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dandbj13 If you are tired of getting mauled, stop poking the bear. This is not a problem with outsiders; it is a problem with insiders who are militant, mean-spirited, hateful, and rude. Stop pretending this is a board just about helping people with BB issues. This board is about actively campaigning against other platforms. I am convinced that most of the posters here do not love the BB platform as much as they hate Apple. No opportunity to bash or FUD bomb iOS is missed by the reverse trollers.
When the PB was announced and released, it was presented as an iPad competitor with lots of unsupported bravado. That, alone invited many non-BB users to the forum to discuss and debate the product. At that time, RIM fans defended the PB and presented it as some kind of iPad killer. The threads were full of stupid comparisons. Everyone was just fine with that as long as it showed how superior the PB was to everything else. Hypocrites!
The vast majority of threads that have flame wars were powered by some reverse troller spoiling for a fight with other platform supporters. It is RIM and it's supporters that have the Apple fetish. Just see how the subject is brought up in these threads. You people act like you are behind a members only firewall that outsiders cannot see. You should know that these posts are accessible from Google search. You invite the war by poking the bear.
Here's an idea, if you want to end the wars, stop bringing up other products besides what you love. Stop making it about what is wrong with everything else. Let's see how long that lasts.
One more thing. There is schadenfreude on every fan site. Go to any Apple site and see what it is filled with. That is the nature of the competitive beast. Unless these boards are locked to fans only, and removed from search engines, DEAL WITH IT! You are only upset because RIM is losing in almost every conceivable category. You love to crow when you think Apple or Android is losing. Now, you find that the taste of crow is somewhat bitter.
Stop the reverse trolling, and you will stop the majority of anti-RIM threads... including this one.