This rant is inspired by a lot of different things. I don’t really have sites…it’s just a rant that’s been building for 2 years, and I have finally reached my breaking point. Besides, you all are aware of what I’m talking about. This is a very wide spread problem here on the SDMB, and a few other MBs I lurk at (JREF, SecWeb specifically). The topic of today’s rant? Sockpuppets.
Sockpuppets are the lowest of the low. They aren’t even worth the skid marks on my husband’s underwear. They aren’t worth the used tampons littered all over the woman’s bathroom in seedy bars.
There is a reason many MBs have rules against sockpuppets. They are annoying. They add nothing to the discussion. And it is incredibly frustrating to have a huge, detailed, point by point post complete with cites in APA format, only to find out that the asshole you are responding to has been banned 5 times before, and this is only his latest jerkish incarnation.
The more I think about it, the more I realize why I hate them so much. Because they are the last refuge of cowards and trolls. Cowards and trolls. Cowards and trolls who absolutely cannot get the fucking hint when they are banned. Cowards and trolls who are so ashamed of their own fucking opinions that they have to cower behind a secret secret identity. Cowards and trolls who can’t respect established communties. Cowards and trolls who only live for one thing (other than masturbating to Backstreet Boys videos), and that’s to cause problems to people who are looking for good honest discussions.
Even if they do not bother you much because you ignore them, or even because sometimes a good debate/discussion is started, surely it’s logical to be upset because they break the very clear rules. I don’t think it’s too much to ask for someone who owns, or administrates for, or even moderates for a board, to expect people to either follow the rules made, or find a new place to play.
Our gracious hosts here at the SDMB, or in other venues, deserve at least that much respect, right? That’s what makes me so angry. They can just come and shit all over someone’s playground…and they think it’s alright.
Fuck you sockpuppets. You can kiss my motherfucking ass.