In a FB Archers group*, somebody posted a link to this website (link at bottom), which lists some 89 internet discussion group archetypes. Some of them are very funny, and I can see myself in a few (archivist, strumpet, yuk yuk, for example).
This site seems quieter than it used to in the days of Thatcher’s death, Indieref, etc, but I’m wondering if anyone else sees themselves in these types?
*Archers fans can be the worst trollers, cybersisters, coffee klatches, nitpicks, toxic grannies, etc.
The problem here is everyone scrolling down will be identifying other posters on this list – nasty! I like to believe I’m an Eagle Scout. Some top hole illustrations to go with the sobriquets there…
A very readable & well observed complilation.
I wonder if other AWers get the same feeling that they recognise lots of
other posters’ traits but can’t find themselves (seeing as they are unique & precious & not subject to being categorised).
Probably basic psychology – the inability of humans to recognise what stands out a mile to others.
Without getting too back slap happy, it does seem to underline that this place is a pretty reasonable & pleasant environment to inhabit in comparison to an awful lot of the net.
I stay away from the more rabid zones, finding them depressing, but even somewhere as innocuous as the Gruaniad football forums regularly descend into poison. I went there to gloat after Arsenal’s spanking in Europe this week but it soon got too much, an endless bile factory. As for the regular troll battlegrounds, they seem positively squalid & deeply unhealthy all round.
Makes you grateful for what we have here.
That’s great!
Depending on the forum I veer between Bliss Ninny, Coffee Klatch, Therapist and Diplomat. My true nature is probably Eagle Scout veering into Jekyll and Hyde.
I’m a dream warrior. This is my definition of a boombastic post style.
Recognise many of them here. I shudder to think which ones i am.
Everyone thinks (or hopes) they’re an Eagle Scout.
True; more likely Jekyll and Hyde.
Some painfully recognisable traits there. I self-diagnose as a Tireless Rebutter.
Shame The Flouncer doesn’t make the list. That ‘I’m leaving / I’m back’ routine was all the rage a while ago.
There’s a tactic that’s very popular in political forums at the moment which I don’t think is on this list, Weaponised Oppression aka The Corbynite Manoeuvre:
1. My truth is the only truth. All other opinions are false
2. Expressing a false opinion is trolling
3. Instead of challenging or ignoring your trolling, I choose to be the victim of it
4. I’m sad now. It’s your fault.
Sorry Chiz I missed your self diagnosis before I made my post below, didn’t mean to steal your thunder (That’s so Weenie)
Come on let’s make this interesting because there is at least one of all of these among us. I’m happy to take “Troll” not because I choose to be it’s just that I occasionally hold the opposite view. Also because I have no shame filter I will happily declare that Pep Guardiola isn’t that great, man hasn’t landed on the moon and The Beatles are meh. I possibly also have some “Weenie” tendancies
Who else is brave enough to recognise themselves?
Well, I’m a bit Coffee Klatch, a bit Big Cat and a sprinkle of Ego, probably!
Also, a very ineffective Ethnix, since going on about being Swedish doesn’t really pack much of a punch! 😀
Perv and Yuk Yuk.
What’s that? You’re wearing a washed-out black band t-shirt? Ohhh yeah.
PS. We don’t have anyone like this on the AW. No matter how early in the morning it is. Oh no.
http://www.flamewarriorsguide.com/warriorshtm/bong.htm
Part Rottweiler Puppy, part Evil Clown, part Yuk Yuk
(mostly annoying d*ckhead – but that one wasn’t on the list)