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Can anyone break it down for me? While I mostly come to Streeteasy for education from the likes of NWT, Front Porch, KeithB, Urbandigs and Inonada, I frequently find myself reading the banter among some of the other regulars for the sheer entertainment of it. What is the history between these folks, and are there alliances among them? E.g., do Aboutready and Alanhart typically agree? Do Huntersburg and Columbia County ever agree? etc.

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It started with bull/bear years ago, pretty clear lines... but as numbers came in over the years, and the bulls sorta changed their tunes (for most, without admitting error), this got shattered a bit, with the center sort of turning on the extremes on both sides (stevehjx, stevef, who both left the board, ericho, LICC). And some of these specific rivalries popped up...

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bottoms, question for you: if someone is "trolling" you and yet you keep mentioning that person in threads where he/she has not posted, what does that make you?

Also, why the change from bottoms to yikes?

"a perma bear with opinions on much, will get hissiest with anyoner who cares to have at him"

Actually, that describes you perfectly. Except all the slurping you do.

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Oh, no answers. Really unlike you, bottoms... All amusement indeed!

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Well, to clarify, RE bear, stock bull... though I'm re-evaluating these last few months on both, so not quite sure on the perma- part. But I'll take the opinionated comment, that is fair.

And what's this on pedigree?

Why did you change the name anyway?

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"I don't have an agenda."

If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you. LOL!!

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Brooksie, I think the heat is getting to you! LOL!

Now back to the Bronx with you! LOL!

"(is that a bone of sorts?--albeit a small one)...ok, that's 3 today--she's had a windfall"

bottoms ain't just a troll, he's apparently a misogynist too. Yikes is a spot-on name for you.

"why you so hateful on stevie? you wasted no time joining in the gang-beating."

Really cute that you feel the need to ride to his defense all the time.

Yikes: Courcheval - nice; our Christmases were Hobe Sound; but spring break was always Aspen. You do seem like a jovial sort, and I thank you for all responses to posts.

Somewherelse: Thank you for the overview. The specific rivalries are hilarious, except sometimes they go too far.

Brooks2: Your posts do appear sincere, without agenda and not uninformed. I appreciate and thank you for them.

RENY - You also seem good natured, except for whatever is going on with Brooks2; I likewise appreciate your posts and thank you for them.

bjw2103 - Obviously some history with bottoms; perfect example of type of relationship that is a mystery to newcomers such as myself.

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I haven't seen any of that; as noted, I am a relative newcomer and can only go by what I've read.

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Oh my - I really was just curious. How am I supposed to know that bjw is a male and that Yikes knew that bjw is male and intended to insult him by calling him a her? Really? Again, this is exactly the type of inside baseball stuff that I was hoping someone would explain so that I could better understand the odd interactions that I observe. Agree that having 3 names was not top form, but I am totally comfortable with totality of information conveyed; not a personal vendetta, but rather simply information that I would have liked to have had about the building when I first came to New York. If conveying accurate information is a personal vendetta, then guilty as charged. I hate bullies and can only imagine how many people that individual/organization has taken advantage of. Disgusting. Indeed, the staff of the building was cheering me on in the confrontations. My conscience is clean in terms of using SE forums for their intended purpose. As for purpose of this thread, there are greyed out posters whose posts ring true to me, and I was trying to figure out whom to credit by virtue of whether they follow any of those posters I have identified that make sense to me.

So SE is like Bachelor Pad, Survivor, or Big Brother? We have secret alliances? Am I the villian then? I love it.

I think people agree with some people more than others but never with everyone always.

It's paranoid bitter renters who have been waiting for a market crash for 30 years running, and accusing anyone who owns their property to be a shill realtor. It's them vs. the sane people of the world.

NYCNovice, well I did point out bottoms/yikes' misogyny, but that's ok, it's not immediately obvious how much of a troll he is until you read a bit more of his drivel. Worth pointing out as well that he switched from bottoms to yikes because StreetEasy admin put him under troll control (ie: his posts were greyed out), because, well, he trolls. And as a troll will do, he deflects from these facts by pretending others are trolls. Pretty textbook stuff actually.

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"It's paranoid bitter renters who have been waiting for a market crash for 30 years running,"

The market DID crash in 2007, or did you not notice?

"why you so hateful on stevie? you wasted no time joining in the gang-beating."

Well, to be fair, steve is very quick to start with the insults... including some pretty offensive nicknames... all while being the first to complain to streeteasy about the things he himself is (more) guilty of.

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Alliances advance common goals and interests. Factions are groups of people in a larger organization that have a common interest. Except here there are no goals or interests except creating spew and chaos and hurting the Street easy brand.

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The "factions and alliances" was reference to Federalist Paper No. 10; very distressed that somehow it was associated with Big Brother. In any event, after two weeks of study, I think I've pretty much figured them out, though for the life of me, the vitriol continues to mystify me.

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>Truth
from 2006 article (name of publication withheld by me)

Mystery Flack Likes to Slime

So just who is ##### ###### * ? The self-identified music publicist’s name is suddenly turning up in a lot of places, first for throwing mud at the memory of Billy Preston, and now for casting aspersions on Heather Mills-McCartney.

The trouble is, no one in the music biz seems to know a ###### ######s. Her name doesn’t appear in searches of the Billboard, Variety or Hollywood Reporter archives. Cursory Web searches also turn up nothing.…

* = SE's Truth

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