It amuses me to read what some consider entertainment and creativity on Getbig. There are way too many anonymous people on Getbig who cross the line of what is fair to say about others. I think stirring others is okay but actually slandering another is beyond fair play. What happens a lot here is that some people use insults and personal attacks to get even with others they are engaging. When their targets do not respond to such insults these nasties often have to resort to really offensive comments to stir that person. I find that rather sad.
If someone calls another a pedophile, and do not have any proof or evidence, then that is slander. Especially if the person is a known individual. How is calling anyone that supposed to be a joke and amusement? I have seen some cowards make up lies about others sending personal messages to them when in fact no such PM was ever sent. If they are doing this to support their pedophile charge then that is reprehensible. Also, some people post a quote of a PM or message that is not the actual message. How on earth can anyone protect himself against creative nonsense like that?
Another sorry avenue or strategy of some here is to attack family or ex wives of known people. Why on earth would anyone do that? That is beyond okay in any open society. We all know what to expect at Getbig. Even though one of the conditions of posting here is not to make personal attacks or to slander others we see this happening all the time. I think the moderators should be more consistent and remove slanderous comments and attacks against family and those not involved on Getbig.
The rule I think that should govern what is fair is to put ourselves in the position of the receiver of posts. Would we like or approve of what is being said? We have seen that some known individuals openly post statements about others that are plainly damaging. Sometimes the target appears to clear his name but the truth is the internet is not a good place to try to do that. Usually what happens is that it is one person's opinion versus the other.
If the owner of Getbig allows slanderous statements to remain on Getbig then he could be responsible for publishing them. I think the moderators do remove most of the truly unfair and offensive material but so much remains that they give up doing much about it. If people actually send messages to the moderators that certain statements are offensive or perhaps slanderous then the moderators have a duty to do something about those posts. When the offensive threads or posts are removed or deleted some will complain that someone ran to Ron about things. Well, it is easy for anonymous people to hide behind that screen and say whatever they like about known people and quite another thing to experience the crap that is dished out to actual people.
I notice stalwart 'characters' like Goatboy go to a lot of trouble to protect himself from possible litigation. Now, why would anyone have to do that? Sure he could be making up stuff about using a neighbour's connection to post crap on Getbig but I would bet some people do what he says or something else that will make it almost impossible to be tracked down. Getbig is not a level playing field when you have people using their own names or are known even with internet handles versus characters who are virtual identities alone. What I have seen occur on other forums is that some people use gimmick accounts to attack people they dislike or want to stir or humiliate.
If someone does slander another then that person should be banned from Getbig. I don't have to spell out what slander is. So many on Getbig insist they are educated and intelligent and yet we see daily how ignorant and irresponsible so many are. Is it any wonder that few top bodybuilders remain on Getbig? You have to be fearless and perhaps part masochist to battle with the flotsam of Getbig and keep doing it month after month. Sure a lot of the stuff is fun. I wonder what some of the targets feel about all that much fun? Like Cool Hand Luke said to the warden who was punishing Luke for his own good, 'I wish you would stop being so good to me!'
