silly billy thread
Quote from: paul_e on October 11, 2019, 09:48:54 AMQuote from: Risso on October 11, 2019, 09:12:25 AMQuote from: AsTallAsLions on October 11, 2019, 09:08:04 AMQuote from: eamonn on October 11, 2019, 12:20:49 AMHas skillz been bullied off again? I don't get why people get so indignant by harmless if unorthodox posters. Just scroll on by...I agree. There have been a few daft sods of late but that's the internet for you. What's the desired goal in chasing away anyone who's a bit different - an echo chamber?Nobody's chasing anybody away. People can post what they want, and people can post in response to that.I mostly agree, in particular, if you're going to post criticism of players or managers you're going to have people disagree with you and sometimes, if the opinion you post is particularly extreme, that might feel like a dog pile as lots of people respond to you. No one chased skillz off but a lot of people found some of his posts about Wesley to be completely unfair and called him out on it. You're much more likely to get an echo chamber if people feel they can't disagree for fear of upsetting someone.Being vaguely respectful of another person's right to an opinion doesn't necessarily equate to agreeing. You can disagree with someone - even strongly so - without resorting to "haha look at this guy over here who doesn't toe the line, what a div" or some such variation. Not that I think you do that personally, but there's a tendency on here for people to come circling when they smell blood in the water.Also, equally, people can choose not to comment - as eamonn has said, there's really no need to always have a go. It tends to be the same people again and again, which tells me more about them than the various people they're piling on.
Quote from: Risso on October 11, 2019, 09:12:25 AMQuote from: AsTallAsLions on October 11, 2019, 09:08:04 AMQuote from: eamonn on October 11, 2019, 12:20:49 AMHas skillz been bullied off again? I don't get why people get so indignant by harmless if unorthodox posters. Just scroll on by...I agree. There have been a few daft sods of late but that's the internet for you. What's the desired goal in chasing away anyone who's a bit different - an echo chamber?Nobody's chasing anybody away. People can post what they want, and people can post in response to that.I mostly agree, in particular, if you're going to post criticism of players or managers you're going to have people disagree with you and sometimes, if the opinion you post is particularly extreme, that might feel like a dog pile as lots of people respond to you. No one chased skillz off but a lot of people found some of his posts about Wesley to be completely unfair and called him out on it. You're much more likely to get an echo chamber if people feel they can't disagree for fear of upsetting someone.
Quote from: AsTallAsLions on October 11, 2019, 09:08:04 AMQuote from: eamonn on October 11, 2019, 12:20:49 AMHas skillz been bullied off again? I don't get why people get so indignant by harmless if unorthodox posters. Just scroll on by...I agree. There have been a few daft sods of late but that's the internet for you. What's the desired goal in chasing away anyone who's a bit different - an echo chamber?Nobody's chasing anybody away. People can post what they want, and people can post in response to that.
Quote from: eamonn on October 11, 2019, 12:20:49 AMHas skillz been bullied off again? I don't get why people get so indignant by harmless if unorthodox posters. Just scroll on by...I agree. There have been a few daft sods of late but that's the internet for you. What's the desired goal in chasing away anyone who's a bit different - an echo chamber?
Has skillz been bullied off again? I don't get why people get so indignant by harmless if unorthodox posters. Just scroll on by...