As promised, I'm going to start sharing some of the craziest, angriest replies to the almost always completely innocuous OKCTalk social media posts.

Of course, there are tons of positive comments, but some of these people must be incredibly unhappy and there are always a bunch like this within minutes of my posts. It's not a small number of people, which says a lot about our culture.


From today 6/25/20:

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"parking lot with grass" - love it!

I had to stop posting Covid-19 updates because scores of people were expressing outrage about the spreading of negative news and accusing the posts (which just contained numbers) of having an agenda that no one could explain.

I had to stop posting Covid-19 updates because scores of people were expressing outrage about the spreading of negative news and accusing the posts (which just contained numbers) of having an agenda that no one could explain.

Which is a shame. Speaking of, Dillon Richards does a really nice breakdown of the new data each day on Twitter. His comments are, of course, very similar.

Which is a shame. Speaking of, Dillion Richards does a really nice breakdown of the new data each day on Twitter. His comments are, of course, very similar.

Yes, others too... It's now well-covered territory so I've just backed away other than posting on the subject on OKCTalk.

This is amazing. I'll be back to this thread frequently.

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Wherein posting photos of a museum under construction leads to this in about 30 minutes:

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wow. just wow.

I used to think the anonymity of online forums gave people the courage to say dumb things then Facebook happened. People just say dumb things and now we all have to see it. Amazing.

Love this one:

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The Facebook comments section on this post was especially amusing. Basically just half of the comments were complaining it was surely going to be section 8 projects (like above) and the other half complaining they were building another fancy downtown apt complex that the common man could never afford. I don't think both of those arguments can be true at the same time.

The Facebook comments section on this post was especially amusing. Basically just half of the comments were complaining it was surely going to be section 8 projects (like above) and the other half complaining they were building another fancy downtown apt complex that the common man could never afford. I don't think both of those arguments can be true at the same time.

hmmm... fancy section 8 housing that nobody can afford. it's just crazy enough to work!

I had to stop posting Covid-19 updates because scores of people were expressing outrage about the spreading of negative news and accusing the posts (which just contained numbers) of having an agenda that no one could explain.
I wondered why you stopped. The spreadsheet was really convenient to go back to past dates. I miss it.

This is amazing. I'll be back to this thread frequently.

Yeah! This is gonna be fun. I need some fun. Actually we all need some fun.

So glad I don't have a FB account, madness lies that way...

So glad I don't have a FB account, madness lies that way...

Deactivated mine years ago. I'm so much happier!

This is great! I think it's just the internet in general, though.

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Pfft, looks like a school to me.

Deactivated mine years ago. I'm so much happier!

I still have my account but access it maybe once a week or so just to see what my extended family across the world is up to.

Other than that, it's a pointless distraction populated by lonely, insecure attention-seekers and hateful people making comments they wouldn't have the spine to say to someone's face. Sad to see how many people are addicted to it.

But it can be entertaining...

I still have my account but access it maybe once a week or so just to see what my extended family across the world is up to.

Other than that, it's a pointless distraction populated by lonely, insecure attention-seekers and hateful people making comments they wouldn't have the spine to say to someone's face. Sad to see how many people are addicted to it.

But it can be entertaining...I mainly use my FB account to keep in contact with group of us that went to Sequoyah grade school. We’ve been, or had been til March, getting together for regular lunches every couple months since our 2017 40 year NWC class reunion.

Pfft, looks like a school to me.

Funny enough, my high school (Northeast) also looks like a prison. :)

I posted that drone shot with the 3 Uhaul-lot towers rendered and of course it prompted endless
complaints about parking, traffic, expensive hotel rooms and the usual amount of overwhelming moaning.

Finally, someone had enough:


Here's another post showing the great growth and vision for OKC.

It's also what I've come to know as "posts that give OKC people on Facebook the biggest reason to complain about why it isn't worth it, why it's a waste, and now they don't have a place to park their 2008 Toyota Carolla when they go to a Thunder game twice a year".

Folks, this is what happens when cities are growing and have stronger economies and population spikes. If you don't want this, I suggest just hitting a highway an hour in any direction and moving to the thousands of open farmland that take up 90% of the state. Also, get off Facebook and social media. Go do something in the real world if this is how you spend your time.

I’ve never met people who complain more about parking than Oklahomans. There is always plenty of parking.

I only assume the people that comment like that are suburban hermits and wouldn't frequent downtown regardless of if there was "enough parking" for them or not. They are simply unwilling [or gave up trying] to learn to navigate in an unfamiliar area.

This is why it is important for signage, waypoints, and landmarks that help outsider navigate the area to make them the most comfortable in new areas.

Imagine a commuter rail spanning Edmond - DT OKC - Norman. Then a main streetcar route that was easy to understand. My lifetime, I hope.

What I don't get is the guy on Twitter who did a quote tweet thread starting from the OKCTalk tweet with the renders and went off about housing and hotels that get built in downtown being empty. I was reading it earlier today and thinking to myself "get better stats, they aren't empty".

Am I wrong on that?

^

Downtown housing is very full and hotels were very much so before the pandemic.

We need more of both, not less.

I was cracking up at some of the comments on today's post about the proposed Bricktown apartments and hotels because they're mind-blowingly uninformed or over-the-top regressive. I used to read those comments, shaking my head at the stupidity. It's now almost a game to see how quickly a parking comment comes up.

Those kind of comments always make me wonder about people. I like to generally assume I am not smarter than everyone about anything. So when a developer proposes and embarks on a development with millions of dollars at stake, that likely has to go through an underwriting process with multiple third-parties checking their work (which they do for a living day-in and day-out) to ensure the project is feasible, some people assume they are smarter than all of the professionals involved in the project who completely forgot to check occupancy rates before preparing this development.

I was cracking up at some of the comments on today's post about the proposed Bricktown apartments and hotels because they're mind-blowingly uninformed or over-the-top regressive. I used to read those comments, shaking my head at the stupidity. It's now almost a game to see how quickly a parking comment comes up.

The parking stuff is probably worse in OKC than bigger cities but the negativity is all part and parcel of social media, especially Facebook which skews older (read: tons of old cranks).


I sometimes hear criticism about OKCTalk being overly negative to which I reply: "Have you ever been on the Internet??"

Those kind of comments always make me wonder about people. I like to generally assume I am not smarter than everyone about anything. So when a developer proposes and embarks on a development with millions of dollars at stake, that likely has to go through an underwriting process with multiple third-parties checking their work (which they do for a living day-in and day-out) to ensure the project is feasible, some people assume they are smarter than all of the professionals involved in the project who completely forgot to check occupancy rates before preparing this development.

When Pete posted the Uhaul lot renderings the first time there was a person in the Facebook comments who was going on about how there was no way all three of those building could fit in that lot. They were absolutely convinced that these rendering were done without anyone taking a single measurement.

Wow, just reading this thread. Not surprising, but still depressing. With short text and instant reactions, social media rewards emotional responses with attention, which is the currency in an attention economy… and as the saying goes, enragement generates engagement. There really is no way to fix platforms like Facebook or Twitter. On the whole, they’re a terrible technology for human life.

When Pete posted the Uhaul lot renderings the first time there was a person in the Facebook comments who was going on about how there was no way all three of those building could fit in that lot. They were absolutely convinced that these rendering were done without anyone taking a single measurement.

Thank goodness they pointed that out!

This group was preparing to spend tens of millions and never thought to measure the property!

I just read all those then realized how much of a little bubble with have here on the forums. I feel like I know most posters. Facebook brings out….some interesting takes.

Pete is proactive as a board moderator. That’s why OKCTalk is a space for civil discussion. You just can’t have decent forums online without good content moderation.

You just can’t have decent forums online without good content moderation.

On FB that's called censorship and is against the constitution because they saw someone else say that on FB.

On FB that's called censorship and is against the constitution because they saw someone else say that on FB.

haha. Yeah, the moderation violates "free speech" argument is such a bad take. If you've ever followed any major Internet space, they quickly turns into a cesspool of bigotry, porn, and hate if there isn't active moderation. The problem with the major platforms is that they don't consistently enforce their own community standards so when they deplatform people who violate their rules, it looks arbitrary. Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok have all been spectacular failures. OKCTalk does much better. Of course, smaller scale helps.

I posted that drone shot with the 3 Uhaul-lot towers rendered and of course it prompted endless complaints about parking, traffic, expensive hotel rooms and the usual amount of overwhelming moaning.

Finally, someone had enough:


Burner account?

I've been busy and absent from the boards for a while and i've missed it.. I do see the posts on Facebook now and then and always look for these comments. This thread is everything I need to laugh a bad day away. lol