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What has happened to this place??
I used to lurk here quite a lot, but not for many years. Today I
decided to see what uk.rec.cycling was like these days, and frankly I am shocked at what has become of the group. Why are there so many arguments? Why does every thread degenerate into mudslinging? There aren't many people still posting that I remember from the old days. However one person who I do remember is Simon Mason, and the thing I am most shocked by is the way that he is behaving now. I'm sure he used to be polite and mature, if utterly misguided. Now I find him constantly making barbed and unhelpful remarks about other posters, and generally trying to be as much of a pain as possible. It seems that every single person who doesn't share his strange points of view is branded a 'troll' or worse. He's even boasting about making posts purely to waste other people's time, rather than for any constructive reason! WTF? Is that not trolling? He also seems to be replying to his own posts. Why? And what is the deal with him changing the subject of every thread that he doesn't like the look of? It seems that 'Mr. Benn' is not allowed to start any threads praising helmet use or criticising lawbreaking cyclists without Mr. Mason immediately replying with an irrelevant article about what some random driver or drivers have done wrong. Most of these replies don't even have anything to do with cycling. What is the point of them? And what's wrong with discussing helmets or lawbreaking cyclists anyway? It's not against cycling in general to do that, so why attempt to even things up by making off topic posts which always seem to be against driving in some way? Even if Mr. Benn were having a go at cyclists in general, how does having a go at drivers 'get back at him' at all? Most people here are, or were, both cyclists and drivers. It makes no sense, and it's so very odd that I can hardly believe that this is the same Simon Mason who used to post. Why has he started acting like this? Was it a conscious change or not? Is illness or alcohol involved? All I know is that the changes have been radical, disturbing, and to the detriment of all concerned, himself included. He needs to go back to how he used to be before it's too late. In the meantime, I doubt I will continue to read uk.rec.cycling. The level of paranoia is too high, and every single post seems to be taken as some kind of attack. Not good, people. |
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What has happened to this place??
"M Wicks" wrote in message ... I used to lurk here quite a lot, but not for many years. Today I decided to see what uk.rec.cycling was like these days, and frankly I am shocked at what has become of the group. Why are there so many arguments? Why does every thread degenerate into mudslinging? There aren't many people still posting that I remember from the old days. However one person who I do remember is Simon Mason, and the thing I am most shocked by is the way that he is behaving now. I'm sure he used to be polite and mature, if utterly misguided. Now I find him constantly making barbed and unhelpful remarks about other posters, and generally trying to be as much of a pain as possible. It seems that every single person who doesn't share his strange points of view is branded a 'troll' or worse. He's even boasting about making posts purely to waste other people's time, rather than for any constructive reason! WTF? Is that not trolling? He also seems to be replying to his own posts. Why? And what is the deal with him changing the subject of every thread that he doesn't like the look of? It seems that 'Mr. Benn' is not allowed to start any threads praising helmet use or criticising lawbreaking cyclists without Mr. Mason immediately replying with an irrelevant article about what some random driver or drivers have done wrong. Most of these replies don't even have anything to do with cycling. What is the point of them? And what's wrong with discussing helmets or lawbreaking cyclists anyway? It's not against cycling in general to do that, so why attempt to even things up by making off topic posts which always seem to be against driving in some way? Even if Mr. Benn were having a go at cyclists in general, how does having a go at drivers 'get back at him' at all? Most people here are, or were, both cyclists and drivers. It makes no sense, and it's so very odd that I can hardly believe that this is the same Simon Mason who used to post. Why has he started acting like this? Was it a conscious change or not? Is illness or alcohol involved? Yes that's a large part of the problem. as an extreme alcoholic he spends such a large part of the day being completely ****ed and not really knowing what he's doing or what he's replying to. We have tried to help him by pointing out that he needs to realise that he's got a big problem, but as with all alcoholics, he's still in denial. Aside from which, as the old saying goes : You can always tell a Yorkshireman - but you can't tell him much! |
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What has happened to this place??
On Mar 5, 11:23*pm, M Wicks wrote:
I used to lurk here quite a lot, but not for many years. Today I decided to see what uk.rec.cycling was like these days, and frankly I am shocked at what has become of the group. Why are there so many arguments? Why does every thread degenerate into mudslinging? I am afraid the good old days of urc are largely in the past. Like in a lot of internet fora, it has become a haven for trolls, some really sick ones as well who will laugh at dead cyclists and decend into cyber stalking and foul personal abuse. I am sure you remember Guy Chapman - he was subject to the most foul and vicious abuse imaginable, plus he got crank phone calls and home visits off one troll who also published all of his personal details here. My "job" is to purge urc of troll activity by depriving them of what they most crave - attention. If the trolls post excessively then so do I to remove their influence. And the posts you read by the likes of "Mr Benn", "J Nugent", "The Medway Handyman", "Mr Cheerful" and "Judith" are not meant to stimulate healthy debate, but are solely designed to stir up trouble, anti cycling rhetoric, provoke outrage when they mock dead cyclists and then decend into hateful personal attacks. And all because we enjoy cycling. If you wish to discuss cycling in a troll free environment then there is now uk.rec.cycling.moderated. Take care and thanks for your input. -- Simon Mason |
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On Mar 6, 4:51*am, Simon Mason wrote:
On Mar 5, 11:23*pm, M Wicks wrote: I used to lurk here quite a lot, but not for many years. Today I decided to see what uk.rec.cycling was like these days, and frankly I am shocked at what has become of the group. Why are there so many arguments? Why does every thread degenerate into mudslinging? I am afraid the good old days of urc are largely in the past. Like in a lot of internet fora, it has become a haven for trolls, some really sick ones as well who will laugh at dead cyclists and decend into cyber stalking and foul personal abuse. I am sure you remember Guy Chapman - he was subject to the most foul and vicious abuse imaginable, plus he got crank phone calls and home visits off one troll who also published all of his personal details here. My "job" is to purge urc of troll activity by depriving them of what they most crave - attention. If the trolls post excessively then so do I to remove their influence. And the posts you read by the likes of "Mr Benn", "J Nugent", "The Medway Handyman", "Mr Cheerful" and "Judith" are not meant to stimulate healthy debate, but are solely designed to stir up trouble, anti cycling rhetoric, provoke outrage when they mock dead cyclists and then decend into hateful personal attacks. And all because we enjoy cycling. If you wish to discuss cycling in a troll free environment then there is now uk.rec.cycling.moderated. Yes, but it's slow because my input is censored. Take care and thanks for your input. -- Simon Mason |
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What has happened to this place??
"M Wicks" wrote in message ... I used to lurk here quite a lot, but not for many years. Today I decided to see what uk.rec.cycling was like these days, and frankly I am shocked at what has become of the group. Why are there so many arguments? Why does every thread degenerate into mudslinging? There aren't many people still posting that I remember from the old days. However one person who I do remember is Simon Mason, and the thing I am most shocked by is the way that he is behaving now. I'm sure he used to be polite and mature, if utterly misguided. Now I find him constantly making barbed and unhelpful remarks about other posters, and generally trying to be as much of a pain as possible. It seems that every single person who doesn't share his strange points of view is branded a 'troll' or worse. He's even boasting about making posts purely to waste other people's time, rather than for any constructive reason! WTF? Is that not trolling? He also seems to be replying to his own posts. Why? And what is the deal with him changing the subject of every thread that he doesn't like the look of? It seems that 'Mr. Benn' is not allowed to start any threads praising helmet use or criticising lawbreaking cyclists without Mr. Mason immediately replying with an irrelevant article about what some random driver or drivers have done wrong. Most of these replies don't even have anything to do with cycling. What is the point of them? And what's wrong with discussing helmets or lawbreaking cyclists anyway? It's not against cycling in general to do that, so why attempt to even things up by making off topic posts which always seem to be against driving in some way? Even if Mr. Benn were having a go at cyclists in general, how does having a go at drivers 'get back at him' at all? Most people here are, or were, both cyclists and drivers. It makes no sense, and it's so very odd that I can hardly believe that this is the same Simon Mason who used to post. Why has he started acting like this? Was it a conscious change or not? Is illness or alcohol involved? All I know is that the changes have been radical, disturbing, and to the detriment of all concerned, himself included. He needs to go back to how he used to be before it's too late. In the meantime, I doubt I will continue to read uk.rec.cycling. The level of paranoia is too high, and every single post seems to be taken as some kind of attack. Not good, people. You started well M Wicks, reflecting what many think. I don't learn very much about cycling here these days, shame. However your post developed in to an attack on Simon Mason, who as you say has some 'non mainstream' views. But I believe he has good intent. Most of his posts are regarding articles from http://road.cc/ I think, I could be wrong. It's up to us all to make this group about cycling and not car bashing. |
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On Mar 6, 8:17*am, "Jolly polly" wrote:
"M Wicks" wrote in message .... I used to lurk here quite a lot, but not for many years. Today I decided to see what uk.rec.cycling was like these days, and frankly I am shocked at what has become of the group. Why are there so many arguments? Why does every thread degenerate into mudslinging? There aren't many people still posting that I remember from the old days. However one person who I do remember is Simon Mason, and the thing I am most shocked by is the way that he is behaving now. I'm sure he used to be polite and mature, if utterly misguided. Now I find him constantly making barbed and unhelpful remarks about other posters, and generally trying to be as much of a pain as possible. It seems that every single person who doesn't share his strange points of view is branded a 'troll' or worse. He's even boasting about making posts purely to waste other people's time, rather than for any constructive reason! WTF? Is that not trolling? He also seems to be replying to his own posts. Why? And what is the deal with him changing the subject of every thread that he doesn't like the look of? It seems that 'Mr. Benn' is not allowed to start any threads praising helmet use or criticising lawbreaking cyclists without Mr. Mason immediately replying with an irrelevant article about what some random driver or drivers have done wrong. Most of these replies don't even have anything to do with cycling. What is the point of them? And what's wrong with discussing helmets or lawbreaking cyclists anyway? It's not against cycling in general to do that, so why attempt to even things up by making off topic posts which always seem to be against driving in some way? Even if Mr. Benn were having a go at cyclists in general, how does having a go at drivers 'get back at him' at all? Most people here are, or were, both cyclists and drivers. It makes no sense, and it's so very odd that I can hardly believe that this is the same Simon Mason who used to post. Why has he started acting like this? Was it a conscious change or not? Is illness or alcohol involved? All I know is that the changes have been radical, disturbing, and to the detriment of all concerned, himself included. He needs to go back to how he used to be before it's too late. In the meantime, I doubt I will continue to read uk.rec.cycling. The level of paranoia is too high, and every single post seems to be taken as some kind of attack. Not good, people. You started well M Wicks, reflecting what many think. I don't learn very much about cycling here these days, shame. However your post developed in to an attack on Simon Mason, who as you say has some 'non mainstream' views. But I believe he has good intent. Most of his posts are regarding articles fromhttp://road.cc/I think, I could be wrong. It's up to us all to make this group about cycling and not car bashing. I wonder if carrying a 14lb sledge hammer gives the bicycler more room than he gets carrying a U-lock. |
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On Mar 6, 8:17*am, "Jolly polly" wrote:
You started well M Wicks, reflecting what many think. I don't learn very much about cycling here these days, shame. However your post developed in to an attack on Simon Mason, who as you say has some 'non mainstream' views. But I believe he has good intent. Most of his posts are regarding articles fromhttp://road.cc/I think, I could be wrong. It's up to us all to make this group about cycling and not car bashing.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The fact that I am on the white list in the moderated group tells you all you need to know about me and my intentions. In any case, apart from the trolls, there is only one person on this newsgroup who wants me to stop posting, all of the others have encouraged me to stay, as before I came back to this group in May last year, it was just a hornet's nest of trolls baiting people and laughing at dead toddlers and grannies, like the sickoes are now doing on Twitter and Facebook. The group should be grateful that they have a full time trollbuster otherwise it would just decend into hateful and spiteful bile. -- Simon Mason |
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On 06/03/2012 04:51, Simon Mason wrote:
On Mar 5, 11:23 pm, M wrote: I used to lurk here quite a lot, but not for many years. Today I decided to see what uk.rec.cycling was like these days, and frankly I am shocked at what has become of the group. Why are there so many arguments? Why does every thread degenerate into mudslinging? I am afraid the good old days of urc are largely in the past. Like in a lot of internet fora, it has become a haven for trolls, some really sick ones as well who will laugh at dead cyclists and decend into cyber stalking and foul personal abuse. I am sure you remember Guy Chapman - he was subject to the most foul and vicious abuse imaginable, plus he got crank phone calls and home visits off one troll who also published all of his personal details here. My "job" is to purge urc of troll activity by depriving them of what they most crave - attention. If the trolls post excessively then so do I to remove their influence. And the posts you read by the likes of "Mr Benn", "J Nugent", "The Medway Handyman", "Mr Cheerful" and "Judith" are not meant to stimulate healthy debate, but are solely designed to stir up trouble, anti cycling rhetoric, provoke outrage when they mock dead cyclists and then decend into hateful personal attacks. And all because we enjoy cycling. If you wish to discuss cycling in a troll free environment then there is now uk.rec.cycling.moderated. Take care and thanks for your input. You really are an abject, filthy liar. *I* have never mocked any dead person, cyclist or otherwise. Neither have I indulged in any "hateful personal attacks", though I do state that for as long as you continue to post personal attacks (especially attacks on me), I feel free to shed appropriate light and shade on your own self-confessed and quite weird behaviour. You can cause that to stop at any time. It's in your hands. |
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On Mar 6, 8:46*am, thirty-six wrote:
On Mar 6, 8:17*am, "Jolly polly" wrote: "M Wicks" wrote in message .... I used to lurk here quite a lot, but not for many years. Today I decided to see what uk.rec.cycling was like these days, and frankly I am shocked at what has become of the group. Why are there so many arguments? Why does every thread degenerate into mudslinging? There aren't many people still posting that I remember from the old days. However one person who I do remember is Simon Mason, and the thing I am most shocked by is the way that he is behaving now. I'm sure he used to be polite and mature, if utterly misguided. Now I find him constantly making barbed and unhelpful remarks about other posters, and generally trying to be as much of a pain as possible. It seems that every single person who doesn't share his strange points of view is branded a 'troll' or worse. He's even boasting about making posts purely to waste other people's time, rather than for any constructive reason! WTF? Is that not trolling? He also seems to be replying to his own posts. Why? And what is the deal with him changing the subject of every thread that he doesn't like the look of? It seems that 'Mr. Benn' is not allowed to start any threads praising helmet use or criticising lawbreaking cyclists without Mr. Mason immediately replying with an irrelevant article about what some random driver or drivers have done wrong. Most of these replies don't even have anything to do with cycling. What is the point of them? And what's wrong with discussing helmets or lawbreaking cyclists anyway? It's not against cycling in general to do that, so why attempt to even things up by making off topic posts which always seem to be against driving in some way? Even if Mr. Benn were having a go at cyclists in general, how does having a go at drivers 'get back at him' at all? Most people here are, or were, both cyclists and drivers. It makes no sense, and it's so very odd that I can hardly believe that this is the same Simon Mason who used to post. Why has he started acting like this? Was it a conscious change or not? Is illness or alcohol involved? All I know is that the changes have been radical, disturbing, and to the detriment of all concerned, himself included. He needs to go back to how he used to be before it's too late. In the meantime, I doubt I will continue to read uk.rec.cycling. The level of paranoia is too high, and every single post seems to be taken as some kind of attack. Not good, people. You started well M Wicks, reflecting what many think. I don't learn very much about cycling here these days, shame. However your post developed in to an attack on Simon Mason, who as you say has some 'non mainstream' views. But I believe he has good intent. Most of his posts are regarding articles fromhttp://road.cc/Ithink, I could be wrong. It's up to us all to make this group about cycling and not car bashing. I wonder if carrying a 14lb sledge hammer gives the bicycler more room than he gets carrying a U-lock.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Bloody hell. As my bike already weighs 14lbs its mass would instantly double. No thanks. -- Simon Mason |
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"Paul - xxx" wrote in message
... M Wicks wrote: I used to lurk here quite a lot, but not for many years. Today I decided to see what uk.rec.cycling was like these days, and frankly I am shocked at what has become of the group. Why are there so many arguments? Why does every thread degenerate into mudslinging? It'd take a while and ICBA ... There aren't many people still posting that I remember from the old days. However one person who I do remember is Simon Mason .... This is from where your post goes downhill, asking similar stuff to what 'the trolls' have already asked many times, and for why I call troll. Plus, I don't recall your name at all, and a quick search also doesn't shed much light ... It's Mason messing about |
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