You don’t have to be a psychologist to understand what’s going on in here. I’ve been around for quite a while now and I’ve developed my own little theory over time.
First of all I think it’s very important to point out that there are two groups of people frequenting this board. The first group is made up of occasional visitors. These people post a message every now and then, but never hang around for too long. These folks are decent and law-abiding members. I like to call this group of people the outer circle.
Then there is a second, smaller group, made up of veteran members: the inner circle. These people post 10 or more messages each day and often have more than 1000 or 2000 posts. I’m talking about the key players of the board. Some of these inner circle folks have the best intentions, but several others make up the amoral and corrupt establishment I was talking about in my previous message. A little club of sleazy people who are rotten to the core. It’s a well-known fact that there are a lot of ego clashes and struggles going on within the inner circle. For example: one of the most recent struggles revolved around key players like MG, Lady B, Soylent and a few others. This vicious war of words came to an end when a couple of these people walked off with their tail between their legs. This was just one such struggle. There have been countless struggles like that in the past. I firmly believe that some of these exiled members sometimes return as rogue members (Eviltwin 1, Eviltwin 2, FreakyMetalHead,…) to take revenge by destabilizing the board. Let there be no doubt about it: behind every rogue member, troll or imposter there is a former key player. This is not the work of an outside party. It's coming from within and it’s just a big mindfuck.
I’m not choosing sides or calling anyone names. Please keep that in mind in case anyone of you decides to rip me apart. This is simply the point of view of an outsider. Edited at: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:32:58 AM |