Focus50
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Joined: 12/28/2004 From: Newcastle, Australia Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: TNDommeK quote:
ORIGINAL: Focus50 quote:
ORIGINAL: TNDommeK I just don't consider it mob mentality when intelligence is involved. If a poster( new or old) is doing dumb shit, we call it. "we"? back atchya! Focus. Yea, we. Meaning if there are four of us that know 2+2=4, and one who thinks 2+2=jello, then WE are gonna tell em it's wrong. It's a bit more shaded and subtle than that. First, if the "it" is the actual topic rather than (recent example) the age of the newbie asking, fair enough. But when the age of the newbie asking leads to more judgemental assertions, affectively making that newbie the topic, AND target, not fair. And as I understand it, now violating the TOS, btw. Can't tell you how I know, just that too many of my posts in response have gone MIA. Anyway, when those numerous, independent individuals go from expressing a common theme to just plain spewing insults at that newbie OP, not fair. And a mob mentality is well under way.... Next phase is when they feed off each other's now idiotic assertions and insults etc and thus push the vitriolic envelope to fever pitch. Finally, word gets around that there's a feeding frenzy on and in come the driveby's with no pretense of knowing or even caring what the actual topic is. But they've got plenty to add, too. That's a mob beat down! As to which point it became a mob, you tell me. But the particular thread that inspires this topic should never have gotten to 10 pages before the Mods moved on it - IMO. Though I am spewing about catching one particular mob member with her foot buried in her mouth and butt well and truly in the breeze and ripe for a good spanking, only for her to be saved by a Mod blanket nuke! <whispering> Lucky I save all my own posts and quotes of who I'm replying to - I'll always have that. Focus.
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Never underestimate the persuasive power of stupid people in large groups. <unknown> Your food is for eating, not torturing. <my mum> (Errm, when I was a kid)
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