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The Psychology of Fanboys
Testiiiiing writes "CoolTechZone.com's Gundeep Hora publishes his thoughts on why fanboys act the way they do. 'For fanboys (and I use the term with utmost respect, at least for this article), their appetite to support their favorite company to beat the big, bad corporate heavyweights gets delusional at times. And why not? After all, we all like to cheer the underdog... reasonably. In addition to cheering for the little guy, fanboys also think it's their responsibility to spread the word about their favorite company. Combine their need to do marketing on behalf of their adopted companies and their products with the passion to make others see things their way, and you have a powerful group of people.'"
OMG no one reads CoolTechZone lol! ARS for lifez yo~
They're not fanboys. They're minions.
Genesis 1:32 And God typed
Cue the posts calling me a "fanboy fanboi"!
I'd like to follow that up with a dissemination of correct information. You are a "fanboi fanboy". Thanks, just wanted to clear that up before this thread got out of hand.
And note how fast his fanboy buddies modded him up.
dont you mean sheep?
I guess it's a slow news day. How am I supposed to avoid work all day when this is all slashdot has to offer :(
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How is 'fanboyism' any different from cheering for your favorite sports team, political candidate or having faith in your religion.
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And in keeping with the tradition of analogies on
Apple hardware is like the Yankees, someone paid far too much and got so little.
Either way, both the Yankees and Apple suck.
Yours Truly,
Curt Shilling
> I usually get called a "fanboy" (or, more often, "fanboi", and sometimes even "fangirl") when I disseminate correct information about Apple on slashdot
That's because you're posting on a Linux fanboy site.
http://rareformnewmedia.com/
Oh come on, that was barely a Godwin honorable mention at best. It was a highly oblique comparison that didn't even invoke the "N" word or the "H" word.
But you're still guilty. Were you following orders, minion?
All the techniques ever used to make men moral have been themselves thoroughly immoral... (Nietzsche)
The most biggest group of Fan Boys are the Grammer Fan Boyz. I Can't remember the last time the wasn't corectid for my grammer. They are clearly the mostest annoing, I can deal with the lennox, MS, Mac, OS/2 zellots but them grammor Folks are awful.
Knowledge = Power
P= W/t
t=Money
Money = Work/Knowledge so the less you know the more you make
Yes, fanboys remind me of the streotypical expert who is said to "know more and more about less and less until eventually they know everything about nothing".
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
Amiga Persecution Complex
Signed,
idontgno
former Amiga fanboi
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
"I've found myself defending Microsoft"
You sir, are clearly a M$ shill. Go push your windoze agenda on some other site, because if you do not believe 100% in free software, then you are clearly too ignorant to know any better! Non-free software is dead. 2007 is the year of free software, and free software only, because any reasonable person can see that free software is the only kind of software that works.
M$ software and windoze are broken, and you're too busy astroturfing to see it. Go get a clue. There's no denying the truth. You can't turn this around.
-Twitter Impersonator
Ballmer shot first
I never spellcheck and I freely admit it. Save your karma for more worthwhile "lol erorrs" replies
I'm calling you out on Godwin.
Fnord.