To want the thread police..

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To fuck OFF.

Many examples recently of people appointing themselves thread curator and being rude, annoying and pointy finger ish to other posters who disagree with them.

It annoys me more than it should.

A thread policer is a mandatory component of a MN thread.

They are like sheep herding dogs without any sheep, they just can't contrain the impulse to try to keep it all under their control, bless 'em.

YANBU. See also those who post replies about "first world problems" and how the thread isn't worthy of existence in their hallowed opinion. Feck off and don't read it then.

Thread police
Professionally offended
The nutritionist
The anti-cursing mob
The repeat answerer after the thread has already finished
The "this won't end well" commenter
The MNer who informs the person that they've committed a MN faux paux
Etc

I love the familiarity of it all.

TaSeveralT actually Navy

Oh yes, Gellis the "first world problem" commenter.

The "welcome to MN, OP" commenter

'They are like sheep herding dogs without any sheep, they just can't contrain the impulse to try to keep it all under their control, bless 'em.'

I find them entertaining , especially the ones that use capitals to get THEIR POINT ACROSS.

It's like they really do not understand it's a chat forum with lots of opposing opinions and views.

It's not about a specific thread.

But thanks for policing it for me.

Ooh Myrtle yes...the use of CAPITALS.

But you can't take a thread policer seriously!

Are the thread police posters who dont agree with you?

Navy what are you on about?

OMG it is a bit like an Insurgence, isn't it?

The OP is trying to police the thread police.

Or maybe it's like having an Internal Affairs division.

High - I wouldn't say so - more people who either make generalised negative comments about people who don't agree with them, OR people who say a particular opinion isn't allowed OR who say people should stop posting on a thread because of X, Y, Z reason.

Is there a back story to all this?

I hope | am allowed to ask that without being accused of anything...

smile I think what navy is getting at is that by starting a thread to tell thread police's to fuck off you are, by definition, thread policing.

It's a meta thread.

I may start a thread about people who start threads about the thread police.

Raspberry I hope I don't cause the collapse of the Matrix or something!

Oh this is getting bunfighty quiiiite quickly

Ooh.... this won't end well

There is a certain irony about starting a thread about thread policing by telling posters to 'fuck OFF'.

Bwahahahahahaha, nice one, sailaway