What has happened to this forum?!!!

Graeme7777

Excuse my ignorance but what, in chat forum terms, is a "troll"???

mr.broderick

Graeme7777 wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but what, in chat forum terms, is a "troll"???

Ask !!!!!! he's in to all that...;)

trudiha

Graeme7777 wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but what, in chat forum terms, is a "troll"???

Someone who's deliberatly inflammatory in the hope of causing offense or upset. It's the interweb version of pulling pigtails and running away.

Davesnave

Graeme7777 wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but what, in chat forum terms, is a "troll"???

You could look up some of the posts by Benefits Blagger as a practical.

Not that I'm getting at BB, who is always very pleasant and never responds to any flaming. Perfect gentleman in fact.

Come to think of it, where is BB today? Could he possibly be on night shift?

Snooze

@ this thread.

As one of (if not the) the sharpest tongued people on these property forums I've no doubt that this thread was quite probably "directed" at me, at least in part anyway.

I'm afraid I don't do "huggy" at all and neither do I do word-mincing. If I've got something to say then I'll say it and if you don't like it then tough! I tell it like it is; always have done and always will do.

I think these 3 posts in this thread sum up my feelings/views perfectly :

3under3 wrote:

In brief, general sentiments as follows...
BTLer in trouble - don't even bother posting you'll be hammered

Seller not selling - price unrealistic hadn't you realised?

Buyers who bought less than two years ago in trouble - own fault for not reading the market correctly

Buyers who bought 3+ years ago - generally ok unless try to sell (as above) or MEWers

FTB about to buy - mad as a hatter as prices falling

Renters/STRers/living at home saving for deposits - best course of action all round.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

:T

carolt wrote:

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As I said before - if others don't like my views - tough.

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But unlike in real life, it's just words. I have no respect for those who've chosen to attack me personally, rather than my views; so it's like water off a duck's back.

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If you don't like my posts don't read them. I'm not going to give up posting here because of the bullies and those trying to see if if you throw enough mud, will it stick? will find that it makes no difference to me either way.

:T

tbs624 wrote:

Oh, the irony.:rolleyes: A thread about people being “vicious” to other posters, and a good number of the chief complainers have contributed by………. being “vicious" about one target - Carolt. So who needs to get out more guys…because you’ve just about defeated your own arguments as far as I can see. ( check out also MrH’s post way back up the thread -post no. 70 something.)

Internet Forums are just a microcosm of real life - yes, you’ll get those who would say anything whilst anonymous but are less confrontational in real life but you’ll also find that many forthright posters are every bit as forthright in their personal dealings elsewhere . And for every person who doesn’t like their style, there’ll be another who does.

For example, Mr Broderick berates the articulate Carolt yet clearly adores Nelly who may well be one of the “rudest” posters on the whole of MSE. Some of Nelly’s posts make me roar with laughter, others make me cringe, but I doubt that Nelly spends his offline life as a shy wallflower.

People are just different. It’s maybe worth remembering that in pre-computer days people had the same sort of differences of opinion, expressed just as robustly: people are not going to turn en masse into “huggy” people just because the arena is different and there is a wider audience. Netiquette guidelines are just that - guidelines
I’d agree that some insults (particularly from one of the HPCers in a recent thread) breach what I’d personally view as acceptable but if you spend your life worrying about what other people think or say about you, IMO you’re on a hiding to nothing and you’d be better off living in isolation somewhere with a Labrador that loves you unconditionally.

Sometimes people don’t want to hear what’s being said, because of their own doubts & inadequacies (and we’ve all got ‘em because we’re human) and sometimes people take one part of someone’s post & run with it, drawing an inference that isn’t there in the eyes of yet other readers or of the OP. Sometimes it does us good to be confronted with an opposing viewpoint, lest we get too complacent.

If someone particularly bugs you, then add them to your ignore list -it’s what its there for.

If there was a 'respected users' list on this site like there is on another large forum I'm a member of, tbs624 you'd be getting added to it for this post alone!

:T

Rob

casper_uk

I think the problem is there is no easy way to tell people they have made a mistake buying something that is over priced. Nobody likes to hear that they are going to lose money, but a fact that the majority have decided to forget is that house prices go down as well as up!

People thought it was great when the prices started to rocket up as they thought they were in the money, so started to spend money which in reality they did not have. You can't blame people for being smug just because they decided to act prudent over the last few years. You also can't blame them for having no sympathy or wanting the government to bail people/companies out when it will negatively affect them.

Why should the government bail companies/people out if they have been stupid when it's the innocent that will suffer? 3under3 was spot on imo, you reap what you sow imo...

pickles110564

casper_uk wrote: »

I think the problem is there is no easy way to tell people they have made a mistake buying something that is over priced. Nobody likes to hear that they are going to lose money, but a fact that the majority have decided to forget is that house prices go down as well as up!

On what infomation do you base the fact that they have bought homes that are overpriced?
Once all the scare mongering has died down, confidence will return and prices will start moving again, Fact.

Captain_Mainwaring_2

pickles110564 wrote: »

On what infomation do you base the fact that they have bought homes that are overpriced?
Once all the scare mongering has died down, confidence will return and prices will start moving again, Fact.

Start moving down perhaps.

Get me a pack of those 2P Asda sausages would you?

JanCee

casper_uk wrote: »

Why should the government bail companies/people out if they have been stupid when it's the innocent that will suffer? 3under3 was spot on imo, you reap what you sow imo...

It just goes to show how people interpret posts differently, I read it that 3under3 was in fact being sarcastic in that post and having a little dig at the repetitive responses of the HPC brigade.

I might be wrong though - it wouldn't be the first time.

adr0ck

casper_uk wrote: »

I think the problem is there is no easy way to tell people they have made a mistake buying something that is over priced. Nobody likes to hear that they are going to lose money, but a fact that the majority have decided to forget is that house prices go down as well as up!

.

well i havnt bought anything thats overpriced

i just don't believe prices will fall 100% like most HPCrashers on this site

i only believe that prices will fall between 10-20% this year

lots of posters on this site don't like me for this

but to be honest who gives

they keep slagging me off

i'll keep slagging them back in return