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Mods, as an experiment, can you change the text associated with "Registered User" to "Peasant"?

 

I am trying to gauge the effects of mockery and shame in the market.

 

Can't we just stick with "Plastic" thereby aligning peasant forum members with fans who don't go to games very often so they suffer the same shame and humiliation? And yes, I count myself amongst those ranks, before the bleeding obvious is pointed out.

 

Seriously though, I've seen descriptions of posters on other forums that differ from the Full Member or Registered User tag, so I guess that is easy to do? Instead of Full Member or Registered User, why don't the Mods use a wee bit of humour and label posters according to consensus. Tags like Trollmeister, Big Girls Blouse, Forum Bore, Conspiracy Nutter, etc could be used to alert posters to potential M.O? Just putting it out there, like.

 

I can think of a few who could be classed as a Country Member........ (only joking chaps).

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Can't we just stick with "Plastic" thereby aligning peasant forum members with fans who don't go to games very often so they suffer the same shame and humiliation? And yes, I count myself amongst those ranks, before the bleeding obvious is pointed out.

 

Seriously though, I've seen descriptions of posters on other forums that differ from the Full Member or Registered User tag, so I guess that is easy to do? Instead of Full Member or Registered User, why don't the Mods use a wee bit of humour and label posters according to consensus. Tags like Trollmeister, Big Girls Blouse, Forum Bore, Conspiracy Nutter, etc could be used to alert posters to potential M.O? Just putting it out there, like.

 

I can think of a few who could be classed as a Country Member........ (only joking chaps).

 

I've suggested alternate user classes before. Mack Rill is "fish fish fish", apparently. Ultimately, this creaking forum framework doesn't seem to have the chops to do that properly, and without some form of inherent labelling into the process, begging the obvious question - who gets to assign the labels.

 

Archaic as it is, there's a level of effort and personal interpretation required to determine who is what on this site, something that's probably a good thing.

 

My suggestion slices things much more neatly. Can you afford a fiver? No?

 

Then take the "Peasant" tag and all that implies, such as living in a bin outside Starbucks leeching free wi-fi.

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Which poster is going for surgery in the next few months?

 

It should be me , given as it was cancelled last week after I w3as admitted

but it will be in no later than july. AS the NHS have to get BUPA in Stirlingto do it if it is not done by the 5/7/14

 

I can wait till then , as I have far more faith in the BUPA specialist Shoulder surgeon than the generalist orthopod who is scheduled to do it

 

But then again it might be another poster thats having surgery in the next few months , its rumoured a certain unhappy poster is going to have ground breaking happy pills shunts inserted into their body

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Which poster is going for surgery in the next few months?

 

It should be me , given as it was cancelled last week after I w3as admitted

but it will be in no later than july. AS the NHS have to get BUPA in Stirlingto do it if it is not done by the 5/7/14

 

I can wait till then , as I have far more faith in the BUPA specialist Shoulder surgeon than the generalist orthopod who is scheduled to do it

 

But then again it might be another poster thats having surgery in the next few months , its rumoured a certain unhappy poster is going to have ground breaking happy pills shunts inserted into their body

 

What a palaver.

Hope it gets sorted out.

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Which poster is going for surgery in the next few months?

 

It should be me , given as it was cancelled last week after I w3as admitted

but it will be in no later than july. AS the NHS have to get BUPA in Stirlingto do it if it is not done by the 5/7/14

 

I can wait till then , as I have far more faith in the BUPA specialist Shoulder surgeon than the generalist orthopod who is scheduled to do it

 

But then again it might be another poster thats having surgery in the next few months , its rumoured a certain unhappy poster is going to have ground breaking happy pills shunts inserted into their body

 

it was you mate - sounds like a right mess about.

 

hope it gets sorted soon

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As someone who has quietly passed the 10K hump, it's something I wonder about myself.

 

Ultimately, the insult is "hur hur, you're on a football forum loads so you must have no life". This message is somewhat diluted by the fact that the messenger is also on a football forum, presumably jipping off doing Something Less Boring Instead in favour of making that point.

 

It'd be like me finding out one of our male posters pranced around the house in come-fúck-me boots and donning a pair of stilettos to take the píss.

 

Like you say, I find it odd that someone who is posting and arguing on a football forum would have a go at someone else for how much they post on a football forum, whilst arguing with that person. it's clearly an attempt to belittle the person they are arguing and suggest that because they post less they obviously know far more about the subject in question and in any case have a far better life, because they are spending less time arguing on a forum, although they do seem to get much more hot under the collar when they do.

 

It's also interesting to see that the 'bully boys' who were making all sorts of accusations at me yesterday have gone quiet since being invited to provide evidence of their claims. Making unsubstantiated accusations and then failing to back them up. Kind of troll like isn't it?

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Certainly Mr Turkish: Anyone who posts, on average, over 8 times a day needs to get a life HTH

 

HTH - yeah that really annoys the hell out of me too. However, I have used it in this instance for ironic effect.

 

HTH

 

Why? 8 posts a day, an average for 2 minutes a post = 16 minutes a day. Can do that whilst on the sh*tter. Which I often do to be honest.

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Like you say, I find it odd that someone who is posting and arguing on a football forum would have a go at someone else for how much they post on a football forum, whilst arguing with that person. it's clearly an attempt to belittle the person they are arguing and suggest that because they post less they obviously know far more about the subject in question and in any case have a far better life, because they are spending less time arguing on a forum, although they do seem to get much more hot under the collar when they do.

 

It's also interesting to see that the 'bully boys' who were making all sorts of accusations at me yesterday have gone quiet since being invited to provide evidence of their claims. Making unsubstantiated accusations and then failing to back them up. Kind of troll like isn't it?

 

That and homophopia from wes and you have to ask yourself who the real trolls are here.

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Homophobia doesn't make you a troll. It makes you a bigoted moron, but trolling isn't about opinion, it's about dominating and getting reactions, nothing more.

 

Dune is a deeply unpleasant bigot, but that's not what makes him a troll, it's the persistent hijacking of every thread to make sure it's about him that does that.

 

Fair comment.

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The alternative is a registered user. Gimme my free methadone please!

 

I favour a different approach.

 

Introduce a new account status, with exactly the same privileges as Full Member. Call it "Vassal". Then, other forum members can buy someone out of their indentured Registered User account.

 

I have mocked one up for lols.

 

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I think this experiment has worked. As expected all the trolls arrived here like flies on **** and immediately identified themselves as trolls. Thereafter they seem to be directing most of their pent up vitriol in this thread and have stayed relatively ****** free in other threads.

 

Bravo Ohio.

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I think this experiment has worked. As expected all the trolls arrived here like flies on **** and immediately identified themselves as trolls. Thereafter they seem to be directing most of their pent up vitriol in this thread and have stayed relatively ****** free in other threads.

 

Bravo Ohio.

 

Unless the thread can somehow close in on itself trapping them in here for eternity, 'tis but a fleeting success.

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Mods, as an experiment, can you change the text associated with "Registered User" to "Peasant"?

 

I am trying to gauge the effects of mockery and shame in the market.

 

"Tight-Fisted Tw*t who thinks he can nevertheless lecture about how the site is run" fits the bill better.

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"Tight-Fisted Tw*t who thinks he can nevertheless lecture about how the site is run" fits the bill better.

 

Hardly fair to label those who don't pay and don't moan that way.

 

I have since refined my suggestion to include "Vassal". Which would you sponsor?

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I support a tag for every wes post reading 'bigoted moron. '

 

I seem to have touched a nerve.

 

Whilst we're enduring your self-righteous outrage about bigotry in a vain effort to ingratiate yourself nausiatingly with your heroes, let's hear your views on other forms of bigotry. Where do you stand for example on calling posters "mongs" and this a "mongboard"? Is it something you agree with? I don't recall reading any condemnation of that by you, so I would welcome your views. How about you suggesting that the original instigator of that expression be tagged in a similar way?

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I seem to have touched a nerve.

 

Whilst we're enduring your self-righteous outrage about bigotry in a vain effort to ingratiate yourself nausiatingly with your heroes, let's hear your views on other forms of bigotry. Where do you stand for example on calling posters "mongs" and this a "mongboard"? Is it something you agree with? I don't recall reading any condemnation of that by you, so I would welcome your views. How about you suggesting that the original instigator of that expression be tagged in a similar way?

 

Something like this?

 

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I think it's too flattering, personally.

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Wow, you fairies are all still banging on about this?

 

Incredible.

 

Been a slow news week, eh?

 

:lol:

 

For the record, mate - I'm not really that arsed either way.

 

I think the ignore plan is generally workable, but I am having fun sitting on the fence and watching others who have different ideas :)

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31 posts on this thread and you dont care either way? :lol:

 

who you trying to kid mate? You tried to start a mini revolution :lol: but epically failed

 

Crawl before you walk. Walk before you run. Read before you write.

 

 

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:lol:

 

Still my fav post on this thread - shows how OTT some posters can be and how some just take a football forum waaaaaaaay to serious :D

 

It's an expression. Like, for example: thick as dog sh*te or clutching at straws.

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Pap if you have made that amount of posts (how many have the supposed trolls made?) then you are sort of concerned dont you think?

 

The only real concern I have is that this thread, which does a fine job of highlighting many of the current issues on the site, along with some florid descriptions of some of its personalities, stays around for a bit.

 

I'm sure sir will agree with me that it is an ideal primer for the unwary.

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The only real concern I have is that this thread, which does a fine job of highlighting many of the current issues on the site, along with some florid descriptions of some of its personalities, stays around for a bit.

 

I'm sure sir will agree with me that it is an ideal primer for the unwary.

 

To see blatent hypocrisies and toy throwing yes indeed.

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To see blatent hypocrisies and toy throwing yes indeed.

 

Ah, you're a wronged man, int'yer Bazza?

 

All them things that people have said. Shocking lies about you being here on a colossal wind-up. People saying that a site with this much Barry ain't worth that much fiver.

 

I know how much you think of yourself. It must be hard hearing this news. It must be like winning the opposite of a popularity contest. I've never won a c**t contest before, but I came a close second.

 

I reckon silver is the best you can hope for. No-one wants gold. Roger Black it, kid.

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