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For the first time in ever I've decided to read the Bungie forums, now I feel like contributing. I believe this is my second post, however first upon my own will and first I've actually read a section of what I'm actually replying to. Forgive me if I miss anything or don't make sense, I'm in quite a bit of pain and it's 2am, ahh!
Ideally, any person would love to come along and contribute to an online community in their own unique way without being flamed or judged by some ridiculous means. Bungie has seemed to become more and more popular which therefore is going to attract many sorts of people INCLUDING annoying spammers, those with too much testosterone who scream at inanimate objects, suck ups, popular members of the community and so on and so forth. You find those people anywhere in life, not JUST in a high school, however as people tend to mature and realise they don't really have anyone to impress, this behavior decreases in some. We must remember not ALL teenagers are like this either.
Basically you have to put up with these people, attempt to get along with them and maybe understand what on earth they're actually on about and if there is a point to their behavior. From my experience if most non-arrogant people are given a logical reason not to do what they're doing, they'll stop doing it. Alternatively, you could just ignore them, or occasionally make jokes about them because no one can really be bothered wasting their time. The thing to try and avoid in online forums is to start an all out flaming war. Again, humans love to passionately express and/or force their opinions onto others, so arguing is sometimes unavoidable.
As for the post I'm actually quoting/replying to (if it shows up not sure if I have to put in some sort of code or something) ...
People have to look up to a certain leader, we are like pack animals on a larger and a more complex scale. For some reason this generation is bombarded with ridiculous and plain stupid role models and those of it don't seem to have enough sense to think otherwise. I'm not entirely sure why, however I can make the assumption that it's because some feel unaccepted in society for whatever reason and the typical view of someone who is admired is one who is attractive, has a lot of friends and is generally popular. This image is portrayed along with eating disorders, drugs, alcohol etc.
This could contribute to the fact that teens act differently these days and that of on these forums since the range of people and people's cultures on these forums I'd imagine is very vast. I can't really say much about that however since this is my first actual post.
I'm getting pretty off topic talking about real life when I'm supposed to be discussing people's behavior on the internet, but I couldn't help but add that in. Well, as for the eruption of the "internet is serious business" over all attitude, people tend to think of the internet as a totally different thing than that of real life. Instead of thinking of it as simply communicating with a different person in a different way than that of normal every day communication. It can be funny making jokes about these things however some take it way too far and it becomes a part of their lives. Speaking of, I remember hearing once about a guy who actually SERIOUSLY believed the whole Bungie-staged "society of the ancients" viral marketing for Halo 3. I think I actually played with him today too, haha!
Well, I do agree on some point with the original post, however I do think complaining about it really isn't going to get anyone anywhere. These people are everywhere in life and there is no way you can avoid them unfortunately.
Hope my first post went well and whoever reads it enjoys it. =]
Excellent post man. Hope you're enjoying Bungie.net lol
These kinds of things tend to go about in cycles. Things seem great then we have complications. But hey, it makes for some interesting discussions nonetheless!