You'd think so but... a lot of the more prominent membership are older dudes (according to a few refugees I've met on other forums), anywhere from their 30s to 60s who kinda fling shit at everyone. There are good posters over there but they get drowned out by aggressive name calling, accusations of supporting others clubs etc.. so eventually they just up and leave. In fairness most forums have their share (even here) but the ratio seems unnatural over there because that core group drives others away. Imagine the Caf with its most hateful/idiotic members in charge and chasing everyone away and you'd be getting somewhat close.
I occasionally pop over to read the player performance forum and just reading the Sterling thread and some of the bile and hatred in there is sad.
That forum seems to mostly consist of a bunch of school bullies from the 70's & 80's, who have been left to run the tuck shop, but nobody is buying their rotten sweets anymore, so they are just gobbling off amongst themselves. Still talking to each other like they are stuck in the 80's. It is a time capsule of dinosaurs. Like an episode of Grange Hill.
If anyone else tries to join in or change the flow of the conversation or inject some fresh opinions, on anything, they either get dogs abuse or banned.
Just reading some of those threads makes you depressed and astounded that these people still exist, and are able to take over a fans forum and portray City fans in such a 1 dimensional and outdated way. They even have tragic women on there, playing along with the snide racism, sexism and name calling, just to fit in.
The United thread is like a window into mental illness. You can go back a decade and it is the same people saying the same things over and over, week in, week out. Imagine having 40,000 posts to your name, and 39,500 are on the United thread, "I hate camel gob, I hate bacon face, Munich blah blah blah." You guys need help. You really really do.
They need clear the decks of deadwood and create a new open forum. One that allows debate and encourages new blood and conversation, and then have a hidden closed shop forum for the old timers, so they can continue gobbing off at each other and making up childish names, until they all eventually die off and the world can evolve and move on. These people don't need to be out in the open anymore, wrap them up in a blanket and lock the door on it. It is 2021.
Ric needs to grow a pair and make some deep cuts, otherwise the cycle just continues, and Damocles and co continue to run the horror show that is the bluemoon forum.
