Targeting of certain members

[Chrizzle]

This isn't to start an arguement but I thought making a thread would open the possibility of people coming forward and saying theyve noticed this to.

I've noticed on numerous occasions that there is people picking on either
a) new members
b) members who like a certain housemate

Its always the same people, and sometimes ive had to log off because I get so angry.
I've reported etc but nothing happens.

I may be overreacting thats why ive made a thread to see if im not the only one whos noticed.
If I am fine.

[MarkWaldorf]

Ohh, scandal! I've noticed some 'targetting' - mainly in the BB sections. I just ignore it LOL

[Callum]

I totally agree with this thread Chris.
A couple of times, I have been targeted by a particular member/s for liking a certain housemate. It's pathetic really, considering it's a 'Big Brother' forum..

[Wasted]

I've noticed it too, in fact just today I saw a thread with a member's name, most likely singling them out, but the mods got rid of it straight away before I could even view it so they're doing a good job.

[Chrizzle]

Oh yeah god, Im not blaming the admin. I hope it didnt come across that way.
I've always respected the admin and their decisions.

This is just to see if more people have seen it

[stacey]

I have noticed this happen quite a lot as well chris, i'm glad that other people have noticed it as well, it's always around and it can't make members feel very good about themselves either but now i just ignore it, especially when its in big brother sections but it shouldn't really be happening at all

[Wasted]

Originally posted by Chrizzle
Oh yeah god, Im not blaming the admin. I hope it didnt come across that way.
I've always respected the admin and their decisions.

This is just to see if more people have seen it

No it didn't come across that way at all, I was just adding how good a job the admins are doing on tackling things like this. :tongue:

[Matt08]

I think what members need to think about before they target a fellow member over a Big Brother issue is:

#1. Big Brother is only a reality TV show.
#2. Members are entitled to their own opinion on a Big Brother issue/housemate and should learn to respect that.
#3. What ever opinion someone has about something, they should refrain from shouting/ throwing all abuse they can think of at them.

If certain members can't take other people's opinions onboard in a sensible way then I think it's time for them to say bye bye to TiBB!

[Dan_]

It's being going on for over a month now and it's the main reason I don't really post in the bb8 section any longer.

[Jackie]

Yes ive noticed alot of swearing by someone just recently but their banned thanks to someone else complaining as well and i had a rather nastu u2u from them as well but i just read it and deleted it!!!!!

[zports]

Just hit the ignore button. :thumbs:

[~Kizwiz~]

I havent been on very much recently..... but there does seem to be a bit more negativity in the BB section.

I think that if anyone feels like they are being targeted then they need to tell a mod or admin and they will try and sort things out

[Stu]

Indeed their are a few around here who go stir crazy at the mention of one of their favourite housemates. Its just a TV show people.

[easypeasy]

Yes I have noticed it to, perish the thought of saying a bad thing about the twins.....thats just asking for personel insults from other forum members.

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : Stu
Indeed their are a few around here who go stir crazy at the mention of one of their favourite housemates. Its just a TV show people.

Yeah I agree, it's only a show, if nowadays we can't share opinion, it's awful. TIBB has know worse but there is some negativity now, and more during the final week of Big Brother because the competition is really close.
I hope once BB is finished, it will be better and calmer.

[~Kizwiz~]

Ok... but its always the same..... when BB is on everyones opinions are heightened and people do get very uptight about certain housemates and therefore there will be clashes

Where i think it gets too much is when it crosses the line and becomes too personal

[Wiglet]

I must admit, I've gone into some threads and logged straight out of them.

Admin do a great job, ignore button is also there for those who choose to use it.

Question for admin? Can the u2u function be taken away from members if they abuse it? I've not had any issues but just a thought because of what another member has just said. (Maybe I should u2u an admin!)

[easypeasy]

Originally posted by kizwiz
Ok... but its always the same..... when BB is on everyones opinions are heightened and people do get very uptight about certain housemates and therefore there will be clashes

Where i think it gets too much is when it crosses the line and becomes too personal Big Brother is like a religion to some people, and supporting hm's is like supporting a football team, its like Big Brother hooliganism is on the rise hehe. on the plus side this forum teaches me something new everyday kiz, thanks to you i learnt who "braxton hicks" was yesterday.

[supernoodles!]

Ziggy fans get slagged off constanly becuase hes not as popuar as the twins or brian,im also fed up of being called,thick,stupid,less good looking (lol what a joke that one was) and told i need help because of supporting a particular housemate.
I dont know if its ok to name names on here but i will anyway,moses (random number,cant remember) seems to have a problem with forum members not spelling correctly or using the right punctuation.He-if it is a he,seems to base his time spent within the forum nit picking for spelling mistakes!

[Stu]

Originally posted by supernoodles!
Ziggy fans get slagged off constanly becuase hes not as popuar as the twins or brian,Im also fed up of being called,thick,stupid,less good looking (lol what a joke that one was) and told i need help because of supporting a particular housemate.
I dont know if its ok to name names on here but i will anyway,moses (random number,cant remember) seems to have a problem with forum members not spelling correctly or using the right punctuation.He-if it is a he,seems to base his time spent within the forum nit picking for spelling mistakes!
Moses is the thirty-something year old supremist who I famously out-debated before getting him on a warning.

That guy - yeah :thumbs:.

Anyway - keep supporting the Zigster!

[~Kizwiz~]

Originally posted by easypeasy
Big Brother is like a religion to some people, and supporting hm's is like supporting a football team, its like Big Brother hooliganism is on the rise hehe.



Your right, some people do become obsessive and blinkered and will not except others opinions. Thankfully its only a handful of people and the majority are friendly and welcoming. Its what make this place so addictive

on the plus side this forum teaches me something new everyday kiz, thanks to you i learnt who "braxton hicks" was yesterday.

Ha ha.... yeah.... i always learn something from this place, even if you have a problem thats not BB related I know that I can shout out and people willl help :hugesmile:

[Stu]

I need to make a special mention to the flip side of this argument too. Sometimes people are not actually being nasty , only slagging someone off , and people take it way too seriously.

[~Kizwiz~]

Originally posted by supernoodles!
Ziggy fans get slagged off constanly becuase hes not as popuar as the twins or brian,Im also fed up of being called,thick,stupid,less good looking (lol what a joke that one was) and told i need help because of supporting a particular housemate.


You shouldnt have to put up with being called those names... and if I were you, I would press the report button asking for a mod or admin to help with the situation.

You shouldnt be subjected to that at all


seems to have a problem with forum members not spelling correctly or using the right punctuation.He-if it is a he,seems to base his time spent within the forum nit picking for spelling mistakes!

Again, thats not the type of thing that should go on here.... so the same applies... hit report

[supernoodles!]

Originally posted by Stu
Originally posted by supernoodles!
Ziggy fans get slagged off constanly becuase hes not as popuar as the twins or brian,Im also fed up of being called,thick,stupid,less good looking (lol what a joke that one was) and told i need help because of supporting a particular housemate.
I dont know if its ok to name names on here but i will anyway,moses (random number,cant remember) seems to have a problem with forum members not spelling correctly or using the right punctuation.He-if it is a he,seems to base his time spent within the forum nit picking for spelling mistakes!
Moses is the thirty-something year old supremist who I famously out-debated before getting him on a warning.

That guy - yeah :thumbs:.

Anyway - keep supporting the Zigster!

How pathetic,arguing with a 17 year old girl about wether or not the twins are intelligent,and his come back was 'I am far better looking than you,more intelligent than you and hav the biggest penis on tibb'

yeah....whatever you say moses:joker:

I shall continue to support Ziggy!:cheer:

[Captain.Remy]

Yeah it's not because I don't support Ziggy that I would hate you supernoodles!. If you think Ziggy is great etc... we all respect that as much as people respect my opinion of who I love in there.
Arguments happen too quickly, that's the problem, some members are touchy things, they can't stand when a member doesn't agree with. That's terrible. It happened to me planty of times because I support Imogen, that wasn't really nice.
Or there are the members who are upset because we tell them they didn't post in the right place. One member thought I targetted this one and he/she hate dme so much and I was the posting police blablabla. If he didn't want some members like me to tell them it was a wrong section, he got to respect the rules, there is no targetting in that case.

[supernoodles!]

I agree,some people seem to come into this forum purely to be nasty to other members and some of the forum users make themselves sound so arrogant,I cant see why they do it to be honest:laugh2:

[the_stillness]

I am quite recent to this Big Brother forum and I must admit it seems a great place and very well presented, BUT!!!! I can tell you from personal experience, as I am also very much a member of an Oasis forum too - that strong opinions are very much the norm over on there - and I am sure it is the same when you are dealing with something quite controversial and Big Brother is soooooo like that anyway. I can tell you that there are furious arguments over the Gallagher brothers and many just join there to have a go and cause a stir. One member over there is a complete know-it-all about Liam & Noel. He goes to every gig and has met them hundreds of times, but he is very nasty to anyone who says anything out of turn and I mean ANYTHING!! But he contibutes soooooo much towards that forum, we just have to put up with his bad side. I am okay with him and put up a good fight and he knows that, but others fall by the wayside.

I wouldn't expect a problem like this to ever go away. Perhaps certain bullytypes can be advised to reduce the hostility [some what] but before you know it - back it comes again, probably from a new face or someone you normally wouldn't expect it from. I agree that the [ignore feature] is a good thing, but I am curious to read all the posts, so I can't do that, but for those that can do, then do it to those members who upset you. It can help and does help!!

[easypeasy]

hey supernoodles, I wasnt to impressed at you being called thick in my thread about the divine miss Charley Uchea, You will also be aware the same forum member called me a liar.
Its a mystery to me why some people cant argue a case without using personal insults but you are doing the right thing by not retaliating, people do read these insults and form their own opinions without need for bickering.

[CassetteFinger]

easypeasy i must say something in a thread yesturday a certain member kept insulting me and calling me all sorts and you kept sticking up for her saying i was out of order and how could you say

"Its a mystery to me why some people cant argue a case without using personal insults but you are doing the right thing by not retaliating"

You know you make no sense :|

[the_stillness]

Originally posted by Rice_Square


"Its a mystery to me why some people cant argue a case without using personal insults"



Perhaps because they are losing the argument and it is their only way of striking back? Or maybe it is their way generally?

[BigSister]

Oh i completely agree Chris im sick of getting slagged off by Anti liam fans Ive just stopped posting in those threads anymore and like Dan said ive stopped posting in the BB8 section now because of this. Im not bothered about people hating housemates but i am sick of being slagged off

[cepb]

There's a certain member (who shall remain nameless) who nit-picks every post I make because I dislike Brian.

I feel like telling him to grow up, but since he's been here since 2005, I feel that it's not my place to do that.

[supernoodles!]

i constantaly get toldf my opinions wrong or that no one cares,it almost makes you not want to bother but i will continue to support ziggy and therefore i feel i must continue posting

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : cepb
There's a certain member (who shall remain nameless) who nit-picks every post I make because I dislike Brian.

I feel like telling him to grow up, but since he's been here since 2005, I feel that it's not my place to do that.

I know who are you talking about, he did the same thing with me.