Winepig
VIP Member
Joking aside , I will say this … this is a public gossip forum , no more , no less . Everyone should be welcome to input - unless of course they prove OVER TIME to be an obvious troll or plant.
This whole concept of accusing ANYONE of being a FM ( can’t use the term , it makes my teeth itch due to its over use on here) if they’re fairly new , have outlandish gossip , have a differing opinion , have heard something new that we haven’t, have an old account but suddenly starts posting … it’s absolutely ridiculous to start hounding them straight away , firing questions at them , accusing them of lying , accusing them of being somebody from the Clan . Of posting monkey pictures
So MANY times I’ve sat & watched a witch hunt unfold in real time , all the while thinking “ be gentle with them, let them carry on, let them bed in , let them reveal their own true colours in time “ be it interesting new poster or troll .
I’ve even tried putting on “ welcome” posts and telling new folk their input is valid - and been thanked for it . But , as always, the Herd Mentality wins .
As we are now seeing , we have lost posters who may have had value & insight due to an unthinking “ pile on”
As the saying goes “ slowly slowly catchee monkey”
They will always out themselves.
If, indeed , they are simian at all .
This whole concept of accusing ANYONE of being a FM ( can’t use the term , it makes my teeth itch due to its over use on here) if they’re fairly new , have outlandish gossip , have a differing opinion , have heard something new that we haven’t, have an old account but suddenly starts posting … it’s absolutely ridiculous to start hounding them straight away , firing questions at them , accusing them of lying , accusing them of being somebody from the Clan . Of posting monkey pictures
So MANY times I’ve sat & watched a witch hunt unfold in real time , all the while thinking “ be gentle with them, let them carry on, let them bed in , let them reveal their own true colours in time “ be it interesting new poster or troll .
I’ve even tried putting on “ welcome” posts and telling new folk their input is valid - and been thanked for it . But , as always, the Herd Mentality wins .
As we are now seeing , we have lost posters who may have had value & insight due to an unthinking “ pile on”
As the saying goes “ slowly slowly catchee monkey”
They will always out themselves.
If, indeed , they are simian at all .