Thread: Describe the person above you in one sentence

I usually don't care what people online think,but when it comes from a place I actually care about ,and feel there can be valid interaction outside the board(not to name names but a few people here are friends with me on FB,and I usually don't just add anyone there)I take it personal sometimes. I used to post on a music message board where I've actually met people in person from there adn went to shows with,even met my ex boyfriend on there,yet the ongoing rampant sexism and favoritism from that board caused me to leave. Usually from the posters who have'nt met me before and just wanted to make fun of me and dehumanize me on a board. One of the reasons why finding this site is a blessing to me. I just have PTSD from how I was treated there....I know this place is wayy different and more peaceful,good but I just don't get these weird comments from people on the internets.Talk about zero empathy, unless you've posted a bunch of nonsensical BS on a board for years and the majority accepts that.
I thought her comments were awkward. I dunno what she means by calling me an 'active poster'...I just get a very robotic and cold feeling from that. I present myself with no frills anywhere I go and I have a name and it's not 'poster'.

anyways sorry to vent so much....i'm not going to apologize for my PMS either thanks. I just can't hold myself back....I am sensitive at times no matter how tough I try to be,I always slip.

Anyways Lindsay is a good sista....enthusiastic about football lol.

Originally Posted by Isabellacat

I usually don't care what people online think,but when it comes from a place I actually care about ,and feel there can be valid interaction outside the board(not to name names but a few people here are friends with me on FB,and I usually don't just add anyone there)I take it personal sometimes. I used to post on a music message board where I've actually met people in person from there adn went to shows with,even met my ex boyfriend on there,yet the ongoing rampant sexism and favoritism from that board caused me to leave. Usually from the posters who have'nt met me before and just wanted to make fun of me and dehumanize me on a board. One of the reasons why finding this site is a blessing to me. I just have PTSD from how I was treated there....I know this place is wayy different and more peaceful,good but I just don't get these weird comments from people on the internets.Talk about zero empathy, unless you've posted a bunch of nonsensical BS on a board for years and the majority accepts that.
I thought her comments were awkward. I dunno what she means by calling me an 'active poster'...I just get a very robotic and cold feeling from that. I present myself with no frills anywhere I go and I have a name and it's not 'poster'.

I have PTSD (found that out this year) but from my upbringing and not an online site. I do understand what that is like though. You just need to take what people say with a grain of salt. I've been talked about behind my back on here by people who pretended to be my friend but that didn't stop me from coming back. Jealousy is a strong emotion and dissing someone or talking behind their back is the only way they can make themselves feel better. You just need to remember that it's them, not you. As for WC, if you really know her then you will find that she means absolutely no harm. Would it have made it better if she called you, "Isabella the active poster?" She wasn't acting as though you didn't have a name. She was describing you as this thread it meant to do. You are an active poster, there is nothing wrong with that. I am too. If anything I probably should have been offended by her calling me exasperating but I wasn't. Is it true? Sure. So why be offended by the truth? Do you understand her comment better now?

Don't apologize for being blunt or saying how you feel. I'm not. It's good to get it out of your system. Just don't hang onto it and let it drive you mad.