People leaving Answerbank. What The Funicular? It's internet.

[flobadob]

Recently a regular poster naomi24 said she was leaving Answerbank and I've just read that also sqad has decided to leave. What is going on here? Both of these posters have come across to me as rational and usually helpful human beings yet they've decided to alter their lives because of other internet users.

Who actually really gives a monkeys about anyone's opinions on the internet, especially when the views are derogatory. If someone starts being an ahole on a website I immediately get an image of a 50+ year old man sitting in his pants, spewing his hateful garbage anonymously to the internet using world.

However, naomi24 and sqad have apparently let a few retards(who probably do not interact with real people on a regular basis, and just sit at their computer all day being twanks) banish themselves from this site, even though the other 99% of people enjoy and respect both sqad and naomi's views. I just don't get it.

[Ankou]

so they left. move on.

[flobadob]

I was more talking about people feeling they need to leave a website because of others opinions rather than focusing on the two particular individuals. Why do people take arguments on websites so seriously? My theory being that people expressing views in this way are not the same in real life and the anonymity gives them a different sense of freedom of expression and opinion that they don't have in their real life.

[ummmm]

Naomi is an Atheist.

[B00]

That's fair enough flob, but regardless of whether said face to face, words CAN hurt, and I'll say again, there was no need for the ones i got yesterday.

[mrs_overall]

Maybe they have flounced off into the sunset together and at this moment are both ensconced in a sleazy motel?

[B00]

aye true.

looky you being all masterful? :p

[what..the?]

arhhh thats a shame, I am afraid there are people in this world just out to make other peoples life a misery, school bullies, the tax man, sales people, the Labour party,,,,oh and Heston Blumenthal....what a twonk

daily moan over.....i thank you....

[Ankou]

get a room!

"Why do people take arguments on websites so seriously?"

i would ask them why, but they flounced and left. the people you are now sharing dialogue with don't feel the need to constantly express that sense of self aggrandising.

[B00]

oh shuddup Ankou, stop being all rational ;-)

[NazNomad]

... did someone leave?


Oh well, bye then. We will however post a gazillion inane threads in your honour, whoever you WERE.

:-))

[ummmm]

Oi Naz - You left once xx

[flobadob]

Fight, fight, fight.

[murraymints]

looking forward to the making up flob !!!

[growlybear]

To be honest I didn't know Answerbank was still going until receiving reminder email today. I'd initially left some time last year as I seemed to be spending every waking moment on here with no sign of me stepping off to go do ordinary everyday stuff.

Came off this and many other similar Webforums. I'd so many forums going on that I was forgetting my user names and passwords. Email inbox filling up with reminder hints and offers of password resets.

Now I've had a look at Answerbank again. Well.. I've posted some answers today but don't think its something I'm going to use too often. Sad to say, I know. These days you're more likely to find me on Mumsnet.

PS its not any nutters that's keeping me away. You get them on every board.

[what..the?]

I think some people take stuff seriously because correct me if I am wrong lol sure you will guys but....is it because we expose so much about our selves on the net these days our history on AB for example alone must tell people a lot about us and therefore when someone asks yet another 'personal' question and express another 'personal' feeling if stamped on by another it hard to take if we all held back hardly said anything, and just talked about what we had for dinner and what colour are living room is painted we wouldn't care what people said. So we fall into a false sense of security trusting others with our feelings online when we shouldn't esp when there are idiots about.....that might just sound like complete tosh sorry

[Ankou]

i don't expose myself much on here.
and even if i did, the women would faint and the men would get jealous.
so as you say, its best not to.

[NazNomad]

"Oi Naz - You left once xx"


Must've lost the thread where I announced it and wanted a host of ''poor me'' threads started in my honour ... i guess the old Ed had a clearout?