Blocking MB Members

Sharpschruter22

Being a relative newbie, but long time lurker, I have noticed fairly severe hostilities between certain members on this board that is ongoing.

My question to those who get pissy when Kristen, NYU, and others post is why don't you just block them so you don't have to read their opinion and get angry over it?

It's no skin off my nose that you haven't. Obviously that is your prerogative, but I don't get it. Do you like being angry or do you just enjoy tearing people's opinions down because they are not your own? Not trying to be a byotch, I'm genuinely curious.

ETA: And same goes for those posters whose advice is never taken well. Do you like the confrontation? Why do you stay here when treated that way?

crash2729

Well, anymore if you block all those people there wouldn't really be anything left to read. 

Peledreamsofrain

I don't have a longstanding feud with anyone, but I personally don't block anyone because I have a strange sense of humor.  People such as Judell just get funnier and funnier to me the harder they try to be offensive .  But again, I am a weirdo :P.

crash2729

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_blocking-mb-members?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:353f8ae4-e561-46bf-adac-25290d93fd2bPost:651b17e8-d315-4f5c-b166-81381265c688">Re: Blocking MB Members</a>:
[QUOTE]I don't have a longstanding feud with anyone, but I personally don't block anyone because I have a strange sense of humor.  People such as Judell just get funnier and funnier to me the harder they try to be offensive .  But again, I am a weirdo :P.
Posted by Peledreamsofrain[/QUOTE]
Haha. That was pretty funny. <div>
</div><div>Also, it defeats the whole purpose of being on a message board if you "block" people just because they don't share your opinion. However, if a certain poster allows all their posts to be shaded by their own opinions/life situations I don't see anything wrong with calling them out on it.</div>

PJSPJS

It would be very interesting to see which Knotties are blocked the most! Maybe a poll . . . 

PJSPJS

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_blocking-mb-members?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:353f8ae4-e561-46bf-adac-25290d93fd2bPost:651b17e8-d315-4f5c-b166-81381265c688">Re: Blocking MB Members</a>:
[QUOTE]I don't have a longstanding feud with anyone, but I personally don't block anyone because I have a strange sense of humor.  People such as Judell just get funnier and funnier to me the harder they try to be offensive .  But again, I am a weirdo :P.
Posted by Peledreamsofrain[/QUOTE]<div>Is Judell still around?!

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Sharpschruter22

In Response to Re:Blocking MB Members:[QUOTE]It would be very interesting to see which Knotties are blocked the most! Maybe a poll . . .nbsp; Posted by PJSPJS[/QUOTE]

Haha!

Great responses, ladies. Thanks!

Peledreamsofrain

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_blocking-mb-members?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:353f8ae4-e561-46bf-adac-25290d93fd2bPost:808a8e41-090d-49cc-923a-ba5b3699e821">Re: Blocking MB Members</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Blocking MB Members : Is Judell still around?!
Posted by PJSPJS[/QUOTE]

I havn't seen him/her post in a while.  The last I saw he/she was invited to the pro boards (don't know if it was a serious invite though).

I wasn't kidding when I posted that he/she kept me happy and laughing that entire day, not stressing about my wedding planning.   TheKnot has kept me sane during all this, I tell you!

samantha24p

What and miss all the fun?

Sharpschruter22

In Response to Re:Blocking MB Members:Um, I think you're vastly overestimating the emotional commitment of some of us. I can count on my fingers the number of times I've been truly angry over something on ANY interne message board. Disagreeing with someone does not equal anger. Besides, if everyone blocked Kristen, who would see that she had posted and be there to tell the poor innocent brides that she's full of horseshit?Posted by StageManager14 Nah. I'm not overestimating anything. I was merely throwing out possible reaction examples. And yes, I agree about warning others with bad advice. I meant to include that in my original post, but I'm getting tired. What theatre do you work for SM? I went to college on a performing arts scholarship and did summer stock for the Georgia Shakespeare Festival eons ago. ETA: sp

KellyBrian2013

In Response to Re:Blocking MB Members:[QUOTE]Um, I think you're vastly overestimating the emotional commitment of some of us.

I can count on my fingers the number of times I've been truly angry over something on ANY interne message board. Disagreeing with someone does not equal anger.

Besides, if everyone blocked Kristen, who would see that she had posted and be there to tell the poor innocent brides that she's full of horseshit? Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]

I'm sure I'm one of the people you're referencing in terms of arguing with NYU. Please see Stage's answer above. Really, it doesn't make me angry in the slightest. It DOES astound me that people can be so completely and totally ignorant to the horrible ways in which they treat their friends and family in the name of a wedding... and perhaps I'm delusional that one day I can help them have an "Aha!" moment and realize it, though I realize how unlikely that is. And Stage is absolutely correct: blocking such ignorant, idiotic, or just plain hilariously wrong posters would mean that their horrid advice would go unchecked.

Sharpschruter22

My reply to SM above also is a great reply to this post too. Honestly, I haven't paid attention to who is arguing with them. I've just noticed certain screen names I often choose to skip over. Thanks for your thoughts!

DramaGeek

I find Kristen (Kristin?) rather hilarious.  The two timing whore thing the other day pissed me off, but quite honestly that seemed rather out of character for her.  It would have pissed me off no matter who it was.

kmmssg

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_blocking-mb-members?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:353f8ae4-e561-46bf-adac-25290d93fd2bPost:4c2815e7-7ebe-429f-8580-a8f254f5250b">Re: Blocking MB Members</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Blocking MB Members : Haha. That was pretty funny.  Also, it defeats the whole purpose of being on a message board if you "block" people just because they don't share your opinion. However, if a certain poster allows all their posts to be shaded by their own opinions/life situations I don't see anything wrong with calling them out on it.
Posted by crash2729[/QUOTE]

This.

When Kristin comes on and goes off on her tangents about how "your mother needs to call his mother" or "only he should be speaking/dealing with his mother" or "you need to have everyone sit down with your officient to solve this problem" it needs to be addressed so some poor newb doesn't think it is realistic/good advice.  She approaches weddings with the thought process that the bride and groom must be helpless children and can't possibly solve a problem like adults, let alone <strong>host</strong> their own wedding.

If someone comes along with advice based on "it's <strong>your</strong> day and you can do <strong>anything</strong> you want" it also should be addressed.  We aren't all here to validate each other which is what it would look like if we ignored those who consistently give horrid advice.

OliveOilsMom

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_blocking-mb-members?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:353f8ae4-e561-46bf-adac-25290d93fd2bPost:eb60e104-5aa3-4f86-b0a4-3f6032c030d7">Re: Blocking MB Members</a>:
[QUOTE]I find Kristen (Kristin?) rather hilarious.  The two timing whore thing the other day pissed me off, but quite honestly that seemed rather out of character for her.  It would have pissed me off no matter who it was.
Posted by DramaGeek[/QUOTE]

A lot of Kristin's recent posts have seemed out of character.  I wonder if she is starting to realize it's not 1950 anymore!  And I have seen it twice that she comes back into a thread to come back at the person who said "Don't listen to Kristin".  I think I almost fell out of my chair the first time I saw it, since she always P&R.

bridalmarch

I'm a member of a baby forum and there was much stink made about the "mean girls". Lots of posts wondering why we can't get along and lots of "This is a place for advice! I just wanted to know if it was okay to pull my baby out of the carseat because he was crying and now you're just being MEAN1!!!" 

Once a lot of the regular posters got pissed and left, or were banned, it was the same girls asking  "Where is everyone? It's so boring here."

I love reading what people come up with, so I never block anyone. Other people usually quote them anyway. 

lyndausvi

I don't see the point of blocking anyone.  I want to see bad advice so I can correct it. I want to see how other people view things even if its not how I view them.

Blocking somoene would be like blocking the presidential canidate you are not voting for?   What's the point in that?  How would you know their stanace all subjects if you block them from one opinion?

ETA - I also find Kristen### hilarious.   I love how cutluraly diverse FL is yet she is the expert on all FL weddings.   I often wonder what her Junior League life really is like.

s-aries8990

There are sometimes two people disagree and other times we completely agree. Blocking them would prevent me from seconding their opinion.

Meegles4

Stage & Lynda: the voice of reason in an otherwise crazy TK world.

JanoBean75

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_blocking-mb-members?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:353f8ae4-e561-46bf-adac-25290d93fd2bPost:eb60e104-5aa3-4f86-b0a4-3f6032c030d7">Re: Blocking MB Members</a>:
[QUOTE]I find Kristen (Kristin?) rather hilarious.  The two timing whore thing the other day pissed me off, but quite honestly that seemed rather out of character for her.  It would have pissed me off no matter who it was.
Posted by DramaGeek[/QUOTE]

And I thought it was hilarious because it was so out of character. I always picture a very proper woman with gloves, and pearls and a pillbox hat. And when I read that, my "picture" of Kristin seemed very off.