'Twitter Taliban'

rick_chasey

inkyfingers wrote:

I'm still following you, what more do you want!

Er constant adoration, obviously.

steerpike

so who is the user known as Digger_Forum? Someone suggested he's an ex-rider.

ddraver

he may have ridden a bike once, but I do not believe he has the intelligence to have done it professionally.

Just another cyclismas "misfit"

Richmond Racer

ddraver wrote:

he may have ridden a bike once*, but I do not believe he has the intelligence to have done it professionally.

Just another cyclismas "misfit"

*only with stabilisers

above_the_cows

afx237vi wrote:

The danger of people on this forum taking so much notice of the crazies on other forums is that so much time will be spent discussing their nutjob ideas that it'll dilute the (largely) reasonable discussion that takes place here.

It would be much better if we could ignore them as the repetition of their mantra if repeated enough times becomes a kind of truth in itself, like the "500 tests" of Lance himself. It's what we'd call in the business a form of narrative construction.

However, it is getting harder to ignore them because of what ddraver points to in their links and relationship with 'reputable' and more mainstream media sites.

ddraver wrote:

We now have the situation where bits of info are leaked to both cyclingnews.com and cyclismas. However whereas cyclingnews.com have to check the sources and that the information is reliable, cyclismas can post any old rubbish they get, and it appears increasingly, make up on the spot. Therefore when the real news outlets finally release the news, cyclismas look like they were, once again, ahead of the game.

As for this...

Omar Little wrote:

If it was festinadude instead of festinagirl would anyone pay any attention to them? The internet is full of losers and creeps on social media and forums who see the word girl or babe in a username and it attracts them like flies to shite thinking they are in with a shot.

I'd have called myself 'Above The Averagely Attractive'

Fifty years ago would we have called them 'Twitter Trots' for the alliteration, the who can shout the loudest mentality and the dogmatic belief in their own ideas?

MrTapir

Above The Cows wrote:

Fifty years ago would we have called them 'Twitter Trots' for the alliteration, the who can shout the loudest mentality and the dogmatic belief in their own ideas?

Is that you, Michael Gove?

rebs

Is it not cool to have your name as yur twitter handle? Wish someone told me while I was in cool school

above_the_cows

MrTapir wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Fifty years ago would we have called them 'Twitter Trots' for the alliteration, the who can shout the loudest mentality and the dogmatic belief in their own ideas?

Is that you, Michael Gove?

Ha ha. No I've always been more on the left-autnomous-anarcho communist spectrum myself so no, not Mr Gove.

steerpike

ddraver wrote:

he may have ridden a bike once, but I do not believe he has the intelligence to have done it professionally.

Just another cyclismas "misfit"

Pro bike riders need intelligence??. All the evidence points to the contrary.

ddraver

that is a fair point....

iainf72

steerpike wrote:

so who is the user known as Digger_Forum? Someone suggested he's an ex-rider.

Yup he is indeed.

The overlord might also be someone interesting

steerpike

iainf72 wrote:

steerpike wrote:

so who is the user known as Digger_Forum? Someone suggested he's an ex-rider.

Yup he is indeed.

The overlord might also be someone interesting

Hmmm, maybe that partly explains his relentlessley pessimistic persona. Any ideas? An Irish ex-pro.

r0bh

iainf72 wrote:

The overlord might also be someone interesting

He hides it very well

inkyfingers

iainf72 wrote:

steerpike wrote:

so who is the user known as Digger_Forum? Someone suggested he's an ex-rider.

Yup he is indeed.

The overlord might also be someone interesting

Come on then, stop being a prick tease and spill the beans.

No_Ta_Doctor

iainf72 wrote:

steerpike wrote:

so who is the user known as Digger_Forum? Someone suggested he's an ex-rider.

Yup he is indeed.

The overlord might also be someone interesting

Don't think so. Think he's just an everyday average arsehole.

ddraver

In the same way race radio is I suppose....

No_Ta_Doctor

That @ddraver is the worst of the lot though.

ddraver

I know, since he got a new kitten, all he posts is flipping #catnews !!! Or bitches about Siberia

RoadPainter

I just searched for Rick Chasey on Twitter and got one tweet in results. I'm not sure this is what I was looking for...

Rick‏@Rick_iamrlk

@RealChasey Hi Chasey, How was your time at the Bunny Ranch? Sure wish I could have fucked you Chasey! You are such a porn beauty!

rick_chasey

I have that effect on people.

DeadCalm

iainf72 wrote:

steerpike wrote:

so who is the user known as Digger_Forum? Someone suggested he's an ex-rider.

Yup he is indeed.

The overlord might also be someone interesting

Only if you're interested in jumped-up, hypocritical liars with a huge need for attention. The guy is a nobody and his 'sources' are figments of his imagination or equally sad nobodies.

iainf72

DeadCalm wrote:

Only if you're interested in jumped-up, hypocritical liars with a huge need for attention. The guy is a nobody and his 'sources' are figments of his imagination or equally sad nobodies.

I'd never considered he was Brailsford :P

DeadCalm

iainf72 wrote:

DeadCalm wrote:

Only if you're interested in jumped-up, hypocritical liars with a huge need for attention. The guy is a nobody and his 'sources' are figments of his imagination or equally sad nobodies.

I'd never considered he was Brailsford :P

It's childishly crass comments like this that are starting to make me want to see Sky do well. :shock:

simon_e

inkyfingers wrote:

I'm slowly learning that twitter is like any part of life, you just have to learn to filter out the crap and keep an eye out for the little nuggets of goodness.

Why did it take so long - were you originally only following the handful of interesting/witty people on there? (which excludes the likes of Stephen Fry and all the smug sycophants who say anything even remotely gushing about Steve Jobs)

inkyfingers wrote:

There are some ball achingly annoying people who once in a while retweet something interesting.

Fixed that for you

If they are ball-achingly annoying then why hang around wasting your life just in case they say something acceptable? Shakespeare, monkeys and typewriters. The people with the real nuggets are too smart to spend their time being ball-achingly annoying, they've too busy doing stuff. And I've got better things to do than follow puffed-up nobodies talking bollox.

By contrast, one of my favourite ever tweets to date was intended as a DM:

"David, good news, found a real pitbull of a lawyer to go after those two f*ckers."

(the asterisk is mine) Unfortunately the author has since deleted it, but I adore it.

slim_boy_fat

Simon E wrote:

inkyfingers wrote:

I'm slowly learning that twitter is like any part of life, you just have to learn to filter out the crap and keep an eye out for the little nuggets of goodness.

Why did it take so long - were you originally only following the handful of interesting/witty people on there? (which excludes the likes of Stephen Fry and all the smug sycophants who say anything even remotely gushing about Steve Jobs)

inkyfingers wrote:

There are some ball achingly annoying people who once in a while retweet something interesting.

Fixed that for you

If they are ball-achingly annoying then why hang around wasting your life just in case they say something acceptable? Shakespeare, monkeys and typewriters. The people with the real nuggets are too smart to spend their time being ball-achingly annoying, they've too busy doing stuff. And I've got better things to do than follow puffed-up nobodies talking bollox.

By contrast, one of my favourite ever tweets to date was intended as a DM:

"David, good news, found a real pitbull of a lawyer to go after those two f*ckers."

(the asterisk is mine) Unfortunately the author has since deleted it, but I adore it.

Ahem...

Anonymous

My favourite bit was when they all accused Wiggin's of doping because of a plaster and when Fran Millar replied they accused her of lying, then when she provided hardcore proof not one of them could even issue an apology. They are all pathetic.

inkyfingers

The fact that any old Tom, Dick or even Harriet can get their voice across to many people across the globe is both the best and worst thing about twitter.

Richmond Racer

inkyfingers wrote:

The fact that any old Tom, Dick or even Harriet can get their voice across to many people across the globe is both the best and worst thing about twitter.

Yes, certainly them

mr_poll

The twitterati's darling David Millar decided to close his twitter account, who knows why. Within hours this gets retweeted by our favourite female cycling fan:

drhysc: @festinagirl right when cycling needs a strong public voice @millarmind leaves twitter? I don't get it. @omerta

Such loyalty. Love the way that leaving twitter means the end of his views, what did we do before it?

ddraver

Perhaps it might have something to do with the non-stop criticism he get's off of her and her brethren..?

Classic Twitter Taliban behaviour! I'd get all self-righteous if it was nt so darned hypocritical!