, personal attacks and flaming, typically by folks you mention, have gotten to the point of being epic annoyances.
It is almost that the 'newbie pack' are here for sig views. So they announce their arrival, then talk like they know everything before running around attacking people for views, and then selling their sig (Jon Clark explained this theory to me last weekend).
Regardless of the motivation. Many people use all industry boards to do business, as well there are a group that claim industry boards are dead and the drama is why they visit.
That said, people just need to put people they dislike on ignore. It is not always easy, especially when being endlessly trolled. But their posts will start racking up, the pattern becomes clear, they get a warning, continue the same behavior, more posts, and next thing you know they are banned.