...to leave a talk forum because one user irritates the living arse off me?

[NameChangeNameGame]

it's not MN i'm talking about but have NC because I know person in question posts here too.

We both use a much smaller specialist talk forum as well as this one. Far less users so threads don't move on as quickly and one user can exert far more influence over the tone of a place.

99 per cent of posters are helpful, measured, sensible. This woman absolutely exasperates me on the other hand. Self-righteous, sanctimonious, passive-aggressive, sarky, slags off her partner and MIL endlessly, moans on and on and on and on about her relationship while ignoring any chance to change it, bitches against her DP's depression because it effects her even though she knew he was depressive when she chose to get pregnant by him, superior, condescending, aggressive in tone, smacks down on anyone else complaining about anything in their life because that's being a 'moaning minnie'. So let's add hypocrit to the list. Slags posters off offline. I feel she's an insecure bully and an overgrown high schoool bitch.

If i tell her this in the online small community all hell will break loose and I'll probably leave the forum anyway, so WIBU to just leave in advance because i cant stand the poisonous witch anymore?

i don't care if you think i'm being U or not, it just feels good to vent

[OpalQuartz]

YANBU. I left a forum a few years ago because two awful members had begun to dominate it. (They weren't members when I joined.) It was a shame as there were lots of lovely members on there, but I kept in touch with them on FB. At least on FB you can choose who you have as a friend!

[BillyBanter]

Ask the forum to put in an 'ignore poster' function? Send pms to anyone else you think is also annoyed with them so you can laugh instead of getting annoyed.

Set up a petition to have them BANNED!

[Meerka]

Ignore Poster option sounds good. Though sometimes it doesn't work if you're seeing answers to the posts the Ignored person makes.

If that doesn't work ... does visiting the forum make you feel better or worse overall? If better, stay. If worse .. time to move on.

[insummeritrains]

It's strange how even someone on an Internet forum can irritate. I haven't been here too long but there are a couple of posters on MN who I recognise and who annoy me. One in particular just posts negative comments on every thread I've seen them on. Just makes me wonder why they bother. It's a bit easier to handle on here though as there are so many other posters.



Not sure what advice to offer but if you enjoy the other forum it would be a shame to leave. Maybe just have a break from it for a while?

[BlingBang]

I go on a particular board on another forum, one weirdo troll is trying to ruin it. The majority of posters (very small forum) either have them on ignore or just completely ignore them - it's almost the decided policy. One or two naive posters think they can joust with them or rationalise with them (you can't) and this keeps the troll coming back Instead of starving them of the attention they crave. Because they are being ignored like a tantruming child, their rants and postings are going nuclear and more outrageous in their attempt to get folk to respond and bite. Ignore, ignore, ignore but you need folk on board for that.