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Mike Peckham
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1461
From: West Sussex, UK.
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 22, 2007 08:00 AM

I was talking to a guy I work with about hobbies, he is a small gauge train enthusiast and a member of a forum that has become very lively and successful over the last couple of years. The membership has increased exponentially and the people registered, represent most parts of the globe.

He was saying that recently, they had noticed a strange phenomenon occurring whereby ex hobbyists, some of whom might have become burnt in the past or didn’t feel that their expertise and experience had been properly recognised, had begun joining the forum, generally under assumed names and then making obscure posts, apparently with a view to upsetting the forums smooth running.

It is sad to think that there are people so bored and discontented with their lives that they feel motivated to undermine other people’s enjoyment of a hobby, but I guess these people do exist, though hopefully not in the cine world – or do they?

As this forum becomes more and more popular and the membership grows, I suppose we should all keep our eyes open for rogue elements just in case the same thing should happen here.

Jealousy is a terrible thing… [Frown]

Mike

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Douglas Meltzer
Moderator

Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 22, 2007 08:17 AM

Mike,

No one would ever do that here...........would they? [Wink]

Doug

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

Posts: 4071
From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 22, 2007 12:13 PM

Just let them try [Wink]

Nothing gets past these moderators [Big Grin]

Seriously though, it's a fact of life that you will always get the odd one or two who want to wind up members on a forum for whatever reason.

Kev.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 22, 2007 12:20 PM

Trolls are the bane of Internet life!

Something about the anonimity of it that encourages people to let their dark side loose in ways they'd never try in broad daylight.

It'll probably happen someday, and we trust you moderators will usher them to the exit before something nasty is stuck on our screen!

[ March 22, 2007, 02:02 PM: Message edited by: Steve Klare ]

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John Clancy
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1954
From: Cornwall
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 22, 2007 02:40 PM

I've just visited the local camera shop to purchase a new 9.5mm projector and was surprised to be told...

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Craig Hamilton
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 501
From: Luton
Registered: Sep 2004

posted March 22, 2007 03:32 PM

John

Did you buy the 9.5mm Xenon projector or the HTI conversion......

Craig

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Paul Adsett
Film God

Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 22, 2007 07:47 PM

Craig, I think John was after the same 9.5mm machine that I have, which has high power 20 watt lighting, a non-zoom lens, and does not require a motor! [Big Grin]

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