10 People You Will Inevitably Meet on a Discussion Forum

Yes, I would say these types have been on my three forums. (Yikes! Maybe it's me)
Does this mean I should stay here, bite my tongue, and tolerate all who enter here?

One more question: For how long?!?
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Beezer said:
1) The Troll

2) The Spelling/ Grammar Nazi

3) The Attention Whore

4) The person who swears he is leaving the forum for good...with all of the drama and fanfare...only to return 2 days later.

5) The Flirt

6) The Buzzkill

7) The genius

8) The Cat Lover

9) The Foodie

10) My Mom

Feel free to add your own. :)
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Wow I think ya nailed it! What's a " Buzzkill"?

Let me think....How about:

The Empath

The Helper

The Techie
 
horseless carriage said:
That's because moderators know The Grand List of Forum And Community Laws.
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Online forums can be so different, on one forum you might be getting threatened with a first strike(towards being banned) on your first post, for say, posting a link before you've made x number of posts. On some forums members get "mother-hened" and moderated to death...while on other forums the members are bashing & gouging each, rolling around in the mud-the blood and the beer, and there's no moderator presence at all, within 500 light years.
 
I was on another forum for quite a while and made a lot of friends until I posted a comic picture of a Politician then almost everyone became my enemy and Politics were allowed on there. I have never returned there.
 
DebraMae said:
Wow, this is my first time doing this. Now I'm scared. o_O
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This place is tame. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here.

Tame is good. Tame means that people don't spend their time bashing each other or arguing over politics, or otherwise fighting like rabid dogs. Tame means people are helpful, welcoming, accepting, and friendly. Tame means people respect each other.

You can put people on ignore if they continually irritate you. I don't do that because then my level of curiosity can't take not being able to know everything that is going on.

I've been on a ton of forums over the last 26 years, and Senior Forums is the best one ever.
 
caroln said:
The morally superior, holier than thou person.

I think I'm the grammar nazi you spoke of. Excuse me... of which you spoke.
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Wouldn't it be "of whom" you spoke? :) I could be wrong, of course! Also, one doesn't end a sentence in a preposition. Grammar nazi's aren't supposed to be into sentence fragments either. As well, they are supposed to only care about formal grammar, not the differences between that and grammar used in spoken or informal language.

I'm messing with you, of course. I speak and write informally with all of what I discussed above. And when to use who and whom -- I have no idea. I just use whichever word sounds right.
 
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SeniorBen said:
  • There are always a few people who insult anyone who disagrees with them.
  • There is the self-proclaimed genius with a "verified" I.Q. comparable to Einstein's or even higher.
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I know someone IRL who tells everyone his IQ, and it is higher than Einstein's. I don't believe him because he is super into conspiracy theories that have no possibility of being true. Plus, who brags about their IQ? It's bizarre. It reminds me of people who brag about their net worth, or how they accomplished everything in their lives solely by themselves.

The IQ also irritates me because I know people who are not well-educated, haven't had their IQ's tested, who I know are among the smartest people I know. Yet, I've had Mr. and Ms. High IQ not want to socialize with the people who don't meet their intellectual standards (usually their super high educational levels and current socio-economic status). That pisses me off.
 
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