Anson17

December 19, 2011 9:18 pm I've had a rule for a few months now that's made my internet experience so much better. If I'm reading comments and one starts with "um, actually" or any derivation of that, I skip it. It's wonderful.

December 19, 2011 7:26 pm Either that or I could take another glance at things before I post. That's what happens when you're slacking off on iFanboy instead of studying for your Media Ethics final.

December 19, 2011 7:25 pm Full disclosure: I physically cringed when Josh said it on the podcast because his hatred of the word has really rubbed off on me. I was relieved to hear it was a user review.

December 19, 2011 6:59 pm I'm sorry, when you wrote "non article" I read it as an insult to this article instead of "in the comments and whatnot." You may see it as snide, but when it's usually busting peoples' chops who are being trolls, it tends to not bother me. That might be an issue of mine, though.

December 19, 2011 6:28 pm @ScorpionMasada - I'd like to apologize, I may have misread your comment. I thought you were insinuating that the iFanboys had been hypocritical by using the review with "meh" in it. Sorry about that.

December 19, 2011 5:46 pm Is he still around? Haven't seen him in months.

December 19, 2011 5:45 pm High Five.

December 19, 2011 5:31 pm @SEChambers - If you feel that you're above the advice being given and you're sick of these types of articles, why read them? I think they work as reality checks once in a while. We can all be jerks. We've all been "that guy" in a comments thread at some point, and no matter how well we think we're conducting ourselves, it's nice to be reminded that we can always do things better. At least that's how I see it.

December 19, 2011 5:28 pm I honestly don't get "snide" out of this. I think it's pretty earnest and sincere. It's rare you see a columnist admit to letting commenters getting them down. They usually act like they're above all that or they explicitly say they don't read them and there's nothing constructive to be had in them. To each his own, though.

December 19, 2011 5:26 pm I'm glad someone said this. The reasons I hang out on iFanboy are many, but the most important is that this site and the commenters showed me what comics fans can, and probably should, be like: Insightful, even-headed, enthusiastic, and decent. I think that's kind of slipped a bit as iFanboy has gotten bigger and bigger, because of course more people would mean more trolls. Not saying this isn't still the best comics community on the internet, just that I've gotten more wary of certain discussion topics because I know the types of people they will draw.