Hey guys, So at 8:30 this morning I got home from my night shift and while having my morning coffee and smoke I always check CBM.com out using my phone I've been a member since 2009 (with different accounts YES I admit I was an ass at one time too!), Anyway this particular morning I came across the recent 'The Amazing Spider Man 2 Stark Tower Was Just a JOKE!'
Read more at:
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fan_fic/news/?a=82978#DDiKVF2M9TeUiPzQ.99
Now I'm not hear to discriminate or bully so I wont use user's names but this guy really ticked a lot of people off with what he saw as a joke, Now this just made me realise that yes there is such a thing as 'Making a Joke' but can it go too far my annoying users? And are these people Trolls or just normal users taking a one time hit at the 'Annoying bug'?
Let's have a definition of Internet Trolls:
In Internet slang, a troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a forum, chat room, or blog), either accidentally or with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
(As Darwin himself stated)
Now CBM has it's very own Troll activity but there are different classes for example -
The 1st!!! Trolls - Mainly newbies, we all had a small stage of going through this and you can see why a new user would find this kinda exciting (Right word?) being first to comment on a fresh new article but anyway to the rest of us (mainly the more serious users) this got old about what two or three years ago?
The Annoying guys - People that mainly come on here to find out news but once they know what they are interested in they turn to either leaving a pointless comment aimed at being 'Funny' or mocking someone else for their comments
Gusto and Grifs - We've learned to love these guys but to new users they could seem annoying in fact I hardly see them as trolls more.... The old family dog you hardly pay attention to because you have a new one or a new female neighbour with a nice ass.
Now my main question here is this.... Are Trolls a good thing or bad? What do you mean I hear you ask? Well look at it like this, When I read that article this morning yes there was one guy getting a lot of heat but there were also a big group of serious users and Fans stood saying he was in the wrong was this war? or the proof that CBM Fans form an alliance to protect what we love?
I mean we are all normal people unless one of you is like Barrack Obama using the site? For all we know we pass each other on the street every day, We know or have spoken to each other, All of which we don't know actually use this site too and yes we do disagree at times about CBM's be it the actor/actress playing a role or the plot but at the end of the day here we are all the same and this morning I saw an alliance.
CMB FAN's ASSEMBLE!!!
And long live.....