Why are there so many mean people on LRC?

Counter take.

People are generally mean but have learned how to hide it as they got older.

LRC is anonymous so the meanness just comes out.

Most people are inherently mean. They don't act that way offline because of the social consequences. There are none on anonymous internet forums.

It's how they are wrote:

Most people are inherently mean. They don't act that way offline because of the social consequences. There are none on anonymous internet forums.

Negativity is more complicated and takes up more of our brains. We have to work really hard to be nice to avoid the natural within. Am I wrong?

Trinity40:00 wrote:

It's not just me. I often post on threads where people are meaner than junkyard dogs to a well-intended

Original Poster.

I started running cross country as a 9th grader and coached many sports for years.

As a group, we should be ashamed of ourselves. Cross Country is supposed to be good kids.

What caused this?

ha ha

Low t from their high carb and high cortisol lifestyle.

We are who we are.

Letsrun just brings the best out of us.

It would be a little less so if this site required users to have a valid e-mail and profile. You know, like actually register.

dfa wrote: People are generally mean but have learned how to hide it as they got older. LRC is anonymous so the meanness just comes out.

100% agreed. On this site in particular, many better-than-average runners who aren’t/weren’t good enough to go pro and hence are bitter and thrive on putting others down. It’s pathetic, and this website has a terrible reputation as being such.

Just the nature of the internet. The biggest LRC dbags are probably quality people in person.

Trinity40:00 wrote:

Why are there so many mean people on LRC?

Because it's LRC. The reputation for being a toxic cesspool precedes the boards, thus encouraging the behavior. If the BroJos ever decided to make anonymous posting a thing of the past, and only allowed registered people, the trolling would most likely be not so prevalent.

Until that day happens, by asking this question, it officially flags you as being a moran.

Welcome to LRC. If you can get past all the crap, there is good advice and wisdom here.

Graffiti, anonymity.

Are people really mean on Letsrunforum ?

Honestly I don't think. There are plenty of passionate people willing to give advice, opinions, comment news and training methods.

Sure there are humors , sarcasm, but it is rather light and very rarely insulting or really disrespectful. If someong is coming here bragging to be a world class superior athlete because he run a 57 seconds 400m at 190 pounds, he is going to get grilled and mocked but it is fair game since he starts to brag for nothing.

In my case I like to pour a bucket of cold water on some obvious dumb questions and posts. In other cases it's just for pure jest. I can tell you are sensitive. Tell me about your childhood?

You see what I mean? ; )

Sometimes the meanies really stick it to the cheaters (who are way beyond mean). Plus there’s some huge creative talent here & there.

Worked with a guy once who could be mean, but he got me out of some scrapes because he could play a little dirty. Diversity is strength.

I know what it is like to suffer. I get bullied a lot on this site. I just hope guys here are better at talking to girls then to me here for their own sake

C’mon, BB. You’ve trash-talked others sometimes: “I’m one of the greatest-of-all-time posters,” which basically diminishes everyone.

Zev wrote:

Trinity40:00 wrote:

Why are there so many mean people on LRC?

Because it's LRC. The reputation for being a toxic cesspool precedes the boards, thus encouraging the behavior. If the BroJos ever decided to make anonymous posting a thing of the past, and only allowed registered people, the trolling would most likely be not so prevalent.

Until that day happens, by asking this question, it officially flags you as being a moran.

Welcome to LRC. If you can get past all the crap, there is good advice and wisdom here.

Yes, LRC should require registration like YouTube comments. That will surely solve the problem. There are barely any negative or trolling comments on YouTube...

Pure Hate. If you're not running an 800 today unleash it on the forum.

Two answers to this:

1) Anonymity: any forum that provides the ability for posters to be anonymous is going to be ugly. Whether its running, gardening, or politics: anonymity breeds negativity.

2) It's not just LRC. Within any group that is hyper-focused on one thing (i.e., running, baseball, music, football, cooking, etc.) you will find people who are really invested in that particular thing. People who are invested to the point that they are going to spend their time on a niche forum discussing that particular thing are going to have strong opinions about the content. They are also more likely to be relatively gifted at that particular thing, which breeds a machismo that brings out the worst in them that is helped along by point #1 above.