They don't gang up on someone until that person goes away -- the problem is the (wrong) person continues fighting back. What would an employer do if an employee lashed out once? Probably fix the situation, perhaps a warning or something of the sort. Now, what happens if that employee continuously lashes out against his employer? After the employee continues to get reprimanded, eventually he's going to complain because the boss hates him. The employee either quits or gets fired - and he makes it up to "the boss hated me and attacked me whenever he could".

Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
Online, there are those who are "right" and will pound away at those who are wrong. You wouldn't bury a friend or neighbor with insults after winning a point, would you?
It's a two-way street. After winning a point (on a forum), the 'attacks' do not continue. Unfortunately for you (and the others on WOV who are essential outcasts) keep on fighting back. The point is not won until the (wrong) person concedes he was in fact wrong.

We all know you're a free-speech advocate (I agree with you there). But how do you feel about someone posting or saying information that is either flat out wrong or can hurt others? Let's say, for instance, I was an advocate for the martingale betting system? (I hope you know martingale is a losing system, for this post to make sense.) Now I go on your forum or other forums and keep spouting off on how great this system is, it's so wonderful, you'll be a winner, easy money, etc. Would you respond to my post and say, "Hey, that's not true. Martingale is NOT a winning system, it's a losing system..stop lying." Would you turn a blind eye and think, "Freedom of speech, he can do what he wants, even if it's hurting others"?



PS: I am extremely skeptical that this forum is bringing in anywhere near the amount of traffic WOV brings in, let alone bringing in MORE traffic.