Wot, you talkin' to me? - SV650.org

17-10-06, 08:15 PM

Okay, for those easy-to-provoke IB posters, keep your cool dudes, we don't want too much adverse publicity:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...408429,00.html

(Actually, I thought it might have been a dedicated IBer when I first started to read the article

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17-10-06, 08:18 PM

IB?

I once got a death threat on a forum from some crazed ex-falklands nutter.

Biker Biggles · 17-10-06, 08:59 PM

Don't you IB me pal or I'll be round there

Stu · 17-10-06, 10:38 PM

*Runs off to make his location a bit less accurate*
Right that's better - You lot can all go.......

northwind · 17-10-06, 10:49 PM

I once went to a mailing list meetup that turned into a gigantic bar brawl... One guy walked in, said "Hi, I'm so and so" and another guy, who'd decided he hated him despite them having never met, lamped him in the face without even saying a word. Crazy stuff, ended up with half a dozen arrests and 2 guys in hospital

And me hiding in the corner.

Stu · 17-10-06, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by northwind

I once went to a mailing list meetup

Enough said - WTF?

northwind · 18-10-06, 12:10 AM

What? Any different from going to the AR? This was before messageboards etc, it was all Onelists and Majordomos back then.

18-10-06, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by northwind

What? Any different from going to the AR? This was before messageboards etc, it was all Onelists and Majordomos back then.

Old Skool

I wonder if stuff like this will increase, quite interesting really

18-10-06, 07:15 AM

It shows that there needs to be an element of self discipline, don't post anything that you would not be prepared to say face to face. Starting a heated thread thinking you are safe behind your anonymity I think is foolish. At some time you are going to forget, then post enough info, bit by bit, for the determined to find you.

Stu · 18-10-06, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mogs

It shows that there needs to be an element of self discipline, don't post anything that you would not be prepared to say face to face. Starting a heated thread thinking you are safe behind your anonymity I think is foolish. At some time you are going to forget, then post enough info, bit by bit, for the determined to find you.

I agree wityh what you say, but, I would think problems are more likely to arise because of how people react to what you say rather than setting out to be provocative, esp due to misunderstandings from posts compared with face to face. Plus you are probably mixing with people you would not mormally associate with in real life.

Anyway - look at your avatar

17-10-06, 08:15 PM	#1
jonboy Guest Posts: n/a	Wot, you talkin' to me? Okay, for those easy-to-provoke IB posters, keep your cool dudes, we don't want too much adverse publicity: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...408429,00.html (Actually, I thought it might have been a dedicated IBer when I first started to read the article ) .

17-10-06, 08:59 PM	#3
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Don't you IB me pal or I'll be round there __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

17-10-06, 10:49 PM	#5
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	I once went to a mailing list meetup that turned into a gigantic bar brawl... One guy walked in, said "Hi, I'm so and so" and another guy, who'd decided he hated him despite them having never met, lamped him in the face without even saying a word. Crazy stuff, ended up with half a dozen arrests and 2 guys in hospital And me hiding in the corner. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

18-10-06, 12:10 AM	#7
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	What? Any different from going to the AR? This was before messageboards etc, it was all Onelists and Majordomos back then. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

17-10-06, 08:18 PM	#2
Razor Guest Posts: n/a	IB? I once got a death threat on a forum from some crazed ex-falklands nutter.

17-10-06, 10:38 PM	#4
Stu Trinity Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Guildford Posts: 8,027	Runs off to make his location a bit less accurate Right that's better - You lot can all go.......

18-10-06, 07:15 AM	#9
Mogs Guest Posts: n/a	It shows that there needs to be an element of self discipline, don't post anything that you would not be prepared to say face to face. Starting a heated thread thinking you are safe behind your anonymity I think is foolish. At some time you are going to forget, then post enough info, bit by bit, for the determined to find you.