Unfortunately handbag is victim to what Peter Kollock would call ‘junks and jerks!’ – Lot’s of users are flamed within handbag on the odd occasion (by people who have ‘never’ been seen before – or have they, but under another identity?).
Most of the users whom are flamed are the more community based users, i.e. those who are recognized by al members and are regular posters and are welcomed by all members. I think you can see the effects of this flaming rather well on this post http://www.handbag.com/forums/showthread.php?t=455879&highlight=meet.
The forum is also victim to ‘spam’ where people who make up accounts come on and post about websites the users should go and visit because they’re good for this etc, but they’re pretending to be a fellow member rather than a marketing person.
Freedom available on the Handbag Forum
Poster believes that the internet allows you to act freely, simply because of its basic forms, regardless of what you can actually do on it. The freedom to be able to post/view what you want makes the user feel like they have a sense of freedom, but really what they are viewing is controlled by other users and what they wish to post, alternatively it is controlled by the website and what they wish to post articles on, and finally it is controlled by the websites rules and regulations of what users can say and do.
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