A cautionary warning note for anti Amiga, AROS & MorphOS trolls

[Piru]

Did you really think the Amiga Boards were going to be left to completely degrade without check? Now that a few more people are realising the Amiga does infact have a continuing future they have begun to understand the REASON for Amiga forum boards exisiting

It is to SERVE the Amiga NOT the individual(s)

It ain't going to get better for you, so perhaps you should transplant yourselves now before you make yourselves look extremely silly

Onward and Upwards Custom AmigaHW and AmigaOS4.x

I think you've severely misunderstood something here.

@Transition

You really don't see what kind of can of worms you opened with these comments?

[desiv]

Oh, so having a different opinion is grounds for being banned?

No, Transition didn't say that, just (an interpretation of) klx300r's opinion.  

 

And Transition has appointed you as his spokesman?

No, didn't see that anywhere.

:roflmao:

desiv

[smerf]

Hear, hear, I think !!!

Im just as confused as to what is allowed and what isn't... :confused:

Would someone care to clarify a wee bit what, who, why, when & if something can't be said... :confused:

Hi,

@Franko,

The way I understood it, is that you can't get anyone mad about using Morphos, or AROS or the Amiga, but Linux and Window people are fair game. You can say anything you want to make them mad or troll for them to bite.

I am still confused about MAC people, I don't know if we can make them angry or not since there systems are being used for experimental purposes for both the Amiga and Morphos. I guess Transition is going to have to clear this one up.

smerf

[klx300r]

Oh, so having a different opinion is grounds for being banned?  And Transition has appointed you as his spokesman?

it has nothing to do with a different opinion as was already nicely explained in Transition's warning note.

as for being a spokesman, all I can say is that I don't like trolling and I don't care if trolls are coloured red, blue or white and I got a hunch the majority of Amiga enthusiasts on this site feel the same way:rtfm:

[Piru]

Linux and Window people are fair game. You can say anything you want to make them mad or troll for them to bite.

uh huh

[Cammy]

This is what I think the difference is between trolling and expressing an opinion:


Original-Poster: This is a new Amiga related project I am working on. It has feature X and it can also do feature Y.

Positive-person: Great work! I'm glad you have taken the time to start this project which is something that various Amiga users may find a use for and enjoy!

Not-a-troll: Looks okay, can you add feature Z as well?

Another-non-troll: Have you considered compiling it for my Amiga-like OS of choice? I would use it if you do. Keep up the good work!

Troll: I have no use for this (because I don't use an Amiga-like system at all), so why are you bothering to make it?

Another-Troll: Pfft, I can do that on my iPhone.

Troll-Feeder: Where can I download the iPhone version from?



The trolls are pretty consistent, they will continue to post cheeky or cruel remarks at any chance they get. They prefer to start a fight and back out of it while others join in and continue it, or take a stab when they feel there's no chance of retaliation. I have no problem with cowards like this being removed from the forum.

I'm sure the moderators don't regard passionate, opinionated Amiga users who like to debate about their favorite platform as trolls. I think a lot of people are getting upset about something that's not going to affect them in any negative way, and in fact it could be just what we need to get more Amiga-related discussion happening on this site. I know for a fact, from chatting to hundreds of Amiga users around the world on IRC, MSN and through forum private messages, that there are many people who would post a lot more often about Amiga-related projects and ideas if they weren't afraid of having their thread derailed by someone whose only intent is to crush their spirit and stop them from wanting to go any further with their idea.

[smerf]

I think Amiga Org is in safe hands. This site has by far the the best community.

Hi,

@crawff,

Don't know which site you have been looking at, are you sure you are talking about amiga.org, or the other Amiga station. The only thing at Amiga.org, is us loonies, but I guess you could call that the best community.

smerf

[smerf]

Hi,

@Cammy,

Wow!!

Will feature X work on the new Amiga X1000, and you also get a feature Y for the same pirce. I will buy it as soon as it hits the market for the Amiga X1000.

smerf

[ChaosLord]

This is what I think the difference is between trolling and expressing an opinion:


Original-Poster: This is a new Amiga related project I am working on. It has feature X and it can also do feature Y.

Positive-person: Great work! I'm glad you have taken the time to start this project which is something that various Amiga users may find a use for and enjoy!

Not-a-troll: Looks okay, can you add feature Z as well?

Another-non-troll: Have you considered compiling it for my Amiga-like OS of choice? I would use it if you do. Keep up the good work!

Troll: I have no use for this (because I don't use an Amiga-like system at all), so why are you bothering to make it?

Another-Troll: Pfft, I can do that on my iPhone.

Troll-Feeder: Where can I download the iPhone version from?



The trolls are pretty consistent, they will continue to post cheeky or cruel remarks at any chance they get. They prefer to start a fight and back out of it while others join in and continue it, or take a stab when they feel there's no chance of retaliation. I have no problem with cowards like this being removed from the forum.

I'm sure the moderators don't regard passionate, opinionated Amiga users who like to debate about their favorite platform as trolls. I think a lot of people are getting upset about something that's not going to affect them in any negative way, and in fact it could be just what we need to get more Amiga-related discussion happening on this site. I know for a fact, from chatting to hundreds of Amiga users around the world on IRC, MSN and through forum private messages, that there are many people who would post a lot more often about Amiga-related projects and ideas if they weren't afraid of having their thread derailed by someone whose only intent is to crush their spirit and stop them from wanting to go any further with their idea.

+1
and thanks for saving me all that typing! *whew*

[Argo]

Hi,

@Cammy,

Wow!!

Will feature X work on the new Amiga X1000, and you also get a feature Y for the same pirce. I will buy it as soon as it hits the market for the Amiga X1000.

smerf

Exhibit A.

[orb85750]

IMHO, rather than announcing this issue to the whole board, the admins could contact the few suspected trolls directly and warn them that this is not the place for the wholesale destruction of any Amiga camp.  It's clear that 99% of the users on this board are not engaged in such malicious behavior.

[LoadWB]

While reading through here I was just thinking about how much fun trolls can be, provided you do not feed the them, and just realize that these sad fecks have nothing better to do with their lives.

And then I saw a troll trolling and anti-troll thread.  Pretty neat stuff.

[marcfrick2112]

Another +1 for Cammy's post!

TRUE Trolls should be moderated ..... And there's been a bit o' trolling lately on A.org....

[kickstart]

Add another kind of poster, the persistent one.

This kind of poster write again and again the same idea, by example: morphos isnt amiga.

If thread speak about pancakes you can read (again) the same, too boring

Anyway a power-demostration-thread-like isnt a good idea but if anyone thinks that world is a safer place after that...

[koaftder]

A note for the mods:

Thanks for not being jerks. Thanks for not abusing your privilege. Thanks for making this a great site.

A note for the new owner(s):

Thanks for not changing this place. Thanks for keeping everything alive and running.

A note to the community:

In my opinion this is the best site for an Amiga enthusiast. The culture here is awesome and I'm glad to be a part of it. I hope it continues.

[runequester]

Its easy kids: Answer a few questions before posting:

A: Am I posting this purely to be a dickweed ?

B: Will my post add anything useful to the conversation ?

C: Has my post been repeated 10.000 times before ?


Most variations of "MORPH OS IS NOT AMIGA" and "X1000 IS EXPENSIVE" fail the third test, and likely the second as well.n