Rules of the Troll [WIP] - Page 2

Me too. It's funny how many times posters repeat these.

TS you should add "Apple needs to make a 5" screen iPhone because that's what I want". I've read that numerous times in the last few months.

This could have the addition, 'unless Apple's patents are being invalidated in which case the patent system is working as intended'.

 

Definitely. This is amazing. There needs to be an app for this.

That's a very american point of view actually. Europeans, and chiefly Asians, have a different view on this in particular. I recently went to  several theater plays (an old art form, with live actors performing on a stage)  in Paris. The plays were 100 to 400 years old. They were art and they were enjoyable.

The american public would see them as moldy and outdated.

 

That's why globalization is a bad thing, erasing local preferences. Of course, this is an opinion...

Make one, Apple makes that dead easy. Really.

 

Install XCode. Create project. Build interface in interface builder. Fill up PList with quotes. Link PList to interface. Push to Appstore.

 

I consider the list his property, not mine.

What I mean is the iteration process. For example, if you saw a play and someone performed the same play but one actor had a different costume, it wouldn't be considered a unique work of art. If this play was the only one you ever saw, year after year then even with the modifications, you'd consider them all to be a single work of art and you probably wouldn't want to see the same one every year. People seem to expect Apple to come out with a new work of art every year but are really seeing the same play with a different costume. I personally don't think it's a problem because I see the iPhone as a single work of art and I think the small modifications are enough. Android phone manufacturers go more down the 'variety is the spice of life' route and try all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors and Apple does to an extent with the iPods but it creates a lot of clutter when manufacturers ship poor products for the sake of variety and lower price points.

Globalization is a good thing so that people from different cultures get the opportunity to appreciate these works of art.

Just found this section of the forums after seeing the "Moderator behavior" mentioned on the main page. Refreshing to know that AI is still an Apple centric forum and tries to keep the trolling under control. Depressing to see other Apple sites overrun with trolls and critics and no attempt at putting a lid on it. MacRumors is THE prime example. Tired of hearing about "freedom of speech" and "censorship" on a private forum when disruptive trolling is deleted. The anonymity of the Internet is partly to blame. A lot of this wouldn't happen if not for anonymous user names and privacy settings. Face to face with some of these types would be a hoot.

Honestly if you think those are two examples are bannable offences then I think the problem is evident.  You have a thick skin where people attack you but not quite so when the mothership is attacked.  

 

There will always be haters, people with differing opinions.  To delete posts because you don't agree with them is the issue.  Apple is bigger than you and does not need you to protect them from the "evil empire".  

 

There are plenty of people here who are apple fanboys who are not overly happy with where apple is heading.  

Talking about that, latest update on my iPhone has caused an irritating behavior that Wifi only runs if I'm actively using the phone. Makes receiving email an annoying process, instead of having a "ding" sound to warn me, I now have to go and check myself... Any idea if it's a bug (hence, just wait for solve), or a feature (hence, complain, pray, or buy SamsungWhateverphone)...

I don't see any problem with getting rid of those trolls. I'm sure those particular people are quite welcome on some Google or MS fan board. They don't actually have to be on an Apple fan board. If their point is to evangelize for some other brand or poison the Apple well, they don't need to be here. Nobody likes being evangelized to, and if a person thinks poisoning the Apple well is the best way to get people to switch brands, the problem is that person, not us.


Then that ignores the need to protect _this forum_ from those that choose to be disruptive rather than be a part of the discussion.


There's a point where disgruntled ex-fans are more disruptive than regular trolls. If someone is here to discuss, fine, if they're here to lay land mines, then elsewhere is a better place for them.

You forgot to add:

#51: Reposting any discredited or misleading LOL@APPLE pictures

#52: elite vs. welfare bankrupts.

an iMac is just a vertical laptop - xZu, March 2013

edited after the Jeff's perceptive eye
Edited by PhilBoogie - 3/2/13 at 7:24am

On the subject of the iMac: People looking for a desktop don't want laptop performance - ecs, March 2013

In all fairness, ElectroTech didn't say it, he was countering someone that said it.

http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/156249/after-astonishingly-poor-quarter-mac-sales-predicted-to-rebound#post_2286144

He was replying to xZu:

http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/156249/after-astonishingly-poor-quarter-mac-sales-predicted-to-rebound#post_2286127

On the subject of Apple vs Samsung, and judge Koh cutting the 1.05B down by 400M: "Apple should end up paying Samsung's legal fees and more. Go Judge Koh!"

Apple: Milking our customers is what we do best.

Well, that's actually rather true. The point is, Apple waits until a feature is polished and refined enough before pushing it, Android just pushes it and hopes it gets better. It doesn't seem trolling to me, more like failure to see why Apple would do this, and why the general public would benefit from such an approach, rather than the "tinkerer oriented" Android approach...

The iPhone would look better without that stretched screen

I was looking for the S4 video launch event, stumbled upon http://www.androidcentral.com and saw this:
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-one-versus-iphone-5

can't link to the post, but reading the first few you get the idea what kind of shyte site this is

"Steve Jobs only sold other peoples ideas. Do your research."

No, I didn't make that up, someone actually posted that. 4th comment, from 'darkhunt333'

"Steve Jobs only sold other peoples ideas.

Correct...

 

But he did a great job doing it.

 

Also, I would suggest you look up how and where did Bill Gates got his windows idea from.

Trolling about trolling Selective justice.
Edited by Andrey - 3/27/13 at 9:18am

iPhone owners fervently post pictures to Flickr in order to make it seem it is the most popular phone!