kro
19th March 2006, 09:22
I will most likely get banned for this, but here goes......
Having been a KB member now for a few months, I am astounded at the absolute lack of understanding of what a forum board is.
What a forum board is:
A place to share thoughts, opinions, pictures, knowledge, and lame ass little love notes, should the need take you there.
A place for any alter egos to be heard.
What a forum board isn't:
A place to distribute illegal information, such as illegal pornography, copied software, or info deemed dangerous, like how to make bombs and shit. Very few of you will know that a website owner is deemed 100% responsible for all content on his website, and can be charged under a multitude of laws, resulting in fines that make your speeding tickets suddenly seem insignificant.
Scenario #1
You go riding with a group of people, one of whom you don't like, and after a few beers at the end of the ride, you tell this person what you think of him. At this point, a "social etiquette" officer does not spring from the shadows, and send you to the sin-bin.
Scenario #2
You go riding with a group of people, one of whom you don't like, and after a few beers at the end of the ride, you tell this person what you think of him on the KB forums. At this point, a "social etiquette" officer doth spring from the shadows, and send you to the sin-bin.
So.......... Why is "Scenario #1, so much easier than "Scenario #2"?. Because everyone knows there are no social etiquette wardens. This is left up to the individual to regulate, by way of either social pressure, or conscience.
Ok, there are people on this forum, whom astound me at the levels of socially "retarded" behaviour they display, but what would I achieve by telling them my opinion of them?. I would achieve nothing. Some people truly believe they achieve something by doing this, when the truth is probably miles away in a small town called " Idontgiveashit"
Personally, I think some of the censoring of what goes on in KB is often unnecessary, and takes away from some of us, a damn good laugh watching people who say they are adults, and look like adults, behave like fucking 7 year olds.
Summary:
If you cannot handle differences of opinion, or someone telling you what they really think of you, then a message board such as KB, is somewhere you don't want to be. To offset this, those dishing out the opinions do have to consider just how far it needs to go, before it's just getting petty, and childish. Posting "you are a retard" 7 times in one thread, kind of turns the gun on yourself, and not the intended victim.
Take what you need from this.
Having been a KB member now for a few months, I am astounded at the absolute lack of understanding of what a forum board is.
What a forum board is:
A place to share thoughts, opinions, pictures, knowledge, and lame ass little love notes, should the need take you there.
A place for any alter egos to be heard.
What a forum board isn't:
A place to distribute illegal information, such as illegal pornography, copied software, or info deemed dangerous, like how to make bombs and shit. Very few of you will know that a website owner is deemed 100% responsible for all content on his website, and can be charged under a multitude of laws, resulting in fines that make your speeding tickets suddenly seem insignificant.
Scenario #1
You go riding with a group of people, one of whom you don't like, and after a few beers at the end of the ride, you tell this person what you think of him. At this point, a "social etiquette" officer does not spring from the shadows, and send you to the sin-bin.
Scenario #2
You go riding with a group of people, one of whom you don't like, and after a few beers at the end of the ride, you tell this person what you think of him on the KB forums. At this point, a "social etiquette" officer doth spring from the shadows, and send you to the sin-bin.
So.......... Why is "Scenario #1, so much easier than "Scenario #2"?. Because everyone knows there are no social etiquette wardens. This is left up to the individual to regulate, by way of either social pressure, or conscience.
Ok, there are people on this forum, whom astound me at the levels of socially "retarded" behaviour they display, but what would I achieve by telling them my opinion of them?. I would achieve nothing. Some people truly believe they achieve something by doing this, when the truth is probably miles away in a small town called " Idontgiveashit"
Personally, I think some of the censoring of what goes on in KB is often unnecessary, and takes away from some of us, a damn good laugh watching people who say they are adults, and look like adults, behave like fucking 7 year olds.
Summary:
If you cannot handle differences of opinion, or someone telling you what they really think of you, then a message board such as KB, is somewhere you don't want to be. To offset this, those dishing out the opinions do have to consider just how far it needs to go, before it's just getting petty, and childish. Posting "you are a retard" 7 times in one thread, kind of turns the gun on yourself, and not the intended victim.
Take what you need from this.