I will admit I go and talk **** from time to time. But every user is guilty of that, sometimes the user being crapped on is even IN the chat at the time.
And the only time there was any sort of "hivemind" mentality was during UotY when it wasn't even really everyone mindlessly voting for individuals but people genuinely liking other users more and rallying people for those individuals. Other than that it's like 4 or 5 users at most out of the ~20 or so that are always in there just deciding to be jerks and troll the hell out of someone. Even that doesn't happen very often, and when it does the rest of us tend to not even give a damn about that crap and just chilling, socializing and whatnot.
b8c is good people, for the most part. Just like the board itself there are a few bad eggs, but it's definitely a much more relaxed/chill place than the board itself. Like Lockes said, the people in the chat are just more real, and all come from different circles around the board which keeps things fresh and allows for lots of meshing of different ideas and viewpoints.
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Procrastinater - So Good
~*Board 8 Late Night Crew*~