Re: Create your own army!
Posted: Wed 30 Sep, 2015 3:04 pm
Swiftsabre, you keep on misunderstanding me. I said nothing to BbBos regarding his status. I was not comfortable with the definition that Atlas had used here (and with how everyone turned on me like I wasn't right about the negative meaning of this definition). To me it bears a negative sense. If he meant nothing like this then he could clarify that, the problem would be gone. But if you actually start searching for definitions you will find more sites that give that definition a bad sense than sites that give that a good one. You can say that when you are called a fool it doesn't always mean a bad thing. But this is a definition that commonly means something unpleasant to a person it is directed to. And it is no wonder that people get offended if they are called so. Does anyone follow now?!
And to add to that talk about how everyone perceives different definitions differently. The internet is such a place where everything is distorted. Do you see how often someone abuse the word "gay"? It has a clear definition. But then everything is called "gay" now. "Wow, that thing is gay" - doesn't really mean that that thing is of unconventional sexual orientation, just means that it is a bad thing. So does that mean people are right when they use this expression? Initially the term "necroposting" describes the behaviour of any user who ruins the etiquette of a normal forum by posting in an old thread a meaningless message, which is indeed a bad thing to do and a person who does this won't be liked. Does anyone follow?
I understand your point, Cyris. He probably meant nothing offensive. But I didn't like the way he used that definition because it is reserved for different situations and wasn't really just to use in my case. Talking about a different understanding of the term (I would even say the wrong understanding of the term).
To everyone who thinks why I become so persistent sometimes. It happens whenever I feel that it is most likely that I am correct and my opponent is not. And when I can prove it with facts or at least thoroughly explain my position. Go, look up the definition, you will see more cases when it is described negatively. Which proves that I am probably correct than incorrect here. And the usage of that term by him was rather wrong than right.
And to add to that talk about how everyone perceives different definitions differently. The internet is such a place where everything is distorted. Do you see how often someone abuse the word "gay"? It has a clear definition. But then everything is called "gay" now. "Wow, that thing is gay" - doesn't really mean that that thing is of unconventional sexual orientation, just means that it is a bad thing. So does that mean people are right when they use this expression? Initially the term "necroposting" describes the behaviour of any user who ruins the etiquette of a normal forum by posting in an old thread a meaningless message, which is indeed a bad thing to do and a person who does this won't be liked. Does anyone follow?
I understand your point, Cyris. He probably meant nothing offensive. But I didn't like the way he used that definition because it is reserved for different situations and wasn't really just to use in my case. Talking about a different understanding of the term (I would even say the wrong understanding of the term).
To everyone who thinks why I become so persistent sometimes. It happens whenever I feel that it is most likely that I am correct and my opponent is not. And when I can prove it with facts or at least thoroughly explain my position. Go, look up the definition, you will see more cases when it is described negatively. Which proves that I am probably correct than incorrect here. And the usage of that term by him was rather wrong than right.
