The Walking Dead : How important is the power struggle on message boards?

How important is the power struggle on message boards?

Someone I don't know called Margo something raised this question rather ineptly and then vanished. It's an interesting question, though.

Why can't this message board be a place for friendly conversations about film and so on? Is Jacky (in her unusual incarnation as St Teresa of Avilion) right to argue that there's too much nastiness and vindictive back-stabbing going on?

Why is there a power struggle? Is it necessary? Or is it mainly the male trolls doing their usual testosterone-fuelled dick-measuring?


Or is the struggle fun and necessary? You know, a Darwinian struggle for survival?

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The movie fans just have to post more and ignore the drama. I do.

The one thing that would help is if those in charge don't move posts elsewhere, usually under "Classic Films" while some new piece of shit made can stay in the category it was created in, as well as some shitty movie made 10 years ago. And many movies I love from the 30-70s aren't even considered classics. Hell, some of them aren't even considered cult. I watched one recently that had less than 100 votes on IMDB!

https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List

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An excellent response! Ignore the rubbishy threads and go ahead with your passion. I like it!

Though that does rather ignore the whole "feel of the board" element. If it doesn't feel like a movie-friendly board you may not get enough passionate posters. Not to mention you have trolls coming into your threads and disrupting them. Or does that not happen?

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Thanks :)

I just edited/added some more stuff, just so you know, lol.

https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List

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Me too!

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I've hardly ever had trolls interrupt my many movie threads, so I think there is a nice separation between those who want to argue, and those who want to discuss. And for the one or two who do make ignorant comments, I ignore them, but I also think, "Well, thanks for bumping up my thread".

https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List

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Is there power to be had on a forum? I suppose the moderators have a modicum of it, but even that vanishes once the users log out for the night.

There's too much nastiness going on in the world at large. It's hard to see others so continually upset, be it online or offline. The new normal is a stressful one, so it's understandable to be stressed or more easily irritated, but it's so much more rewarding to uplift than to tear down.

Maybe I'm just too much of an insufferable bleeding heart. There is joy in debate, too, surely, but only when it's productive. Nobody should have to go to bed hurt.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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Hmmmm. First off, I'd say there is power to be had on a forum, but of a very specific type. People who are verbally skilled will have power in the real world, so the forum both reflects that power and reassures those that have it that they have it (assuming they need reassurance).

About the nastiness in the real world, I agree, but speaking for myself, I grew accustomed years ago to enjoying the fights on message boards, and I find it difficult to imagine a message board without some degree of agon. Having said that, I enjoy a mix of scrapping with insolent newcomers and civilized debate (which is precisely what seems to come my way).

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It definitely seems to be a skill, to enjoy the fighting. I like a good scrap myself, when I'm partaking in it, but it is unfortunate to see people being dogpiled. Sometimes, it's deserved, but mostly it simply makes the dogpiled user lash out in defence of themselves, which causes them to dig themselves deeper.

This board seems to do very well in keeping a healthy mix; fights never last long. In the old days of the Soapbox, fights sometimes led to jobs and families being contacted. It was a real threat to have someone dislike you.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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In the old days of the Soapbox, fights sometimes led to jobs and families being contacted. It was a real threat to have someone dislike you.

It happened occasionally on GoT board too and mostly hungry was responsible for the majority of doxxing on there. I always hated it and he tried it with me too. Good thing is, he's like 5,000 km away from doxxing me ever but he made a couple of innocent posters leave the boards forever terrified.

suck it.

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Well, yes, TWD board is quite civilized. We've never had much doxxing, and a lot of us really like each other. Most of the serious fights were with posters from other boards, or with self-appointed board enemies like Shredder. And then there were the legendary Bongo-VHS battles, which went on for years!

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Nobody should have to go to bed hurt.

Right and as much as i fight online and always have been för years i actually never went to bed hurt bc after i log off and turn off my device everything happened online that day or ever is magically forgotten and null and void. Its just hard to turn off, thats when the message board addiction comes into that. But yeah i was never so hurt by anything happened online that i took it into bed with me. Lol

suck it.

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That's the healthy way to do it, Sophie.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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Is there power to be had on a forum? I suppose the moderators have a modicum of it, but even that vanishes once the users log out for the night
I'd say so. Depending on what kind of poster you are. There's a certain power in being able to manipulate posters into doing your bidding. Or even just being respected enough that people will do what you want because they want to impress you. There's also a certain power in being able to control the narrative of the board by PMing the right people and developing the right hive mind thinking. One could argue that deleting a few posts here and there is the least form of power this place offers. As great as they are, thirsty and Twiz don't strike me as powerful posters.

There's too much nastiness going on in the world at large. It's hard to see others so continually upset, be it online or offline. The new normal is a stressful one, so it's understandable to be stressed or more easily irritated, but it's so much more rewarding to uplift than to tear down.
I agree with you on this. But I will say, I really don't see how anybody could take anything here personally no matter how low of a blow it was. That's e-stuff I'm referring to. Not irl stuff obviously. Irl stuff is different.

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There's a fair amount of truth in that. Influential people will influence. I suppose it doesn't matter which medium is used to reach others. The charismatic will always attract followers.

Of course. It is easy to laugh things off when interactions are limited to the Internet realm, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that being attacked here after having a particularly terrible day never does much for my mood. It's not so much what's said as it is the fact of it being an unpleasant breed of energy expenditure. It's the small things that really push people over the line. I know we aren't known for being a pleasant place, but we also never know what someone is dealing with in their real lives.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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That's certainly true. If it's any consolation, since my return I've limited my trolling to other trolls only and made it a habit to be nicer to posters who don't really troll at all. Like Annamaria, Steve Lake and Juan Kerr for example. Perhaps one day I'll leave trolling behind all together. It's a peculiar hobby to say the least and I'm sure a psychologist will one day tell me just why I so heavily gravitate towards it.

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Trolling other trolls is perfectly acceptable. You're just speaking their language.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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Ok but gwnyc very clearly is a troll. She takes pride in being called one and even more so in being called a great one. (As do i, i might add)

suck it.

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Is she, though? She's definitely smart, but I think you have to be very cool and tough to be a great troll. Volatile people make awful trolls.

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She was all that yes. Cool and tough when she went after hungry. Caused him melting down very fucking amazingly and beautifully..

Here is a taste of it (she is HungryTheHutt)… The poetry of trolling… The haunting of hungryhouse…:

https://filmboards.com/board/p/18417803/permalink/#p18417803

I love this so much…

suck it.

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Sorry, but I don't see that as great trolling. They're both hurling abuse at each other, and she's quite good at it, but I can see why she faded so quickly with Bee. It's a completely different style of trolling. She seems soapbox trained, and therefore doomed, as far as I'm concerned.

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It is art tho

The art of when to stop at the right time she really dont have that. But the way this particular thread was orchestrated is just poetic and sophisticated and it takes u on a fucking trip.

suck it.

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I think she may be better at dealing with bullies and assholes than she is with people she deep down respects (like Bee). That's why you should never mix it up with people you really like. I think she would like to be part of TWD crew and be respected and liked, but that particular ship has sailed. I like her stuff when she's hitting out against (especially male) bullies.

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True that.

Btw she is now going after jacky on imdb1 bc jacky had the nerve to be the arbiter… She never learns, she will never better her situation. G, i mean. That ship truly has sailed on.

suck it.

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Does she? She takes this place too seriously to be a real troll. Trolling requires flippancy. You fight, but you don't think about it afterward. She does.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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Oh yes. Whenever i mentioned some trolling she did in the past on here and how much i love her trolling style, she reacted being very flattered and grateful. And she liked my current trolls list where i put her on 3rd place (out of 25).

suck it.

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Almost exactly what I said! You have to not really care to win big.

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She just posted another confusing post on imdb1 attacking u just bc u attempted to mediate..

Didnt i tell u that she is the problem and not so much anyone else here?

suck it.

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She's posting for an audience of one, then. I've still not read v1. I'll mosey over eventually.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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Actually, Snow, none of that sounds familiar to me, maybe because TWD is such an odd board. There is no hive mind, I hardly ever PM anyone, no dogpiling is ever planned, and nobody does what anyone else wants. I think you're extrapolating from GoT, which was a much more orthodox board, trolling-wise.

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I'm talking about filmboards not just any specific board though many of the things mentioned are done by GOT Posters, true.

Back on IMDb, we were always somewhat more sinister than you TWD guys. Many of our fights were won in the PM's which is why it was so important to have "allies". On TWD you could get away with being a loner and still merking people in a fight. Nobody else would jump in and it wouldn't feel like people were discussing how best to tackle the situation elsewhere. GOT board definitely felt more political.

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Yep all true.

suck it.

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Very true. GoT board uncannily mirrored the show! TWD board mirrored the (political) ineptness of Rick and co.

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You put people in group sooner rather later one of them is gonna need to take control become alpha of group. Its human nature taking it course ya know?

Hope that helps.

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We probably need this power struggle to get rid of the weaker posters and this will make the place stronger. It will then be able to fight and defeat Amazon then mate with IMDb which will result in The Return of The Sacred Message Boards!

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I completely endorse your vision! We need to breed a master race of posters, a sort of message board Ubermenschen! We need Lebensraum!

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Ich bin schon hier.

suck it.

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Hint: Bob showing letting his facism slip out yet again. And yes it was Hitler's inner circle. Not Stalin.

The only poster who had his account banned 4 times without ever breaking any rules each of those times.

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Steve showing his inability to detect humour.

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I have Aspergers BITCH!!!

The only poster who had his account banned 4 times without ever breaking any rules each of those times.

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Hi Steve. I hear people have been stealing your "it's like a baboon eating dinner with silverware" line again. Pricks!

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Well baboons has a special place in my heart. So I love using them any chance I get. You have been called a filthy baboon by me. So you have felt that honor .

The only poster who had his account banned 4 times without ever breaking any rules each of those times.

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I have Asparagus Syndrome!

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Human nature. There will always be cliques and rivalries.

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So you and Disco feel that humans are inherently aggressive and that a fight for mastery is inevitable. Kinda depressing, but I'm inclined to agree.

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Steve Lake has never been part of any cliques.

The only poster who had his account banned 4 times without ever breaking any rules each of those times.

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No cliques would have you? Geez, man, I'm sorry!

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I like arguing. Nothing wrong with that.

suck it.
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