[Touch HD General] eaglesteve:
How did a thread became so ugly?

This thread started off as a few winmo users wanting to sell their HD and use the new iPhone. How did it get to where we are now?

Actually, if you really analyse this thread, this is what happened:

Some forumners who are already HD users, started talking about selling their HD and buy the new iPhone. (Post 1 to 8)

Then, someone started mocking and making fun of the "deserters" (post 9,14,16).

And made lots of out-dated, incorrect comments about what the new iPhone's capabilities are without basis, while making exaggerated claims on what winmo could do (post 19,23).

A winmo guy came in very aggressively to start attacking a "deserter", in his usual manner (post 20).

"Deserters" tried to explain why they're abandoning HD for iPhone. They tried correcting some incorrrect/outdated information in post 19 and said that each has different requirements, and that my requirements are better met with iPhone and listed some items where iPhone did a better job. The discussion touched on problems with winmo as an OS too (post 22,24,25,30).

Some readers did participate in the discussion rationally and unemotionally and appear to engage in the iPhone vs Winmo debate. (post 27,28). However, others appeared to have felt offended by the "deserter's arguments", and insist the strengths of iPhone mentioned by the deserters are not important to him (post 29) and therefore it is invalid to say that iPhone can do anything that HD can't do. Winmo camp unfairly denies iPhone's strengths. In post 29, clear weaknesses of winmo platform were even gloriried as strength with debaters getting more and more agitated, thus making any discussion impossible.

Winmo camp stood up for microsoft, and labeled iPhone 3GS hardware as "already be outdated within just a few weeks" and that HD is much faster than 3G.(post 31)

"Deserters" disagree with winmo camp's analysis (post 33)

Winmo camp continue to list more inaccurate information on iPhone's capabilities re video playback format (37). "Deserters" also unfairly denied some clear HD's advantage of a high res screen, speaker, and replaceable battery (42,43)

Some "deserters" do however, rightly recognised the strengths of HD and admit the weaknesses of iPhone (post 49).

Winmo camp mocked supported assertion of 3GS being outdated and a poor purchase (post 48).

More winmo camp came on board to lend support to winmo side and mock the "deserters" (62,77,81,), even degrading iPhone as a poor match for an old Nokia phone (62).

Winmo again labled the outdatedness of iPhone hardware and "limited software" (post 88), again viewed as ignorant by the iPhone camp. iPhone camp challenged what they view as silly statements and provided support for why those statements were inaccurate. Winmo camp tries to combine the strength of WM7 and Omnia (both of which the poster has no experience with) to prove that 3GS is outdated, while continue to make inaccurate statement about what iPhone can or cannot do. (all th way to post 129)

More posters rallied behind iPhone camp (131, 132)

Winmo camp defend the winmo email as superior to iPhone's (135), iPhone camp sees the winmo camp as even justifying the weakness of winmo OS (136).

iPhone camp tries to inject in developers' thought on the state of OS and its impact on software development as another reason why they're going over to a platform with better and more abundant application software (138)

A winmo supporter cited playing world of warcraft using Remote Desktop as a reason why Stylus is such an important requirement (141), which iPhone camp finds even a rather far stretched argument (142).

More printscreens showing iPhone's modern and attractive applications compared to winmo's (156,158)

Winmo camp blames iPhone camp for being "insecured" and express anger over demonstrating the iPhone's strength and wanted to shut the discussion(161). Support came in (165). iPhone camp defended their right to change phone and to discuss reasons for their decision on this forum.

Winmo camp started name calling, uses really hostile tone (post 179).

WInmo camp makes outdated information on iPhone's mail capability and starts to exhibit hooligan behaviour by saying "My last word to all those annoying iPhone fanboys here: Be happy with your outdated phones but shut up and move to Apple forums, where there's other iPhone fanboys who will help you justifying the wrong decision you made. This forum is for HTC devices" (182). From there on, this thread became a mud slinging exercise. Some iPhone supporters stop posting from that point onward.

So, who "started the fight"? Is it true that some iPhone fanboy "come over" to someplace that they don't belong and pick on the HD? Was the iPhone guy merely responding to being mocked when they started a rather innocent conversation to sell their phone? And did some self appointed HD defender started the provocation and got ugly when they lose most of their arguments? Judge for yourself.

My last post. No more for this thread. Will not reply after this. ;)

Peace.