We need to stop calling people fanboys

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Sephiroth357 on 31 August 2008

Its impossible...Someone will end up doing it, but I'd like to see this happen.

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Oyvoyvoyv on 01 September 2008

Krill said:

Oyvoyvoyv said:

Krill said:
I agree as well, but we also see intentionally inflammatory or biased posts (usually ending with 'I'm not a fanboy but would be interested in peoples comments, discuss'). Asking people not to say 'fanboy' is like addressing the symptom but not the cause. This site is about discussing competition between manufacturers and it does attract people who show brand loyalty. The fact is, there are people who play on that and post with the intention of stirring up a hornet's nest.

Calling people fanboys does no good. Post why they are making the wrong conclusion, and most of them will stop, as they can't attack those arguments. If they can, then they start an interesting discussion. If they don't stop, they will get banned within a few days.

You don't beat the problem by joining it.

Where in my post did I suggest that people should join in using the word 'fanboy'? The point I was making was that its use would be less widespread if some people didn't set out to be antagonistic.

I quoted the wrong person, you never said anything like that.

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Oyvoyvoyv said:

It's messing up a lot of good threads now. People who did some mighty fine work in the OP end up having their thread destroyed because one guy states some absurbity, calling everyone who disagrees with him for a fanboy.

Now, I don't think he should be banned. That's not the type of site we want.

We should stop quoting the guy who said it, as that only fires up the conversation, and we should stop throwing out the word fanboy - every page now has the word fanboy written 5-15 times

Sorry for sounding so belearning

A Fanboy or Fangirl is someone who is a fanatic and ties themselves to one brand (Whether in good or bad circumstances). I'll use the term when i'm good and ready. They even put the term in the dictionary for christ's sake.

But it is one of the most annoying words to be called. It being in the dictionary doesn't change that. I've seen you throw out the word (against me twice, once for being a MS fanboy) to people who definately don't deserve to be called it.

Tell them why they are wrong if that's what you feel, not just that they are wrong.

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iron_megalith on 01 September 2008

Ok then.. I'll call them Sony Jr. or MS Jr. or Ninty Jr.....

:S

Thing is... Flinging that word like an uncooked hot dog is unpleasant.... We need to stop using words without thinking. :S

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Reasonable on 01 September 2008

Not that I throw the term around myself (that I'm aware of)... but half the issue is if certain folks refrained from being overenthusiastic with their opinions and resistant to logic (i.e. fanpersons) then the term probably wouldn't be thrown around as much anyway.

Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

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hsrob on 01 September 2008

flagship said:

Galaki said:
Fanboys is very sexist. There certainly are girls among them.

I wouldn't be calling them girls, rather gamers of the opposite gender, at least so long as we're on the PC Nazi express here.

I prefer the terms masculinely and femininely challenged game enthusiast myself...

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mitsuhide on 01 September 2008

Instead of not saying it at all, we should lay down terms and conditions of use of the word fanboy or fangirl or fanperson or fanpeople or MS Jr. or Ninty Jr. or Sony Jr. etc etc. I don't know what these terms and conditions should be so someone else can take up the torch and step up (to the firing range of the fanboys) for that one.

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