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are you shitting me?

February 22nd, 2007 Leave a comment Go to comments

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cracking down on cyber bullying??? are you shitting me?

Oh noes! people making fun of you on the internets! serious business for sure.

People who are incapable of feeling the waters before diving in should not expect help getting out of the water. I’m a moderator on a very large message board, and our “off topic” forum sees a ton of traffic. we get people coming from all over trying to jump in and become “one of the crowd” without first seeing what the crowd is like. It’s like going to a bar and expecting to be cool with the regulars on the first visit. It’s a culture you’re trying to dive into, and if your first posts come off like you think you are “all that” and should be treated as such… things will NOT go well. a lot of forum dwellers make it a game to see how mean they can be without actually breaking forum rules. It’s the internet. It’s not a friendly place. Take a few days to get to know the people you’re trying to mesh with before opening your mouth.

God forbid you ever make it to IRC…

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  1. February 22nd, 2007 at 13:42 | #1

    noobs? in my internets?

  2. February 22nd, 2007 at 14:13 | #2

    And for a second I thought you wwere going to bitch about Cisco bending to the unyielding will of Steve Jobs.

    • February 22nd, 2007 at 20:33 | #3

      That’s just the reality distortion field. They’ll come to their senses in a few days. 🙂

  3. February 22nd, 2007 at 16:38 | #4

    I go the other way – I give new members the benefit of the doubt.

    • February 23rd, 2007 at 07:59 | #5

      unremitting cruelty is to the internet what baseball is to america.

      …fucktard.

  4. February 22nd, 2007 at 20:53 | #6

    All they have to do is program an electrical shock directed at anyone who uses any of the following words:
    Newb
    Newbie
    Nub
    N00b
    nubcake
    Newbtard

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