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Old 06-12-2007, 21:13
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I've been on DS for about 2 years now, and this has to be by far the worst board I have ever read through. The level of hatred in here is absolutely pathetic. Fair enough if it is Big Brother where they are being watched round the clock, but seriously ... X Factor?! Each contestant gets 7 minutes air time a week! How can you possibly form such a solid opinion on someone?

The main victims were Hope. Hope did nothing wrong to deserve the stuff that was wrote on here about them, and now Hope has gone Leon has taken over as the "hated, crap singer figure".

I think it is absolutely unnecessary and to call another act just to show your own favourite act in a good light is desperate. If you had that much faith in that particular act then you wouldn't need to resort to such tactics.

It is good to support your acts but to put others down in the process is just pointless.

(By the way, before people criticise me for treatment of Rhydian this morning, that was done purposely because it seems to be the Rhydian fans that do it the most.)
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:15
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I agree and i would rather post about an act I like. I'm not keen on Niki - but writing negative posts about her is not what I'm here for.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:16
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i know what you mean!!

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Old 06-12-2007, 21:17
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The odd thing is , the people on here who are most pathetic in their hate for an act are the ones who are obsessive to the point of delusional over their favourite act.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:18
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It is always like this in the later stages of the competition. Anyone remember the hideous days of Series 1 on here? The sniping and bitching became so bad the forum was almost shut down.

I find it much more fun just to support your favourite rather than argue over something as subjective as musical taste. I don't understand why people become so angry because somebody likes an artist they dislike.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:19
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i agree! i know this is a forum where people can express their feelings/ opinions but some of the things written about Hope were just disgusting and it actually made me not want to post here anymore.
Since they have left, Hope bashing has been to a minimum and therefore i have started to reply / post more regularly
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:19
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I'm not a Leon fan by any stretch of the imagination but the stuff written about him on here is just plain out of order (and wrong , to say the least)

I really didn't like Emily this year but even I refrained from the childish name-calling. Oh well , it's got to do with maturity I guess.


EDIT: Actually I am a Leon fan now. All those people trying to bring him down have just won him a voter , oh well
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:21
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It is always like this in the later stages of the competition. Anyone remember the hideous days of Series 1 on here? The sniping and bitching became so bad the forum was almost shut down.

I find it much more fun just to support your favourite rather than argue over something as subjective as musical taste. I don't understand why people become so angry because somebody likes an artist they dislike.
I remember Series 1 - I can hold my hands up and say I wasn't particularly nice back then - the tension back then was horrid and if I'm honest, it's only gonna get worse on here after Saturday .

It's sad because in XF1, I think a couple of the contestants didn't like each other very much - but this year, all the contestants remaining seem to get on with each other so well . So why should there be nastiness on here ?

All I can suggest is that in order to stop the nastiness, if a nasty thread comes up, just ignore it.

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Old 06-12-2007, 21:21
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The odd thing is , the people on here who are most pathetic in their hate for an act are the ones who are obsessive to the point of delusional over their favourite act.
I could not agree more with you it is comcpletely infantile behavioiur.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:21
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The odd thing is , the people on here who are most pathetic in their hate for an act are the ones who are obsessive to the point of delusional over their favourite act.
100% Agree.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:21
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I've been on DS for about 2 years now, and this has to be by far the worst board I have ever read through. The level of hatred in here is absolutely pathetic. Fair enough if it is Big Brother where they are being watched round the clock, but seriously ... X Factor?! Each contestant gets 7 minutes air time a week! How can you possibly form such a solid opinion on someone?

The main victims were Hope. Hope did nothing wrong to deserve the stuff that was wrote on here about them, and now Hope has gone Leon has taken over as the "hated, crap singer figure".

I think it is absolutely unnecessary and to call another act just to show your own favourite act in a good light is desperate. If you had that much faith in that particular act then you wouldn't need to resort to such tactics.

It is good to support your acts but to put others down in the process is just pointless.

(By the way, before people criticise me for treatment of Rhydian this morning, that was done purposely because it seems to be the Rhydian fans that do it the most.)
Leon is a crap singer though..........do you want people to lie
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:21
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The odd thing is , the people on here who are most pathetic in their hate for an act are the ones who are obsessive to the point of delusional over their favourite act.
To the point of concern, I would say. Some people have gone out of their way to create horrible blogs etc that are supposedly 'for' an act and yet what they do is abuse another act. What kind of person feels the need to do that?

I find it quite worrying, actually. To be that obsessive isn't healthy.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:22
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The odd thing is , the people on here who are most pathetic in their hate for an act are the ones who are obsessive to the point of delusional over their favourite act.
I could not agree more with you. This behavioiur is completely infantile.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:24
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Leon is a crap singer though..........do you want people to lie
Not asking you to lie about anything, it is open to OPINION, but constant bashing of one artist on various threads specifically set up to bring them down can get very boring:yawn:
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:26
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Leon is a crap singer though..........do you want people to lie
He clearly isn't crap otherwise he wouldn't be in the final 4. It is your opinion that he is crap. I think Rhydian is crap, but that doesn't mean he is crap.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:29
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I agree with you, too many threads are opened every day and they contain the same stuff.
About WHO starts those thrreads: no, not Rhydian fans, for 99% of the time the posters that start them do NOT post in the appreciation thread. Leon fans DO open threads and are posters in his appreciation thread. Check the names out.
Simple put, someone likes to stir. Rhydian has many admirers, even if they don't post in his thread (remember, he helds 50% or more of the votes on here) every week.So, yes, it is likely more Rhydian "likers" will go on a Tit for tat thread war , because they are more in numbers, anyway.
All was ok, to a point. Rhydian was bashed 24/7 and some fanbases were happy with that - before the live shows.
From week 1 onwards, more and more were not happy that their fave is not "up to the quality" with performance, therefore they got more and more frustrated with the increasing number of Rhydian fans, Rhydian thread posts count, Rhydian extra threads.
It wasn't surprising all these nice threads started, because fans started flocking in, lurkers (like me) decided to sign in.
Only after a time, because of the enthusiastic fans and many threads the bashing of Rhyd started again, with the old "pals" from " I want to THUMP Rhydian " coming back with the "bored of Rhyd " etc etc..so, certain people -mostly not Rhydian appreciation thread posters- decided to repay in kind.
And, because we have allready said this before ..some people got even banned for sticking up for Rhydian or his fans and , especially , because they had the courage to show the things how they are exactly.
Read the appreciation threads about 3 weeks ago. Rhyd fanbase was increasing , every day were 10-20-30 new people, posts started runnig too fast, people couldn't keep up, so more threads were started. The mood was happy and content in there. Then go read the ... discontent about that in another thread and you will see where and HOW it started... there are some comments made and , if you check some FMS posts RIGHT AFTER those comments, you will see how the "subtle" and "outright bashing" Rhydian campaign has been started. What happened after is the result....
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:30
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He clearly isn't crap otherwise he wouldn't be in the final 4. It is your opinion that he is crap. I think Rhydian is crap, but that doesn't mean he is crap.
But you think he is and you should be allowed to say so on a discussion forum if you wish
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:33
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But you think he is and you should be allowed to say so on a discussion forum if you wish
I do say it, but I don't post 20-30 threads a day saying random bollocks which has already been discussed to death in about 5 other threads.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:33
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Leon is a crap singer though..........do you want people to lie

LMAO, i chuckled. i feel bad though, this post is all about positivity, i think.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:34
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But you think he is and you should be allowed to say so on a discussion forum if you wish
No ones saying everyone should state their opinions but when it said it such a vitriollic way in which to provoke others into arguing. Plus when theres about 30 different topics all bashing the same artist its just wrong.

I have to say it is a bit beyond the joke, you have to laugh at some people's comments; I mean if you believed them or indeed they believed them then there is something just wrong.

People should just learn to grow up and keep to one thread. I mean can't all the 'hate' or dislike for one artist be kept to one thread as oppossed to the high levels of horrible crap that gets set up just to see who can make the worst bashing thread.

Well done OP!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:37
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I met someone recently who was doing a PhD on something about social interaction via the internet. To be honest, they were pretty dull and they were sitting next to someone very cute so I didn't pay a lot of attention. But something they said just popped back into my head. It was about the positive versus the negative aspect and how it mirrored face to face group interaction but in an exaggerated way.

I'm thinking now that some of the stuff on here is like having anti-social neighbours who think they rule the roost and, because they are mad, bad, stupid and probably all three, find pleasure in being destructive just for the sake of it.

ASBOs should be served I reckon.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:37
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I would also like to add at the point that the posts by those will drive people away from the forum, and nobody should be forced to leave because of others. And with voting down 50%, that means only about 2m votes are being cast per night. The posters who get annoyed over certain FM's posts on here could make all the difference for those votes, for example on Saturday, because of this forum there could be an extra few hundred people voting for Leon, and if they all voted 4 or 5 times each together with his original fanbase then that is enough to keep him in the competition. By making these threads, they may only be contributing to people staying in the competition longer.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:39
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I would also like to add at the point that the posts by those will drive people away from the forum, and nobody hsould be forced to leave because of others. And with voting down 50%, that means only about 2m votes are being cast per night. The posters who get annoyed over certain FM's posts on here could make all the difference for those votes, for example on Saturday, because of this forum there could be an extra few hundred people voting for Leon, and if they all voted 4 or 5 times each together with his original fanbase then that is enough to keep him in the competition. By making these threads, they may only be contributing to people staying in the competition longer.



Exactly , I intend to vote for Leon on Saturday purely because of all the anti-Leon threads which are pretty petty. I think they are causing more harm than good for their own favourite!
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:39
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I've been on DS for about 2 years now, and this has to be by far the worst board I have ever read through. The level of hatred in here is absolutely pathetic. Fair enough if it is Big Brother where they are being watched round the clock, but seriously ... X Factor?! Each contestant gets 7 minutes air time a week! How can you possibly form such a solid opinion on someone?

The main victims were Hope. Hope did nothing wrong to deserve the stuff that was wrote on here about them, and now Hope has gone Leon has taken over as the "hated, crap singer figure".

I think it is absolutely unnecessary and to call another act just to show your own favourite act in a good light is desperate. If you had that much faith in that particular act then you wouldn't need to resort to such tactics.

It is good to support your acts but to put others down in the process is just pointless.

(By the way, before people criticise me for treatment of Rhydian this morning, that was done purposely because it seems to be the Rhydian fans that do it the most.)

While I agree to the general feeling to this post (too much bashing and egative threads etc), I feel it's disappointing that you have to end this by pointing fingers to Rhydian fans, and generalise them.
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Old 06-12-2007, 21:41
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every time i saw a negative Hope thread i didnt bother going into it, its the same repetitve things being said, and couldnt be bothered ! Just ignore all the negative threads being posted about your fave acts
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