Forums; especially those involving web design, often have administrators that abuse their power and abilities at any given opportunity. It was recently brought to the attention of Dreamco Design that a couple client’s who were happy with our services had gone out onto a forum, asked some questions, and then stated their fond opinions of our company.

Though they did not directly break any rules at all, the administrators immediately banned the users and deleted the posts off of the pre-assumption that they were not really customers even though they stated their website. It is unfortunate, but we do not live in a republic / democratic society on the internet on most forums, they are more like harsh dictatorships.  The mentality and reasoning behind it could be a range of different things, but it seems fairly typical that people that know how to work with technology (IE: websites) than they have the right to be a key-board hardass.

To put this into perspective, let’s use a fairly accurate analogy…

Being banned and deleted simply for stating an opinion and pushing someones brand because you like them would be likewalking into a grocery store, saying that you like coke and you would recommend it and then get tossed out of the store immediately along with having a tress-passing notice posted on the building.

The assumption is most often always guilty without an opportunity to prove innocence; so what did Dreamco Design do?  We did some research and we were able to draw some lines.  Whether we want to get involved in politics or not, it seems that most of these forums were administrated by teenagers or young adults who also had personal involvement on liberal minded anti-american forums.  Drawing an analogy off of this is simplistic for us but we will let you be the judge as you browse the internet.

This topic leads right in to what we like to call being a “key-board hardass”. Though this term has been around for quite some time it seems to be a subject that is growing in its rate and declining in age.  There is nothing like being in a chat room, an online game, or some message board, and having some 13 year old kid tell you how he “pwns” you and he is going to pound your face in and brags about sleeping with your mother.

What has happened to the internet? Being that more and more people are becoming computer savvy on a daily basis and the entire young generation can type faster than they can talk, maybe the question should be: What is happening to society?

The best advice we can offer is just to stay away from these abusive web design forums and keyboard punks though it may prove difficult. As always, happy browsing!

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