OT: The Jerks of Online Forums

[BradleyBrave]

Anyone who participates in online forums, chat rooms, or messages boards like this one will appreciate this article. Enjoy!

http://tech.msn.com/products/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=19445651&GT1=40000

[Lakeview Brave]

I like this one

9. Fanboy

The Fanboy defends a particular product under any circumstances, no matter what the scenario. He is fervently aware that the Ford Pinto was an excellent car as long you avoided rear-end collisions in it. He also assumes that anyone who fails to praise said product to the skies must be engaged in an irrational vendetta against it -- in effect, he sees everyone who isn't a Fanboy as an Anti-Fanboy.

[thefish7]

A well-done article. Thanks BB.

[Da Coach]

I like this one
9. Fanboy

I know this is a shot at some of the posters here. But come on, if you visit a site like this which makes no bones that it is a dedicated site for the fans of BU basketball, then how can anyone be be surprised if they encounter a fanboy or two?

[georgethedog]

Wow, I didn't find me! Maybe "Guy who nobody ever really understands..." would fit because so many times other posters take me wrong or don't realize I'm just having a good time messing with others and joking in a cryptic manner. "Dumb-Arse" would work too...

[leebiddlecome]

I know this is a shot at some of the posters here. But come on, if you visit a site like this which makes no bones that it is a dedicated site for the fans of BU basketball, then how can anyone be be surprised if they encounter a fanboy or two?

Nothing wrong with being a fanboy or any of the other things. Heck, I've probably been all of them at one point in time. It's understanding and recoginizing you are a fanboy or whatever and just admitting it and realizing not everyone thinks the same as you but that isn't all bad.

[tornado]

I like these three, but they all sound quite similar....

#4 Mr. Credentials
" he encourages everyone to focus on his superior curriculum vitae, rather than on the objective reasonableness of his views."

and #5 the Antagonizer
"... personal attacks and insults in what may be a nostalgic flashback to carefree bygone days as a third-grade bully.

and #8 Smarty Pants
"constantly runs a fine-toothed comb ..in search of nits to pick: factual errors, grammatical errors, typos -- it doesn't matter. The instant he finds one, he pounces on the offending poster"

[Da Coach]

Nothing wrong with being a fanboy or any of the other things

I agree. My point was that message board decorum is different, depending on the nature of the message board.
If you are visiting a neutral site, like ones hosted by a newspaper, or those which host fans from an entire conference, then it might seem a little inappropriate for someone to be over-the-top for one team, or to denigrate other teams.
But those things are normal and commonplace on every fan site I have ever seen that is dedicated to a single team.
So if anyone thinks "fanboy" behavior is not appropriate here, that's naive.

The bottom line is that anyone who is offended by fans' opinions posted on any message board dedicated to those fans' team, should stay away from that site.

[MacabreMob]

MacabreMob = Schadenfreude = Fanboy

[leebiddlecome]

I agree. My point was that message board decorum is different, depending on the nature of the message board.
If you are visiting a neutral site, like ones hosted by a newspaper, or those which host fans from an entire conference, then it might seem a little inappropriate for someone to be over-the-top for one team, or to denigrate other teams.
But those things are normal and commonplace on every fan site I have ever seen that is dedicated to a single team.
So if anyone thinks "fanboy" behavior is not appropriate here, that's naive.

The bottom line is that anyone who is offended by fans' opinions posted on any message board dedicated to those fans' team, should stay away from that site.

Agreed. The site is called bradleyfans.com for crying out loud No one should be offended by the "fanboy" guy. Just as "fanboy" shouldn't be offended by someone who feels a little differently about the two posters favorite team.

[Braves4Life]

MacabreMob = Schadenfreude = Fanboy

No! MacabreMob = SmartyPants

Braves4Life = Fanboy

[BradleyBrave]

I think all of us probably fit into one classification at one time or another. I know I have and will again at some point.