From what I have seen:
1) Brand 1 vs Brand 2: if you suggest either brand, you have a legit fan boy attack you for being a "fan boy" of the brand they don't like
2) Failed Bios Flash: if a person flashes a bios and cannot recover, you have trolls telling them it was their fault for being an idiot
3) Windows problem: sometimes you get someone who has a software problem, you will get posters attempting to derail the conversation but providing little help to the OP.
Thats what brought me on too. I had a Sapphire X800XL I bought from ebay that the prior owner misflashed an X800 GTO bios onto so that it only had half the proper pixel pipelines, IIRC 8 instead of 16. For some reason, it wasn't straight forward flashing the X800XL bios, I think I had to flash a bunch of different bios for various 800 series and brands onto it and then finally the original sapphire X800XL bios was accepted.
I see too many (in my mind) of "I need to know if I should purchase A, B, or C. Anyone have any input on these?"
"Why aren't you buying D? Only an idiot looks at a or b, and c is for Fanbois."
" I had a friend who had an A once, but don't really know if he liked it or not. I have an E, and it's great."
"E's are horrible. I had one for 2 years and it was nothing but trouble."
"E was pretty good, but I bought an F, and it put the E to shame. I wouldn't touch one any more."
"Nividia sucks"
"Google is Satan's helper."
This is the first thing I thought about when I read the OP. It's this attitude that's a real letdown. If helping people who make mistakes with their GPU's isn't something for you, I would suggest you just keep away from those threads. Same with the rest of you that find a bad bios flash from a novice is somehow relevant to your well being. Just stop, it doesn't help and sheds TPU in a bad light.
OMG, abso-freaking-lutely. If you have nothing constructive to provide/share, then let it go, and wander thru another thread until you do. I think too many people these days are looking for the next reddit, where they can just wander thru every submission, and crap on it wherever they can.