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Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
That reaction tends to crop up due to the frequency with which these threads pop up, and the generally accusatory and flamebait topics they open up with. This one, for instance, seems to suggest that those who enjoy the device are somehow delusional for liking it.
It's an intereting phenomenon that threads like this one, which does have an antagonistic title, seem to have a greater popularity in this forum than threads like this one:- http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...highlight=hate which has the antagonistic title, but points out why some people think the N900 is a marvellous device. 2 pages of love for 12 arguing about why people hate it.

It looks like if you want someone to read your thread, then you make it antagonistic, and you start an argument. People seem unable to resist, let alone leaving well alone and not fuelling the arguments.

Quite a community really, very partisan in shouting down the haters, but not quite vociferous when it comes to support.

(oh, and just as an FYI, I'm not slagging the community, on the whole the community is doing a great job of supporting the N900, just saying there's an interesting response mechanism to these threads).

Last edited by Freemantle; 2010-03-16 at 18:16.
 

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