What I think doesn't matter. Obviously it's your fucking board, you (seem to) run Houston. Originally Posted by DEAR_JOHNDJ, I'll respectfully disagree.
Wakeup doesn't run anything. He's the owners' performing chimp.
He posts something controversial, his sycophants agree, a few of us disagree, words fly back and forth, and the lurkers keep on clicking.
"Look at those whales!' (click click click click click click)
"I'm Val's husband!" (click click click click click)
"Provider X isn't as hot as they say" (click click click click click)
"Blowpop is running a scam" (click click click click click)
"I'm Wakeup! I tell the truth!" (click click click click click)
"Bros before hos!" (click click click click click)
Repeat. Repeat again. Over eight thousand times.
Thousands and thousands of posts that say pretty much nothing other than "look at me, I like putting down women and I have a bad attitude". No reviews. Precious little actual hobby information, other than that which can be put into the context of insulting a provider in some way. Because he's Wakeup. He's "honest". That's his routine.
Writing that sort of bile isn't about hobbying. It's not about getting to know the providers here. It's about impressing his band of followers. So they'll keep treating him like he's important. Or something.
Maybe it's that he makes them feel better about themselves. It's like why people watch Jersey Shore. "I may be fucked up, but I'm not as fucked up as Snooki." Maybe that's it. Wakeup is our Snooki. Even Snooki has fans, I suppose.
And Wakeup's followers generally aren't as bad as he is - many write reviews, many seem to be able to have a conversation with women without insulting them. They're probably mostly good guys who just act like jerks when following a bigger jerk.
This kind of thing happens all the time.
The fact that CFE is banned while a pure troublemaking troll like you is still active is one of the biggest injustices I've ever seen on any internet forum. Screw the rules, it's about principle. Originally Posted by DEAR_JOHNDJ, the owners' priorities are different. Controversy drives traffic, and traffic means clicks. (click click click click click)
The mods are doing the best they can with the guidelines they're given. I certainly wouldn't want their job.