cloudboy
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Its interesting how the "score card" looks. Fetlife, same topic, three threads, roughly 50 long and well thought out replies. Blogs, same topic, five different blogs, roughly 20 erudite and very personal replies. CollarMe, a couple of well thought out replies, multiple pages of bullshit, attacks, hate, jealousy, lies, assumptions and more bullshit. Same questions, totally different results. No attacks on the other forums or blogs, just respectful discussion. And on CollarMe.....lol. :) Infrequent posters get rough treatment here, often. For a thread to go well, it helps if the poster is already pre-accepted by the regulars. Posters who violate the CMMB norms get mocked for: their pictures, profile content, posting content etc. Fighting back makes the round-a-bout worse. The practice of mocking tends to be group-think, so the individuals piling on think they are being reasonable. Those are just the common patterns. In sum, if you violate the norms or upset the regulars -- what follows is snarky criticism and banter. In the case of this thread, I think others have found your "attitude" objectionable --- so the thrust of their posting is about that and not your content. Telling those respondents to take a hike only reinforces their self-righteousness and indignation. Comments then become more snarky about your photos, website, and posts. Rarely do you see someone correct themselves, admit a mistake, or show ignorance (saying I don't know.) Off center or unpopular kinks get especially rough treatment as the objectors project their hatred/distaste of a kink onto the OP, the kink, and the practitioner's thereof. This bile often masquerades as "helpful advice" or "my honest opinion," when in fact its either overt or veiled bigotry. Its a lot like the real world here. Its a splash in the face to some who might think its a safe haven or a "more progressive" community. Like the real world, its easier if you try to fit in first and play by the rules while not upsetting anyone's sensibilities. The CMMB expects you to be audience centered, otherwise the audience gets hostile. Its less like that on other boards. Fetlife is simply way more differentiated than CM, so the audiences there reflect that. In the end many (like you) get weeded out. On fetlife there's actually a CMMB refugee forum. My very favorite posters have pretty much all, enmasse left here for fetlife. New exciting posters have not taken their place.
< Message edited by cloudboy -- 3/23/2012 6:33:14 AM >
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