a reply to:
Profusion
Why do posters star an original post without flagging the accompanying thread?
I can only speak for myself and find it difficult in most cases to speak for others...but I may contradict myself further down in my comment.
Personally speaking; I flag a thread if it resonates with me and also star the OP - even without posting a comment. If it gets a flag - it always gets
a star.
Why do posters spend a lot of time contributing to a thread without flagging it?
Personally speaking; there has been the rare time I have commented on a thread without flagging it and starring the OP because I found the nature of
the topic, the INTENTION/AGENDA to post it, and/or views expressed within the OP extremely ignorant and/or does not remotely resonate with my personal
taste at all. Sometimes I just felt like "denying ignorance".
That ignorant thread: "War On Western Heritage" making its rounds here on ATS is one I will comment on later without flagging or starring it because
the OP displays ignorance at its finest.
Why do posters star an original post without flagging the accompanying thread?
It seems to me this means that the poster thinks the original post is good but the topic isn't worthy of more attention. I have some theories about
what that behavior could mean:
1. The poster found the original post to be valuable but they have an agenda to try to suppress certain topics.
2. The poster thinks a particular original post was valuable but they don't think the topic of the thread is worth promoting. Question: If you feel
like the original post transcended the significance that the topic has inherently, wouldn't that make the thread flag-worthy?
3. The poster doesn't care about others enough to flag threads.
Personally speaking; #2 seems to be more the case. Some topics are just interesting for many reasons but doesn't deserve to be flagged. Here is my own
thread that I feel does
NOT deserve to be flagged at all. TBH, I was surprised it did receive a couple of flags, and I appreciate those who did
so.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Question: If you feel like the original post transcended the significance that the topic has inherently, wouldn't that make the thread flag-worthy?
Click my above link to my thread and answer that above question for yourself. Again, the nature of the topic and personal interest influences such
behaviour.
Why do people flag threads?
I've come to the conclusion that many posters use flags as a way to push their agendas and biases, not as a way to promote a search for truth.
That's the bottom line as I see it and it's disappointed me a lot to find that.
Again,
I flag threads that appeal to my personal taste - nothing more. I'm not a policy maker, nor do I care about
most issues I may
comment on in threads here on ATS. I do have personal vested interest in SOME of the topics due to humanitarian and compassionate reasons.
When I log off of ATS or other social media sites, my immediate reality takes precedent.
My currency of life is all that matters - this is mind entertainment (distraction) for me via using social issues on social media sites to express my
personal views on a certain topic. Again - none of us are policy makers.
I am always aware of the fact that my immediate reality; my fabric and
true currency of life; takes precedent over global issues expressed on social media. I'm presently sitting outdoors at pub patio sipping a pint as
I type this comment, yet I am aware that my mind for this brief moment is allowing myself to entertain the subject of your OP.
The herd mentality (via the engineering of consent) often causes the lines to become blurred between 'Global/Social issues expressed on social media
Vs. Immediate reality issues'. Most of the topics discussed here on ATS have no real immediate affect or importance on those who participate in them -
many use these sites as an outlet to vent.
I state this despite being an active member of Amnesty International for the past three years. When I arrive back home from volunteering my time in a
lesser nation, which to TBH is not very often (I prefer to live more like Mick Jagger than Bono,) my immediate reality trumps everything else.
I've come to the conclusion that many posters use flags as a way to push their agendas and biases, not as a way to promote a search for truth.
That's the bottom line as I see it and it's disappointed me a lot to find that.
That may be true some of the times, but not true other times.
Maybe what you perceive as "their agenda and bias" may simply be a form of mind
entertainment - a way to distract themselves from their own immediate reality and nothing more (projecting their own lack of fulfillment in life).
Also, there are many people here on this site who "walk the talk" have lived some of these issues and therefore do indeed have a valid reason to push
an agenda and express their personal bias. It's all good from both sides.
Starred and Flagged for the great thread.