I didn't realise until yesterday

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Just how seriously some people take foruming.

Not all, But some folk here appear to take things said to them online way too seriously, I mean after all, on the grand scheme of things, anything said to you here is pretty minor I should think, compared to the things that happen in real life?

How seriously do you take your forum life?

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mummymazMember

not very tbh

7/14/0912:57 AM

justafriendMember

im siting on the fence again hun

its alot calmer in this forum than the old channel 4 one.
theres not so many wind up merchants here.
Or i int found them yet,
its all cool for me. just fun to have something to do when bored.

7/14/0912:59 AM

littleleicesterfoxMember

quote:
Originally posted by Justafriend:
im siting on the fence again hun

its alot calmer in this forum than the old channel 4 one.
theres not so many wind up merchants here.
Or i int found them yet,
its all cool for me. just fun to have something to do when bored.

I've been sitting on the fence so long I've got dents in my arse lol

7/14/091:00 AM

justafriendMember

quote:
Originally posted by littleleicesterfox:
quote:
Originally posted by Justafriend:
im siting on the fence again hun

its alot calmer in this forum than the old channel 4 one.
theres not so many wind up merchants here.
Or i int found them yet,
its all cool for me. just fun to have something to do when bored.

I've been sitting on the fence so long I've got dents in my arse lol

mine are dimples

7/14/091:03 AM

- The Orange Man -Member

quote:
Originally posted by Justafriend:
im siting on the fence again hun

its alot calmer in this forum than the old channel 4 one.
theres not so many wind up merchants here.
Or i int found them yet,
its all cool for me. just fun to have something to do when bored.

Indeed, It should be fun! IMO if it gets to a point where it gets to you that badly, surely it's time to walk away. It appears to not only be online life that is taken to heart, but Big Brother too! The extremes some go to just to defend their chosen housemate!

7/14/091:04 AM

- The Orange Man -Member

quote:
Originally posted by littleleicesterfox:
quote:
Originally posted by Justafriend:
im siting on the fence again hun

its alot calmer in this forum than the old channel 4 one.
theres not so many wind up merchants here.
Or i int found them yet,
its all cool for me. just fun to have something to do when bored.

I've been sitting on the fence so long I've got dents in my arse lol

Oh, Be careful of splinters!

7/14/091:04 AM

LiverpoollassMember

I used to take it quite seriously and be hurt by what people said. Now, I just ignore the trolls and if anyone says anything nasty, I ignore that as well. They usually end up looking the idiots and I feel alot calmer

7/14/091:05 AM

CroctacusMember

What happened yesterday then?

7/14/091:06 AM

- The Orange Man -Member

quote:
Originally posted by Liverpoollass:
I used to take it quite seriously and be hurt by what people said. Now, I just ignore the trolls and if anyone says anything nasty, I ignore that as well. They usually end up looking the idiots and I feel alot calmer

ah, No need to ask how you got your title.

I wonder if there will come a day when everyone can ignore the trolls.

7/14/091:07 AM

LiverpoollassMember

quote:
Originally posted by - The Orange Man -:

I wonder if there will come a day when everyone can ignore the trolls.

That day will never come. People just cannot resist responding to them and feeding them. All part of forum life though

7/14/091:09 AM

justafriendMember

quote:
Originally posted by FGG Aka Crocodile Rock:
What happened yesterday then?

i dont know, what did happen yesterday either.

7/14/091:10 AM

Sexy_KellyMember

Real life

Whats that?

7/14/091:11 AM

LiverpoollassMember

quote:
Originally posted by FGG Aka Crocodile Rock:
What happened yesterday then?

Perhaps nothing

7/14/091:12 AM

- The Orange Man -Member

quote:
Originally posted by FGG Aka Crocodile Rock:
What happened yesterday then?

Nothing specific, Well, apart from the racist argument last night, Just much sniping in different threads. I mean, Some housemates can only be defended so far, Can't they?

7/14/091:13 AM

pepsiMember

I think you have to look at the wider picture

I started using the C4 forum at a period in my life when I was lonely, depressed and isolated. The people I got to know became "real" to me and I have to say a good few of them have stayed real and we've met up in RL.

Having said that I was new to forumming and vulnerable and easily led. I ended up in all sorts of crap progressing from vulnerable to ending up mixed up in the middle of a lot of nasty stuff.

I learned the hard way

and now I can see things for what they are and not get involved any more. I can switch off and leave it for weeks at a time, or join in whenever I feel the need to say something.

A good few members in here use these forums as a means of socialising. If you don't go out very much, are on your own at home etc. then it is very much "real" and more than just words on a screen.

7/14/091:14 AM

LiverpoollassMember

quote:
Originally posted by pepsi:

A good few members in here use these forums as a means of socialising. If you don't go out very much, are on your own at home etc. then it is very much "real" and more than just words on a screen.

7/14/091:18 AM

- The Orange Man -Member

quote:
Originally posted by pepsi:
I think you have to look at the wider picture

I started using the C4 forum at a period in my life when I was lonely, depressed and isolated. The people I got to know became "real" to me and I have to say a good few of them have stayed real and we've met up in RL.

Having said that I was new to forumming and vulnerable and easily led. I ended up in all sorts of crap progressing from vulnerable to ending up mixed up in the middle of a lot of nasty stuff.

I learned the hard way and now I can see things for what they are and not get involved any more. I can switch off and leave it for weeks at a time, or join in whenever I feel the need to say something.

A good few members in here use these forums as a means of socialising. If you don't go out very much, are on your own at home etc. then it is very much "real" and more than just words on a screen.

I don't really get that if I am honest. While I understand friendships may form, and then get taken into the real world, Ultimately they really are just words on a screen. At least you see it for what it is now

7/14/091:18 AM

Former Member

couldnt give a stuff about anything said personally to me on this forum. It honestly makes me laugh.

But I have made quite a few well i like to think good friends through the forum (they may tell a different story

) so if i fell out with one of them on the forum and they said something horrible that would be different.
but then....is that still classed as foruming, or falling out with your friend?

who knows...*too early for me to think*

7/14/091:39 AM

CindsMember 10 yearsMemoriam

quote:
Originally posted by Gypsie:
couldnt give a stuff about anything said personally to me on this forum. It honestly makes me laugh.

But I have made quite a few well i like to think good friends through the forum (they may tell a different story ) so if i fell out with one of them on the forum and they said something horrible that would be different.
but then....is that still classed as foruming, or falling out with your friend?

who knows...*too early for me to think*

*pulls Gypsies hair and starts a rumour*

Or where you not talking about me?

7/14/091:46 AM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by Cinds:
quote:
Originally posted by Gypsie:
couldnt give a stuff about anything said personally to me on this forum. It honestly makes me laugh.

But I have made quite a few well i like to think good friends through the forum (they may tell a different story ) so if i fell out with one of them on the forum and they said something horrible that would be different.
but then....is that still classed as foruming, or falling out with your friend?

who knows...*too early for me to think*

*pulls Gypsies hair and starts a rumour*

Or where you not talking about me?

awww no i was talking bout you

But just you wait till you hear what that cinds does with cushions *gossips*

7/14/091:48 AM

HeartacheMember

quote:
Originally posted by Justafriend:
quote:
Originally posted by littleleicesterfox:
quote:
Originally posted by Justafriend:
im siting on the fence again hun

its alot calmer in this forum than the old channel 4 one.
theres not so many wind up merchants here.
Or i int found them yet,
its all cool for me. just fun to have something to do when bored.

I've been sitting on the fence so long I've got dents in my arse lol

mine are dimples

I fell down some stairs once, and had a dent in my right cheek for two years.

7/14/091:49 AM

CindsMember 10 yearsMemoriam

quote:
Originally posted by Gypsie:
awww no i was talking bout you
But just you wait till you hear what that cinds does with cushions *gossips*

I don't do anything untoward with cushions, there is nothing wrong with protecting them to within an inch of their well plumped life.

7/14/091:50 AM

Former Member

im coming back as a cushion ! life of bloomin riley !

7/14/091:54 AM

Former Member

oh i just realised RILEY? shes missing.

7/14/091:54 AM

Former Member

I think what people forget is that although it's only "words on a screen", there is someone typing those words, someone behind the screen.

Yeah, I've been wound up by some of the things people say and many other times I just ignore it. I do know, for a FACT, that there are some super people on this forum, people who have been there when I needed them in RL, and most likely the same ones that most people would NOT call decent or caring.

7/14/091:57 AM

ZaphodMember

I think you can go through a form of adolescence in forum life just as you do in real life.... things people say/type matter and can hurt... rush around the forum playground telling tales .. ganging up on people etc... then after a while you grow up (or at least get a measure of perspective) and become far more relaxed about the whole thing...and frankly don't give a toss what anyone says 'cept for those that have become real friends one way or another

Z.

7/14/092:10 AM

pepsiMember

quote:
Originally posted by Zaphod:
I think you can go through a form of adolescence in forum life just as you do in real life.... things people say/type matter and can hurt... rush around the forum playground telling tales .. ganging up on people etc... then after a while you grow up (or at least get a measure of perspective) and become far more relaxed about the whole thing...and frankly don't give a toss what anyone says 'cept for those that have become real friends one way or another

Z.

How come you can say what I mean sooo much more succinctly?

7/14/092:12 AM

ZaphodMember

quote:
Originally posted by pepsi:

How come you can say what I mean sooo much more succinctly?

JELLUS BULLEH

7/14/092:13 AM

LiverpoollassMember

quote:
Originally posted by Zaphod:
I think you can go through a form of adolescence in forum life just as you do in real life.... things people say/type matter and can hurt... rush around the forum playground telling tales .. ganging up on people etc... then after a while you grow up (or at least get a measure of perspective) and become far more relaxed about the whole thing...and frankly don't give a toss what anyone says 'cept for those that have become real friends one way or another

Z.

Unfortunately, though, some people never grow up or out of it.

7/14/092:14 AM

pepsiMember

quote:
Originally posted by Zaphod:
quote:
Originally posted by pepsi:

How come you can say what I mean sooo much more succinctly?

JELLUS BULLEH

Z.

HURT!!! HURT I am

7/14/092:15 AM

ZaphodMember

quote:
Originally posted by Liverpoollass:
quote:
Originally posted by Zaphod:
I think you can go through a form of adolescence in forum life just as you do in real life.... things people say/type matter and can hurt... rush around the forum playground telling tales .. ganging up on people etc... then after a while you grow up (or at least get a measure of perspective) and become far more relaxed about the whole thing...and frankly don't give a toss what anyone says 'cept for those that have become real friends one way or another

Z.

Unfortunately, though, some people never grow up or out of it.

Pretty much a microcosm of real life then

7/14/092:16 AM

LiverpoollassMember

quote:
Originally posted by Zaphod:

Pretty much a microcosm of real life then

Z.

Yep

7/14/092:17 AM

The SecretaryMember

quote:
Originally posted by Zaphod:
I think you can go through a form of adolescence in forum life just as you do in real life.... things people say/type matter and can hurt... rush around the forum playground telling tales .. ganging up on people etc... then after a while you grow up (or at least get a measure of perspective) and become far more relaxed about the whole thing...and frankly don't give a toss what anyone says 'cept for those that have become real friends one way or another

Z.

I hate that I agree with you sometimes

7/14/094:06 AM

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