Thanks ShallowsYou're one of the new breed that are SO welcome, you posted some corkers as your first posts. Long may it continue. People like you make B3ta the place it was intended to be. In my eyes anyhow!
It's the place where photoshop meets satire. Where daily news is on here before the rest of the world. I cherish my B3ta friends, truly I do. If that appears twee or un-cool, well. I really don't give a shit! Got enough real life grief to be bothered. I'll continue with my face swaps etc as it keeps me amused. If you don't like them, don't comment. Simples :)
(It's the place where photoshop meets satire. Where daily news is on here before the rest of the world. I cherish my B3ta friends, truly I do. If that appears twee or un-cool, well. I really don't give a shit! Got enough real life grief to be bothered. I'll continue with my face swaps etc as it keeps me amused. If you don't like them, don't comment. Simples :)
Ninj,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 19:53,
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So what's going on at the moment?Is b3ta being overrun by trolls or something? I've been coming here for years, mainly in a lurking capacity, but it still means a lot to me.
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Willmot laid a scotch egg,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 20:05,
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There's a rather deep chasm going on.Two rival camps and a lot of posters/lurkers inbetween. Some feel there's a certain repetitive element to some posters work and other feel that there is a lot of trolling.
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 20:11,
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To go on further:I've seen arguments that there's a clique that prefers to support its own members efforts rather than to post/appreciate any inherent humour. Likewise, there's arguments that there's a lot of unpleasantness that things aren't how they're used to be when this site had a lot more posters.
Personally, I've tried to stay fairly middle-of-the-road on this, but fucking hell, there's a lot of internetloldrama, toy/pram separation events and general fucking moaning.
(Personally, I've tried to stay fairly middle-of-the-road on this, but fucking hell, there's a lot of internetloldrama, toy/pram separation events and general fucking moaning.
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 20:16,
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Okay! So bottom line: carry on regardless?Can do.
( Willmot laid a scotch egg,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 22:22,
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That's how it seems...although, to me, it's the /talk clientele getting bored of saying "prick" to each other - so they've ventured over the fence to troll /board...
And yes, there is a "circle" element to liking each others posts - but is that any different to /talk and the daily "morning" ritual?
(And yes, there is a "circle" element to liking each others posts - but is that any different to /talk and the daily "morning" ritual?
Shallowz Has Aspirations Syndrome,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 20:16,
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I think quite a few of the /talk types you're on aboutwere regular posters on here some time ago.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 20:19,
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Yep - and some of their work is superbwhat I don't follow is why the antagonism is going on. Face swaps/Fuck/Flan can be amusing and some are very well done - and then, of course, some are pretty shitty... but wouldn't it be all a bit duller if we all liked the same things?
( Shallowz Has Aspirations Syndrome,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 20:32,
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Some would argue there's a feww too many of the same things.Personally, I don't mind a few faceswaps, flan, etc, but as long there's other material. I've tried to post a bit more and a few others have come out of the woodwork, but it's led to some ructions.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 20:36,
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I joined some 12 months agoand, being a self taught 'shopper, it was nice to get appreciative comments from the likes of Ninj. Then 6 months ago, a similar trolling of /board began and I just couldn't be arsed wading through the "prick" comments day after day... thought I would pop back in to see if things had changed, and .... nah....
( Shallowz Has Aspirations Syndrome,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 20:49,
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It's always been an abrasive place,but a lot less so in the last couple of years. Have a look back to say, five years ago. Considerably rougher around the edges. And by edges, they meant your ring.
No, the long decline started years ago with the advent of Wobbly Bloke. Posting three toweringly shit filtered photos each evening of people he'd wanked over and whose birthdays were that day. What had happened was that he saw that mofaha's vector graphics were quite popular and wanted a piece of the action despite lacking any discernible talent in the area. Day after day, the pictures would roll in. We tolerated them at first. Then tolerance led to a disquiet that he was somehow feeding off of the lifeblood of b3ta, sucking it dry and humping the shrivelled husk. In days of old, he'd have been hounded off the board, sent packing, possibly violated. But the mods allowed him to continue. His ego grew and grew as people circle jerked him, usually the unfunniest of cunts, the sort who would have mugs with 'you don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps!' OH HA HA HA YOU FUCKING PRICK. Posters started to drift away, many by the soft porn aspects of some of his stuff, many by the sheer weight of joyless graphics. There were no jokes to most of his stuff (although it must be noted he could post some genuinely funny stuff on occasion). Eventually, we lost many of the really funny, creative types. Rob's interst waned as he went to suck corporate cock for The Mirror. Happy Toast was left alone with the keys and it was a steep learning curve. Differences of opinion happened, people found they had families, less forgiving offices that didn't allow for funny websites at lunch (a process accelerated by the posting of numerous unfunny soft-porn gifs by certain members).
New members turned up who didn't necessarily understand what had been and couldn't understand some of the barbed comments that were seen as general affection by regulars. More regulars left, but fewer came to replace them. Eventually, the place changed and became more about social circles than satire. Titter, Facebook, Buzzfeed, they all helped in the decline.
And here we are now. Groups of people with very different ideas of what the place should be or what it's for. Some nicer than others, each with a point.
(No, the long decline started years ago with the advent of Wobbly Bloke. Posting three toweringly shit filtered photos each evening of people he'd wanked over and whose birthdays were that day. What had happened was that he saw that mofaha's vector graphics were quite popular and wanted a piece of the action despite lacking any discernible talent in the area. Day after day, the pictures would roll in. We tolerated them at first. Then tolerance led to a disquiet that he was somehow feeding off of the lifeblood of b3ta, sucking it dry and humping the shrivelled husk. In days of old, he'd have been hounded off the board, sent packing, possibly violated. But the mods allowed him to continue. His ego grew and grew as people circle jerked him, usually the unfunniest of cunts, the sort who would have mugs with 'you don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps!' OH HA HA HA YOU FUCKING PRICK. Posters started to drift away, many by the soft porn aspects of some of his stuff, many by the sheer weight of joyless graphics. There were no jokes to most of his stuff (although it must be noted he could post some genuinely funny stuff on occasion). Eventually, we lost many of the really funny, creative types. Rob's interst waned as he went to suck corporate cock for The Mirror. Happy Toast was left alone with the keys and it was a steep learning curve. Differences of opinion happened, people found they had families, less forgiving offices that didn't allow for funny websites at lunch (a process accelerated by the posting of numerous unfunny soft-porn gifs by certain members).
New members turned up who didn't necessarily understand what had been and couldn't understand some of the barbed comments that were seen as general affection by regulars. More regulars left, but fewer came to replace them. Eventually, the place changed and became more about social circles than satire. Titter, Facebook, Buzzfeed, they all helped in the decline.
And here we are now. Groups of people with very different ideas of what the place should be or what it's for. Some nicer than others, each with a point.
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 21:10,
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That, Colonel, is quite impressiveAs a n00b, dipping my toe into the proverbial frying pan, I quite enjoyed looking back through the archives - and was genuinely amused by a lot of the banter and 'shopping that has gone on in the past.
I guess b3ta is getting old and tired (as we all are) - but how do you continue with something that keeps the interest of the short attention span youngsters?
In the last year there has been some superb thread rushes - Jolly Jack and the burning house was a classic - and it still amazes me how fast some folk can rustle up a cracking joke AND image(s). Let's have more!
(I guess b3ta is getting old and tired (as we all are) - but how do you continue with something that keeps the interest of the short attention span youngsters?
In the last year there has been some superb thread rushes - Jolly Jack and the burning house was a classic - and it still amazes me how fast some folk can rustle up a cracking joke AND image(s). Let's have more!
Shallowz Has Aspirations Syndrome,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 21:31,
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That is all quite aptly putwell done
Ps: forgot all about Wobbly Bloke. Had him on ignore for ages.
(Ps: forgot all about Wobbly Bloke. Had him on ignore for ages.
mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this,
Mon 22 Dec 2014, 10:23,
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what the fuck did you cuntsDo to my favorite website on the World Wide Web?
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sof sof,
Mon 22 Dec 2014, 23:22,
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Not being funny as I've tried to stay fairly neutral and helpful so far,but I think it's a bit much for you to claim what b3ta was/is intended to be, especially to claim that it should be in your likeness.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 20:13,
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you might just want to check what it 'was intended to be'I'm not sure the intention was ever to praise shit that was unworthy of it, I thought it was about posting funny pictures. The churning out of arbitrary faceswaps without any consideration for a joke is what, in my opinion, is annoying. Face + another face seem to be the only criteria. They always seem like a joke with no punchline, no matter how well shopped they are. Then there is the "hahahaha nice one matey" reciprocal knee-jerk responses from the anti-joke brigade. This leads to the /board being populated often only by these back-patters, making it at times less accessible to people (old and new) who want to post funny stuff. Can't help noticing the place isn't teeming with n00bs these days. B3ta attracted people with its humour before, so this downturn is not solely the fault of twitter et al.
I don't see any value in ignoring things I don't like, I think there's more value in me calling shite "shite" when I feel like it and I will continue to do so. I don't see this as being trolling whatsoever, it's an expression of a genuinely-held view. If you don't like me telling you that you post shit when you post shit, following your above logic, either put some thought in and don't post shit or don't let it bother you so much. This victim stuff you keep doing and the proclamations that b3ta should be a place where everyone loves everything everyone does is a massive pile of shite. Unconditional praise leads to a state where everything is fucking rubbish, you only need turn on the TV to recognise that.
(I don't see any value in ignoring things I don't like, I think there's more value in me calling shite "shite" when I feel like it and I will continue to do so. I don't see this as being trolling whatsoever, it's an expression of a genuinely-held view. If you don't like me telling you that you post shit when you post shit, following your above logic, either put some thought in and don't post shit or don't let it bother you so much. This victim stuff you keep doing and the proclamations that b3ta should be a place where everyone loves everything everyone does is a massive pile of shite. Unconditional praise leads to a state where everything is fucking rubbish, you only need turn on the TV to recognise that.
drbroon abloooobloobloo,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 21:54,
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of course you arethat's why you're having a fucking meltdown. Remember, down the road, not across the street.
( drbroon abloooobloobloo,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 22:18,
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Running out of cheap coke, huh?Better save some for Christmas, that time with your family won't disappear in a haze of getting UPSET, ONLINE without it.
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Sun 21 Dec 2014, 22:34,
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I wasn't playing anythingyou're a cancer, so I'm quite happy for you to fuck off for whatever reason.
( drbroon abloooobloobloo,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 22:34,
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