RCinNC
Well-Known Member
Here's the thing, Chris, and you've demonstrated this tactic on multiple threads in here. You start a thread (or you hijack someone else's) where you ostensibly ask a question that makes it look like you're trying to seek information about something, but it's nothing more than a springboard for you to tell everyone who responds to your "query" how they're wrong for not doing things the way you do them. There's a perfect example of your tactics in your response to Dirt Dad's post. He told you why he prefers a chain over a shaft drive; a person without an agenda who was actually seeking information would just absorb that information and move on. You, on the other hand, because what you really want to do is tell everyone how they're wrong for not sharing your opinion, immediately belittle his honest response with "Come on now, spraying or squirting a little lube on the chain takes less time than doing a proper post check or pre trip ride. Chains are not that big a deal to maintain at all. " Your response isn't that of someone seeking information, and it aptly demonstrates that your thread is just a setup for you to deliver your words of wisdom on the Ballisticexchris way of doing things. Basically, you're telling Dirt Dad that his personal opinion (and his choice) is wrong, and that's not the goal of an honest attempt to seek information; it's simply ridiculous and argumentative. You did the same thing on the threads about E07 tires; you weren't really interested why guys who rode them preferred them (though you certainly prefaced your thread with the idea that it was a thirst for knowledge), because you argued with them ad nauseam over the very specific reasons they gave why they chose them. You simply wanted to argue with people that your choices were better than theirs. If you want to argue with other members then fine, argue with them; but your "I'm just seeking information" posts are disingenuous. You hijacked one of my recent threads about any potential problems with Super Teneres over 100,000 miles to once again regale everyone with your scrupulous maintenance routine, which had nothing to do with why I started the thread and nothing to do with the information I was seeking, and you continued doing it even after I asked the thread in general to get back on topic.
I don't know if you're deliberately trolling, but I do know that your "hey, I'm just asking questions" type posts and your responses to others look more and more like thinly veiled attempts for you to be able to argue with people about the rightness of your opinion over theirs. Maybe that isn't your intent, but I believe that's how it comes across to more than a few members on here. Maybe you could eliminate some confusion by titling your threads more accurately, such as "I like chains and everyone who doesn't is wrong"; at least the members who weighed in on the topic would know your real intent for the thread, and wouldn't waste their time offering their own opinions when you actually aren't interested in what those opinions are.
I don't know if you're deliberately trolling, but I do know that your "hey, I'm just asking questions" type posts and your responses to others look more and more like thinly veiled attempts for you to be able to argue with people about the rightness of your opinion over theirs. Maybe that isn't your intent, but I believe that's how it comes across to more than a few members on here. Maybe you could eliminate some confusion by titling your threads more accurately, such as "I like chains and everyone who doesn't is wrong"; at least the members who weighed in on the topic would know your real intent for the thread, and wouldn't waste their time offering their own opinions when you actually aren't interested in what those opinions are.