Everyone should read this.
Here is a list of things seperated by * that has been posted in this forum. It is by no means exhaustive.At dinner the other night, a group of us were talking about a particularly irksome message board contributor and the subject of sociopathy came up again. This particular person seemed to be oblivious to the rules of the board, didn't pick up on the social cues of other participants or moderators to modify his behavior, and was making public personal attacks against others while complaining that others were doing the same to him, even though they were not. Anyone who runs a community site, has comments on their blog, or participates on a message board knows this guy -- and it usually is a guy. He's the fly in everyone else's ointment, screaming in the middle a quiet conversation, and then says things like "if you hate me, I must be doing something right".
With that in mind, some quotes from the Science News article:
Sounds a lot like the fellow we were discussing at dinner. I don't think most of the people that demonstrate antisocial behavior in comment threads are actually psychopaths or sociopaths (there is a difference) in real life. Rather, interacting via text strips out so much social context and "incidental information" that causes some people to display psychopathic behavior online and fail to develop an online moral sense.Psychopaths lack a conscience and are incapable of experiencing empathy, guilt, or loyalty.
People with psychopathy don't modify behaviors for which they're punished and don't learn to avoid actions that harm others, Blair proposes in the September Cognition. As a result, they fail to develop a moral sense, in his view. Blair's theory fits with previous observations that psychopaths have difficulty learning to avoid punishments, show weak physiological responses to threats, and don't often recognize sadness or fear in others.
He views psychopathic personalities as the product of an attention deficit. Psychopaths focus well on their explicit goals but ignore incidental information that provides perspective and guides behavior, Newman holds. Most other people, as they take action, unconsciously consult such information, for instance, rules of conduct in social settings and nonverbal signs of discomfort in those around them.
- *This forum is like Nazi Germany.
*You guys are assholes.
*Don't feed me that shit.
*Apologize to you?!? After what you said?!
*I'm not a bitch you can slap around and expect me to apologize.
*In other words you don't get an apology but you do get a FUCK YOU!
*Rule 63.5 strikes again, eh?
*Indeed. Feel proud. You've forum who bans people for not breaking the rules.
*Didn't know annoying was against the rules, or that defending yourself was, as well. Totally my bad.
*I had no idea using sarcasm was considered insulting, worthy of a ban to boot.
*Indeed. To go this far instead of abiding by the rules he himself creates is educating indeed.
*.. No? I'm having fun.
*Regardless, I see no need to leave as I haven't broken any rule.
*So he went ahead and edited a couple of my posts (which contained honest arguments) into "I love cock," "I take it in the ass" and the like.
Mmmhmm...Of course, FightClub never knows what he is talking about. He just spews insults out his ass for the sake of spewing insults. But actually, I could be very wrong, it's been quite a few years since I was in school, and shit has probably changed, I know Starnum didn't get fucked until he slipped some ruffies into a girls beer at a party he wasn't even invited to. But the rest of you could be right, just seems really odd to me. I guess bringing comic books of berserk > pokemon = dungeon and dragons. And if you play magic the gathering in school, I know you're a shit faced liar. So don't even try it
*Stick to your ground and explain your reason for trying to nitpick at my views. Make a valid point, or kindly be on your way. All you're doing is furthering my reason to not participate in political faggotry, by mimicking the same thing over a simple online discussion.
*Wait, this guy with a mere 300 posts and no indication of specialness is the Founder around here?
*Fuck off.
*[22:09] <MeleniosS> did u know there is gay metal band? their name is PInksteel
[22:09] <MeleniosS> they have songs like We fight for cock
[22:09] <MeleniosS> or Sausage party
*i haven't read berserk_volume26,could anyone help me please ?
*IF possible I'd like it so my posts(assuming it was a mod) cannot be modified in pointless/inane ways for no particular reason. I don't mind seeing others flaming, or the thread being moved but moding my own posts in such immature ways is going a bit far. If one desires to do such a thing they should either flame in the topic, or create another thread, not mod my posts.
*..nah, don't believe yah.. ur the same whorehopper as the rest of us. You'd choke the manga down even if the creator of the religion was named "jaysus" and the gods' secret name was jehuuva and the number 7 was a re-occuring symbol in the holy book, the 'bibl' which told of 7 signs of the apocalyps..
*P.s. I do want more nekked biotzzez... I miss those twats-on-a-stick images of olde.. *sniff* maybe gutts can raid a nunnery soon? awww yeah, the nuns of 'fred christ', ribbed for yer pleasure.
*It's more for amusement really.. to pass the time if you will.. maybe this should be in a thread of its own... it's past the original discussion about 262. Psi, ur so good at it, if u deem this correspondence a 'new thread' worthy, go ahead and make it a new thread, u've done that to posts before if I recall correctly. If not, we'll continue in this thread..
*does anyone know somewhere I can find torrents (or anything) for the volumes following the anime series?
*Seems like I can only find volumes that are well after - leaving me completely lost.
*I tried grabbing the torrent off the hawks website (4-26 one) but its stopped at 11%.
*I need links to download books 25 & 26; No torrents
*I mean i really love Gatts<3 he's awsome and is insanely strong Shocked but the God Hand aint human Confused and we all saw how much SK could do Void, so can he really defeat them? i think maybe hes gonna have to assend to something higher then human (or whatever he currently is haha) to be able to do it tho, magic weapons can only do so much lol.
*I don´t understand. It seems to be here some sort of fear to post something o even become a newbie. I´ve seen several post in fhis forum mutilated, flamed and even something worse, users there being humbled just for the sake of the argument or the sake of being a "noob". Ok big heads, newcomers are the base of any board´s growth and if you treat people like that, no people will register here and thus this forum will become obsolete till death. [posted in 2004 for fyi, lawl]
*i just heard of berserk and i want to start reading the manga but i cant find the first chapters, can anyone give me links to the first chapters of berserk.
*Hi guys, i just heard about berserk(abit slow), and heard that it a great manga.. but i cant get hold of vol 1, 2 and 3... my country doesnt sell berserk becos of the explicit content... so can any kind soul direct on where to download berserk vol 1,2 and 3 online... or send them to me at <censored>, thankZ
I don't think most of the people that demonstrate antisocial behavior in comment threads are actually psychopaths or sociopaths (there is a difference) in real life. Rather, interacting via text strips out so much social context and "incidental information" that causes some people to display psychopathic behavior online and fail to develop an online moral sense.
Thinking about disruptive commenters in this way presents an interesting challenge. According to the article, psychopathy seems to be genetic in nature and curing people of this extreme antisocial behavior can be difficult. An Australian study cited in the article found that boys with behavioral problems reacted better to rewards for good behavior than to punishments for bad behavior. Maybe looking for ways to reward bad online community members for their good behavior as well as trying to replace some of the stripped away social context is the way forward.
