Thank you.

[Tarmacsurfer]

Being a regular on a forum gives quite an in interesting view into certain aspects of social dynamics.

The way most newbies go through a phase of posting anything and everything (indeed, some never lose the habit) in a vain attempt to get 'recognised'. The way old faces make the same points again and again, often at the most tenuous provocation and sometimes under the pretence of inside jokes. The internecine squabbles and wrangling that goes on across sub forums and threads with nomadic tribes of user names seen flocking to specific topics or posters.

It's great. It's like a virtual ant farm with the added bonus that many of the ants aren't even capable of instinctive behaviours, it makes them a damn sight more random and therefore interesting to observe
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[pa_broon74]

I think it would interesting to compare it to a face to face forum. How would the people you've mentioned behave minus the safety buffer and anonymity of the internet.

It's easy to tell the ones who'd be much the same and pretty easy to tell those who'd not be quite so vociferous. However, the ones in the middle would be the wild cards...


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[Hetzer]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Some of them i'd like to slap, but i realise that wouldn't change anything....or would it
Hopefully i piss as many people off who piss me off. I like things even.
Thing is i cannot tell who i would like in the real world until i meet them. But covdude and mattspratt live too far to find out and Ste and steve r and Ariel Badger and silky666 and G and...and ..

Lots of kneejerkers here...same as the other forums i visit.
S'only a box with an on/off switch.

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[SoND]

You're welcome.

I guess.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

You mean you've been doing an experiment on us!?!?

(I think Hetz is pretty spot on actually.)
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[Visitor Q]

Most fun is when you meet people, and they look /nothing/ like you expect. Even remotely.

Or you meet one and find out they have an odd accent, and from then on you read all your posts in that way... and snigger.
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[Phoenix]

Most established members have distinctive character but often form trends with several other members which means I mentally group them together. I always consider you and Bazza to be like twins.... twin ants if you will?

[Alexio]

I just have no one else to talk to

...

Am I one of the ones "in the middle"? I talk seriously most of the time but I am a little insane. I'm quite serious about this biking malarkey too.

On a more serious note, when I went to the karting meet last year some people did indeed speak exactly as they do on here and some where also just as abnormal as you would expect (not going to name any names). It was quite orderly and very fun though.

When is the next national meet?
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[killa]

In real life i do talk as much shit as i do on here.
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