Surely throughout all websites you and I have heard of containing message boards, there has been a point at which at least two people dish it out at other, slandering everyone and their mothers with poor grammar and spelling, "****" and more "****", and the rare but promising"u goT crap 4 brAin LoL1!1". Here we see the gifted scholar openly speak his sophisticated dialogue, gloriously presenting his opinion to the audience for all to admire. I'd like to shake that guy's hand, I tell you what.
If we could study the forum polluter (or if you'd like a more fancy term, fanboy) in his or her physical form, we would see a person, a man or a woman with two eyes, a nose and a mouth, who'd look vaguely like you or me. He/she might be the girl you see working at your local restaurant, or the boy you see searching his locker for books, or even that strange-looking person bending down to pick up a quarter near a drainage pipe.
In the case of this study, I will present to you Subject A, Bob. Say hello, Bob. Now, Bob is an average 16-year old boy with friends, a part-time job and two loving parents. He is very friendly towards others, as well as his teachers and parents. But sadly, this average, friendly person has a terrible illness. This illness chronically forces him to slip into a furious rage, forgetting his current intellect and replacing it with all forms of ridiculous and meaningless insults, swears, retaliations and divers all other subjects of incompetency. Even worse, his illness spreads like a virus, plaguing the one place where he can even hope to empty out his selfish anger: the Forum. Yes, poor Bob suffers from chronic cyber dementia, more commonly known as fanboyitis.
Hunched across his computer, Bob watches closely at the screen, looking intently at the messages what we shall call Subject B, the people casually responding, replying, or otherwise chatting happily on whatever topic they are talking about. Suddenly, at the right moment...he pounces, spilling his hate and rage all into one foul-smelling piece of garbage and shoving it toward the boards. His work not yet done, he watches as a few others present at the scene begin to lose control of their minds, throwing back mindless slurs back at the attacker. Some people watching from afar begin to join in on the action, and in a matter of minutes, you have a colossal, frightful, horrible, free-for-all, rampaging battle royale of idiocy, the likes of which cannot be stopped at any distance.
After a few minutes of this brawl, the peacemaker, or Subject C, appears. At the moment, we shall call her Julia. This brave soul boldly steps in to confront the situation at hand. Using careful words,she tries her best to disperse the ongoing crowd of verbal fighters by sending around such topics as common sense, reflection upon the situation, or reflection upon one's own actions. However, no matter how hard she perseveres, Julia cannot reach the heart of the attacker, Bob, as he continues to keep the raging fire alight. Finding her job useless, she retreats, seeking some other form of entertainment.
As the battle continues for possibly an hour, suddenly the ultimate predator appears. He comes in to play the role as the fire extinguisher to this onslaught of stupidity. He is known as the Administrator, or Subject D. We shall call him Jeffrey. As we see, Jeffrey carefully studies the situation, identifies the polluter, and brings down his judgement. Bob is severely punished for his actions, and is sentenced to permanent termination of his account. The situation returns to normal in a matter of minutes.
And Bob, although devastated by his punishment, is not defeated. He will search to bigger and better forums to wreak his own havoc. Yes, unfortunately, fanboyism is a never-ending cycle of sorrow, anger and dumbassness. Will we ever find a cure? The world may never know, but until then, we can only hope that someone out there is working to find one at this very moment.
Remember kids, don't let this happen to you!