Thanks gjm! Once again you have used your presumably-valuable time to give me a really thorough explanation. Jeez, what a story.
Eugine’s new account was banned. Another one appeared. That was banned. Another appeared. After a while, new Eugine accounts were appearing faster than the old ones were closed down.
There’s movie material here. A dark psychological indie-thing about obsession and rage. “Troll”, starring… Steve Carrell? He was dead creepy in Foxcatcher.
I mean, to mess with a community once or twice is one thing. To keep coming back and back, unable to let it go or move on, is the stuff of tragedy.
Here’s a rough sketch of how I think he sees the world...
Good thing I joined after downvotes were disabled. I do not think we would be pals.
...that’s a very plain-vanilla story with little drama—compared to the baseline of ’net forums and online communities in general.
Well yeah, I suppose that’s true. But the screenwriter can zhuzh it up a bit, throw in a murder somewhere.
It would be… regrettable if LW turned into an ideologically homogeneous place where everyone sees the world in a basically similar way.
Absolutely. I didn’t come here for everyone to agree with me. But disagreement, even passionate ideological disagreement, isn’t the same as obsessively following people around to downvote everything they say. That’s just plain old batshittery. I’ll probably disagree with you at some point but I’m not going to put your name down on my List of Enemies Who Must Be Destroyed. It’s getting cluttered anyway.
Thanks gjm! Once again you have used your presumably-valuable time to give me a really thorough explanation. Jeez, what a story.
There’s movie material here. A dark psychological indie-thing about obsession and rage. “Troll”, starring… Steve Carrell? He was dead creepy in Foxcatcher.
I mean, to mess with a community once or twice is one thing. To keep coming back and back, unable to let it go or move on, is the stuff of tragedy.
Good thing I joined after downvotes were disabled. I do not think we would be pals.
...that’s a very plain-vanilla story with little drama—compared to the baseline of ’net forums and online communities in general.
It would be… regrettable if LW turned into an ideologically homogeneous place where everyone sees the world in a basically similar way.
Well yeah, I suppose that’s true. But the screenwriter can zhuzh it up a bit, throw in a murder somewhere.
Absolutely. I didn’t come here for everyone to agree with me. But disagreement, even passionate ideological disagreement, isn’t the same as obsessively following people around to downvote everything they say. That’s just plain old batshittery. I’ll probably disagree with you at some point but I’m not going to put your name down on my List of Enemies Who Must Be Destroyed. It’s getting cluttered anyway.