Bodybuilding.com Forums- Negative?

[Singe03]

It has as much value as you give it. I gave a lot effort for the 2010 DL comp, was chided, made fun of and generally derided most of the time.

I went from 295 to 420 in 6 months.

In this PC age it's nice to know there is still a place that's allowed hurt your feelings.

QFT...

I don't post much on O35, mostly Fat Loss and Motivation, but I've only encountered any negativity on Misc Religion and Politics, and if you don't expect negativity on a forum where those are the two main topics, then you live in a cocoon.

Everyplace else, I've tried to be respectful to people and I've gotten the same in return. The people I see get trashed are the ones who either drank the bro-science Kool-Aid and try to preach it to people who know better, or who act like general asshats.

[Getsum]

A hummingbird flies over the countryside and he finds the sweet nectar in all of the flowers. A buzzard flies over the same countryside and finds every dead rotting maggot-infested thing. Flies buzz around and find sh!t.

Moral: We usually find what we are looking for.

Haha, I like that.

[HairyScandinavian]

Tell them to put Steve on their ignore list and they won't have any more issues.

These guys are probably referring to threads like the one where the kid asked for help with his mom's routine and the first reply did nothing but make fun of the kid's height and weight. Yeah negativity happens, but you have to understand that forums are not real life and people will say things online they'd never say face to face, so who cares what "negativity" exists because it has zero effect on you unless you allow it.

[lkelley1975]

Any internet forum is going to have its good and bad. I like the hummingbird analogy posted earlier. The key is whether the site give valuable info.

The problem I have with this site is that its full of People talking about - What's my BF, should I bulk up or cut when they have no FN size to begin with.

You have another guy on here whining about why do we have this much info for traps when he has no traps himself. NONE!!

I saw another forum on here about somebody who just started lifting and after 2-3 weeks wanted to share progress. Progress??? Really?? After 3 weeks - really??

Is it negative to give people an honest response? For example, my wife the other day told me that I put on too much weight and had a gut and man boobies. Hurt my feelings it did, but also put stuff in perspective. I'm no Nancy boy and I'm the same a##hole in my real life gym that I am on the net.

I would rather have your honesty than have you sugar coat S**t and make me belive in myself. That's what got me Man boobs!!

[socket]

Is this place negative? Not imho.
Do some threads take a negative turn.......yes, but so do some conversations in real life.

As a home lifter, this is the only place I can go and communicate with others who share my love of the iron and weight training.
There is no one in my family or any of my "real wolrd" friends that train the way I do.
So for me, it's positive.

And acting childish and imature sometimes on here is just part of the fun

I think some just don't have thick enough skin and can't roll with the punches.

[Swann74]

I would rather have your honesty than have you sugar coat S**t and make me belive in myself. That's what got me Man boobs!!

I appreciate your comments, and you have good points. I think that what some people seem to have forgotten is that it is entirely possible to be honest without being rude. To not sugar coat without mocking. To give advice without being a prig about it. I am pretty direct, but I would like to think that I'm not rude.

Sometimes there may be a fine line, but I think it's a line worth striving to be on the correct side of. Like Hairy Scandanavian said, a few weeks back a kid asks a question, and the first response was an idiotic statment about his size and him needing to go to the Nutrition section to learn how to get big. That had nothing to do with honesty, and it didn't address the question at all. The poster who did that does it frequently. It's crud like that that puts people off.

[drudixon]

When I saw dumb stuff on these forums people just reply nice things and humor me because I'm "disabled". The best is when I get pity reps....







Scarcasm aside, we need more straight talk in this world. All this coddling is what's turning us as a society of soft-whiners who quit at the first sign of adversity. I've learned immeasurable information from this site and wouldn't have without the honest feedback of folks on here.

[flat6nut]

I appreciate your comments, and you have good points. I think that what some people seem to have forgotten is that it is entirely possible to be honest without being rude. To not sugar coat without mocking. To give advice without being a prig about it. I am pretty direct, but I would like to think that I'm not rude.

Sometimes there may be a fine line, but I think it's a line worth striving to be on the correct side of. Like Hairy Scandanavian said, a few weeks back a kid asks a question, and the first response was an idiotic statment about his size and him needing to go to the Nutrition section to learn how to get big. That had nothing to do with honesty, and it didn't address the question at all. The poster who did that does it frequently. It's crud like that that puts people off.

No thats wrong. I told him to stay out of the nutrition section.

[HoustonTXMuscle]

Is this place negative? Not imho.
Do some threads take a negative turn.......yes, but so do some conversations in real life.

As a home lifter, this is the only place I can go and communicate with others who share my love of the iron and weight training.
There is no one in my family or any of my "real wolrd" friends that train the way I do.
So for me, it's positive.

And acting childish and imature sometimes on here is just part of the fun

I think some just don't have thick enough skin and can't roll with the punches.

Agree whole-heartedly, especially with regard to "real world" comment. Have received honest and helpful answers/ constructive criticism to most of the questions that I've asked.

[bodyhard]

you go to the gym to have discussions

Same thing I was thinking. No Bueno.

[Phattso]

you go to the gym to have discussions

Kind of obvious, is it nawt?

[whatevergirl]

bb.com is a great site for information...can't think of a better place where you can receive sound diet and lifting advice, for free.

that said, it has its down points. but, everything has good & bad to it.

[-=FLEX=-]

How does the process of going from being unregistered to registered affect [the extent of the] negativity? I would venture to guess that the information & tone on the boards is independent of their registration.

Repped.

[egoatdoor]

BB.com is nothing. They should see the Baptist forums where I post! Talk about flaming! It's a good thing they don't even have a rep system, lol.

BB.com is also nothing compared to harder core sites like Muscular Development's. It is really mean over there.

[NYkarate]

Tell them to put Steve on their ignore list and they won't have any more issues.

These guys are probably referring to threads like the one where the kid asked for help with his mom's routine and the first reply did nothing but make fun of the kid's height and weight. Yeah negativity happens, but you have to understand that forums are not real life and people will say things online they'd never say face to face, so who cares what "negativity" exists because it has zero effect on you unless you allow it.

When you come on a board for the first time looking for advice, not knowing anything about what people expect of you as a poster and instead of sound advice and warm welcomes from posters like Ironwill, you get that kind of abuse from a poster with high rep points it tends to discourage you from sticking around and leaves you with a very bad taste in the mouth for the place. I wonder how many quality folks just turned away from participating in the forum because of this childish schoolboy welcome committee. Heaven forbid you say tone, ask about supplements or something about low t.

[flat6nut]

BB.com is also nothing compared to harder core sites like Muscular Development's. It is really mean over there.

Yeah, tnation gets pretty brutal. Kinda like teen misc in the regular section. Good info still.

[flat6nut]

lotta people banging my balls lately....and I am nowhere near steve.

[MrNismo]

Been here for a few years now and don't think it's a negative place in the slightest. Yeah, see some petty arguments time to time but I still just try to take away and learn something from each side best I can.

Like someone above said, you find what you are looking for.

[djflex]

Well, i know i cried a few times from spiteful comments.

But in reality this place is not that negative. Quite the opposite, lots of encouragement and celebration of success. I try to keep this spirit alive whenever i can.

[pharmamarketer]

I enjoy it on here or I would not come here nor would I even lurk. I find many of the people to be entertaining and knowledgeable. I think there is a lot of support and positive vibes in here. If one wants to get caught up in teh crap then my guess would be that they are probably like that outside of here. So I give Bodybuilding.com two thumbs up.

[Meatpants]

WTF is with all of the puss bag BS posts of late. Some people need to get the sand out of your vaginas, or go join underwaterbasketweaving.com. To negative.....this thread sucks balls.

[Brackneyc]

WTF is with all of the puss bag BS posts of late. Some people need to get the sand out of your vaginas, or go join underwaterbasketweaving.com. To negative.....this thread sucks balls.

Those underwater basket weavers do not sht from anyone, period. Bad ass group over there, especially the OV35 section. Ground and pound.

[Meatpants]

Those underwater basket weavers do not sht from anyone, period. Bad ass group over there, especially the OV35 section. Ground and pound.

You drinkin?

[Brackneyc]

You drinkin?

Not in the last 15 years. I have had about a dozen sugar-free popsicles, so there is that.

[Meatpants]

Not in the last 15 years. I have had about a dozen sugar-free pop sickles, so there is that.

I didn't think so, at least I really hoped not. Sugar free pop sickles huh. Brbr....

[whatevergirl]

WTF is with all of the puss bag BS posts of late. Some people need to get the sand out of your vaginas, or go join underwaterbasketweaving.com. To negative.....this thread sucks balls.

this is why ppl think 035 is negative....sniffle...sob....

[Meatpants]

this is why ppl think 035 is negative....sniffle...sob....

And just like that.....I am over it.

See how easy that is.

[Brackneyc]

I didn't think so, at least I really hoped not. Sugar free pop sickles huh. Brbr....

15 calories a piece. Keeps the hunger in check. Being 100 degrees didn't help. Whatever it takes.

[Belisarius]

This forum ain't all that mean to noobs. I've seen people reacting to some posts but nobody seems to have reacted negatively to me, and I'm one of those annoying overly-enthusiastic types that asks dumb questions or says dumb things regularly.

I've learned a few things already though, and my interest to learn more is often piqued by threads here. overall it seems like a cool forum.

[Meatpants]

This forum ain't all that mean to noobs. I've seen people reacting to some posts but nobody seems to have reacted negatively to me, and I'm one of those annoying overly-enthusiastic types that asks dumb questions or says dumb things regularly.

I've learned a few things already though, and my interest to learn more is often piqued by threads here. overall it seems like a cool forum.

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