Why I left Fark.com

A couple of years ago I used to visit Fark daily and get involved with the comments. I still visit but the conversations there have become more and more worthless. Not a single post can be made, nor a debate finished without everyone just recycling the same tired statements.

If you don’t like a policy of the government you are automatically a “bleeding heart” and/or “whiny liberal.”

If you mention something that GW. Bush does and you think its wrong you are rained on with a volley of “Gore lost, get over it.”

The recent prison debates at Fark were what brought me to my end. Seeing the majority of posters saying belligerent things like “once you go to jail you have no human rights” or “if you are dumb enough to end up in jail you deserve whatever happens.”

The voice of intelligence on the Internet is being drowned out by the primal grunting of Archie Bunker and his white collar, cubicle dwelling emulators.

From now on I will leave those intellectual giants to their “boobies,” oh and their lame attempt to capture a fun/frat boy image by obsessing over how great “beer” is.

Fark surrenders.

I’ve been going here and Fark for a long time. I enjoy the different flavor of debate. If I want intelligent commentary, I go here. If I want to be a smartass about something, and expect the same from others, I go to Fark.

IOW, SDMB:NY Times::Fark:NY Post

So, Fark.com is hosted in Orange County, CA, then? :wink:

I work there. I can’t believe the grown adults who use one-liners like that as arguments for debates and discussions. :rolleyes:

I think that Fark is a great website:)

I joined Fark when there were only 5000 or so registered members. It seemed like a lot, but there was a real sense of “family” almost. There weren’t too many regular posters, and we could have some intelligent and fun debates. That was only a year ago.

Now there are close to 30,000 registered users and you can’t see the trees for the forest. I go to read the articles and maybe post a comment or two, but its not the same anymore.

I blame the mention in Playboy. It seems to have brought all the frat boys out of the closet.

Mmm … boobies and beer …