What Kind Of Person Regularly Posts/Lurks on Message Boards?
 

Describe what personality traits and life experiences that intrigues people into posting on forums. For example, are they loners? Are many of them struggling with mental and physical disabilities? Social contact online makes it way easier to make friends and not be judged for what you are in real life. Thoughts?

I wanted to talk about music.

What's this "real life" thing you're talking about?

Buff swole manly hung hilarious guys who love sports n music and hates feminists unless I'm thr only one?

A long time ago I googled "music forum" and found this, was appalled by the snootiness I saw, and attempted to turn right back around. After a while I couldn't resist the trainwreck, snarky englishmen, and new music, and here I am. As for internal attributions you could make for that...perhaps musically adventurous pain-gluttons?
Also, to be fair the snootiness I perceived when I was thirteen did primarily stem from people making fun of Sum 41 so hey, you all aren't that bad.

Well, I like to talk about music and none of the people I know in a real life are interested in music.
Also, I think, it's good that you have a place where you post your thoughts and all but you don't know the other people. It's easier to talk when you're anonymous. That means these lounge posts. Also I think I'm a little bit lonely.
Anyway, one reason why I post to MB is that I wanna develop my English and I thought that it's better to also actually use it, you know.
Also forums like MB are good when you want to get some recommendations

I think you've all missed the point of the thread. I mean if you were to describe the most common personality traits on any message board, what would that be? Not Music Banter specific. Like how you would define a hipster, but a forum goer.

To be honest, I've known all kinds. I couldn't pigeonhole all the people I've known, nor would I want to. It's a disservice to them.

forum goers comes in all types especially because there are different forums to accommodate different interests so it doesn't make sense to group them all into one personality type.

I go on message boards / forums for two reasons:

1) Because i'm bored and I need something to do other than gaming and Facebook.
2) Since I quite enjoy music, a music forum specifically seemed like a good idea. It would be the same if I were on a gaming forum, etc etc.

Also there are several types of people who write on the forums, so they are not a homogeneous group. Some people only read these writings, some only talk about music, some like to talk seriously, some are trolling, some are more lounge-focused etc.

It takes a bit of intelligence to comprehend the scope of a forum, and there are quite a few people I know personally that wouldn't be able to comprehend the concept. On the other side of the coin, I see a bit of loneliness in people who are forum goers. Possibly, seeing the interactions as a way of self assertion. So for what I've seen, people who frequent forums are lonely intellectuals mostly.

People on drugs.

Stop watching me!

*moves away from window*

Haha. And you.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Obviously the trolls don't count.

It really depends on the forum and I can take a guess that members will lurk here because of all the music sharing. As a stalker myself well... I always imagine how your bedrooms would look like because the pictures in our head are strong while socializing on the internet. ;) I've been on forums for 10 years now. People put a lot more effort posting on forums. It creates a certain depth that makes it attractive. Liiterary, it's more educational.

You find a forum with subjects you like then relatively it's easier to become involved in some sort of community. It's a public arena, you'll get to know people you've never met or have been introduced to just from posting, and you get to talk about so many things. It's exciting in a way.

I don't necessarily agree with the lonely part though. It might be true for some people but not everyone that attends forums regularly. They have lives outside of the forums and some people only visit while at work or while at school to fill up boredom time. Some people only visit for an hour or so while at home then go on with their social lives. It definitely varies.

I often feel just as lonely online as I do around people in my life (apart from those closest to me, which are precious and few). Comes with the shy girl's territory, man.

You can't really have the discussions about music in person that you have here. They'd turn into fights or they'd stay on superficial levels. Here, you can get as deep into it as you want. Plus you're talking with people from different states and countries that you would otherwise never meet. If I want to make a point, I can do a search and find an article or something that supports my point and I can post it. Can't really do that IRL. Plus when you're discussing a band or a genre or something, you can go to Youtube or something and find clips to post. It's a whole new way of communicating.

If people who come online to discuss subjects are lonely or bored--so what? If you meet someone who is never alone and always out with friends and always too busy to post online, they are probably just trying to fill an intellectual void, afraid of being alone because they have no idea what to do with themselves.

Interesting perspective Lord. :)

I have always thought it's interesting to talk to people from other countries so I see your point Lord

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

End thread.

So what?

wtf, I was responding to the thread topic, not asking for your approval of my observation.

So how about it, MB members?

Should I bother to respond to this mentally unbalanced individual? No? Alright then.

I think he quoted the wrong person. Maybe he meant to quote me.

All I said was that I disagreed with part of his opinion. I didn't go after him like he couldn't have said opinion.

You're nowt but a feather rustler, Chameleon. :D

Smart move.

Judging from his second response to me, he did intend that first response for me and not you. Hence, he's not only mentally unbalanced, he's a mikey to boot.

Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

I'd say it was Plankton who woke up wrong.

Evidently, that is correct. How hard is it to wake up on the right side? It's literally on the RIGHT SIDE.

What if you like sleeping on the left side?

When you give someone s-hit for their response and it was the wrong person, you apologize. He not only didn't apologize he then issued me a veiled threat, and I'm being kind by calling it veiled because it wasn't. I don't know what the guy's deal is but it had better stop and quick.

What kind of person sleeps on the left side?

Perhaps it was a bit of miscommunication.

The scum of the earth that is who.





















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The wife?

haha I thought it was just me that loved the right side. I fight my girl over the right side, I cant sleep for **** on the left.