I don’t get it. People need a place to insult other random people who they only know by some internet handle? Or they get gleefully excited about the ways they can mess with “sock puppets,” and others. When did sadism become cool?
I’ve seen something similar on a Telemark Discussion board, and somehow people feel so passionate on that topic, they need a special place where they can let all their visciousness out against other telemarkers…
I do get that people can feel passionate about a topic. But it’s the difference between a topic and a random internet person that seems odd.
You do realize the Pit isn’t just for pitting other posters? It’s for any sort of rants from ‘damnit I stubbed my toe and really hurts’ to ‘killing puppies is wrong!’
And don’t we get this thread about every six months, always from somebody who has been here less than a month?
The pit has been neutered a bit, but it still serves a great purpose. Even the nicest posters may need to vent once in awhile and this keeps it out of the rest of the board and keeps flare ups from getting normally civil posters in trouble.
There are approximately 9,999,387,264 threads detailing the story and rehashing same in ATMB. Unfortunately, you’re too young to read them without parental consent.
Ed Zotti wanted to take this bitch mainstream. Unfortunately, once they banned all the naughty words it turned out there wasn’t much content left. It was like The Emperor’s New Clothes, only you had to be careful about your phrasing when pointing out his visible ding-a-ling.