Into the Forums

Last week I posted a comment hoping to get some negative reaction.  I had a few people either agree with me or disagree with me but many people just posted that I was a “troll” or was “trolling”.  This is true since trolling is when you purposely post something negative just to get a response.  Once again it seems that there are not moderators, unless this offense was not biggest enough to receive the attention from a moderator, and that the members of the site moderate the comment threads themselves.

This week I decided to jump further into the website and begin posting in the forums.  The forums are very interesting.  There are threads that discuss in more detail the videos that are posted on the site, music, movies, tv shows, everyday life, sports, and everything else.  As I explored the forums I found a community that is very friendly with each other.  There seems to be a group that always is posting.  This group looks like they have become friends.  There does seem to be a few people that are not liked by this core group.  It is also interesting to see that some of these people have had issues and history with each other before.  I find it very interesting that even though this site is virtual and many people only know each other by a screen name and a avatar picture, yet they can have drama, friendships, and inside jokes, just like any other physical community.    

I posted in the forum to see if I could get some friendly advice.  I asked a question asking about ideas on a book series to read.  I gave them a list of book series I have read, narrowed down the genre to fantasy or sci-fi, and gave some details on what I like.  I am hoping to receive some helpful advice and ideas.  I will report next week with what I get.