Thread: Stickied "I bought device y instead of a tablet" thread
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2008-11-15 , 23:58
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Originally Posted by qole View Post
I'd be very interested to know why this happens so often here on ITt. Is it entirely unique, or can you find it on Zaurus forums, or iPhone (spit!) forums?

Perhaps there's an historical precedent to be found in previous platforms that developed fanatical hobbiest communities around them, such as the Amiga?

What about Mac forums? This has gotta happen there a lot.
Although I haven't been a regular member of a whole lot of forums, I've been a regular on a couple mobile-technology related places, most notably 1src and Brighthand, and I would have to say this is extremely abnormal.

I can't remember a single instance, not one, where a non-regular member has posted about buying an alternate device.

It just doesn't make sense. What would posses a person to join a forum and post, most likely a single topic, of why they didn't buy the technology/device that that forum is dedicated to?

Strange...
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