- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I really hate to reminisce, but back in the days of the old B.Net, the lone B.Net forum, and the 7ru7h and Reconciliation, one could actually have a mature conversation. Those long years ago, I was 13, and everyone on the forum was older than me, but that did not have a negative effect on my image. People welcomed newbies, and whenever I made a mistake in regards to forum etiquette, I was politely remided of what to do next time, and they sculpted me into another great member of a great community. Now, whenever a forum goer breaks a rule of conduct, the mods are either too lazy or too busy doing other things to deal with it (probaby the latter), and the mature members of the forum are too afraid to offer criticism, because they don't want a seven year old to flame them into submission. Even before the likes of New Mombasa and Zanzibar, when (after many april fools) Bungie launched their new site, someone could still enjoy themselves talking to others in The Underground. You could never, ever have a mature conversation in any of the Forums besides the Septagon nowadays, because every last thread on the front page is spam. Every last thread either starts as or eventually turns into an arguement. Any mature person browsing the forum who starts a valid thread is either ingored completely or is else bumped off the front page by a load of ten year olds (or a load of 16 year old idiots) who treat a message board like a chat room. Now, people make two word posts, and then double and triple post and use small talk like it's MSN. They use annoying internet abbreviations so they can pump their arguements or insults onto the board faster. It's sad. No thought goes into a post anymore, and that's the downfall of what was once a great place to be. I now have better things to do with my time than argue with some immature moron about how: "0MG 73H DLC 15N7 0U7 Y37!!!!! 8UNG13 15 4 8UNCH 0F L4ZY 45535!!!!!one!!!!"
[Edited on 3/12/2005 1:35:07 PM]