The more I read the masses of posts, the more I feel like a lot of members here have psychological problems. Especially when you catch posts from years ago.
Now, I don't care, per se. I kind of think it's funny? But has anybody ever seriously been worried about a members behavior?
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The first thing to consider is the number of people on this internet board. Also consider that this board is definitely world wide and there are no boundaries as to where people can see and participate.
As a person who has served on and still owns a few internet groups/boards and has done this since the invention of Windows 95, I have encountered an incredible number of individuals who obviously have some problems.
There are individuals who will come in and deliberately stir up trouble just for the fun of ruining the experiences that others have. Some love to attack people personally because in their minds it gives them power.
The "home" computer or "personal computer" is a doorway or window to the world and there are no psychiatric examinations required to own one or to use the internet.
If the viewing of people with "issues" bothers you, the way to deal with it is via education. On the internet the main things that show up are individuals under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time they are "on line", depression, self-esteem issues, and personality disorders. Of those, the most often seen are "Histrionic Personality Disorder" and "Borderline Personality Disorder".
There are many websites which explain these disorders very thoroughly and clearly. Look for sites where they give examples of behavior that individuals with these kinds of problems would engage in.
Moderators on this site do a pretty good job pushing a few buttons and removing individuals who are really "over the line" as soon as they find this kind of behavior and see it on multiple occasions.
When you manage a group or internet board it takes a great deal of time to learn how to run the whole thing to create an environment that encourages communication while at the same time filtering out those individuals who are there to simply make trouble.
The other thing is that there is zero anonymity on the Internet. The same techniques used to trace pedophiles can very easily trace seriously disturbed individuals. I know a person who does this type of work. Professionals who do this can have a true name, an address, and a location of the computer within one hour once they are on the trail of an individual.