Poche has posted some pretty silliness things that deserved a down thumb.  That being said, most his his posts are harmless.  Many of them recently have been nothing more than biographies of saints.  It is incomprehensible to me that people would down thumb these.  I suppose there are some people who down thumb any post my people they have decided to dislike.  Childish, but true.  

I am fond of Poche. His posts are silly most of the time, but not malicious.

From what I can tell, Poche has no intention of coming on here to learn about Traditional Catholicism. He seems obstinant is his conciliar mindset. I'd be curious to know wether Poche posts on conciliar Catholic boards, and what his posting habits are like there.

Yes, he does spam the board. It is annoying having to sift through the nonsense he posts to get to the good threads.

Yes thank you novus weirdo. My posts are impulsive at times but not without some reason for posting them. I want to learn about the faith and this forum is helping me. If you don't like poche that is your business, but I don't think he is as bad as he is made out to be. This is a forum for discussion afterall and I think anyone who comes here and makes friends here will want to stay and will gradually learn. Myself I got no grudge ( heretofore referred to as "beef") with anyone on here, whether they be novus ordo or not. I still go to novus ordo because there is nothing else and I need them for confessions. But I don't promote the novus ordo - that is the difference, so I don't see how someone could have beef with anyone that doesn't do that.

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I'll be happy to answer the question.

First, I must observe that how one 'experiences' Poche will depend on how often one checks the forum.  I check it multiple times a day.  When I check CI for the first time each day, whether that's in the morning or at my lunch break, the first thing I find is that all the discussions that had happened recently are back on the third or fourth page, because Poche has started somewhere around half a dozen threads since I last logged on.  Very rarely does anyone reply to them, they just take up space.  To someone who does not check CI often, they will see Poche's threads but they won't realize that his threads are pushing valuable content off the front page.  So this is a problem that will annoy people to varying degrees, depending on the frequency one checks the site.

Most of the threads he creates are absolutely useless.  Strange yahoo news stories that have absolutely zero to do with traditional Catholicism.  They are vague, fleeting and trivial.  I don't mind the postings about the saints, but it is insulting to traditional Catholics to post according to the new calendar, which he invariably does.

Which brings me to the main gripe, which is that he is thoroughly Novus Ordo.  He shows zero interest in traditional Catholicism, and often undermines it by defending the Novus Ordo and highlighting 'the good' in it-- in fact, he ONLY talks about the good.  It's like being in a 12 step program.  

Neither is he 'new' to the trad (and neo trad) fora.  I remember when he first started on FE about two years ago.  Exact same behavior.  Then migrated to SD, from where he was banned.  Why he is allowed here is beyond me, I think if he must be tolerated then at least give him his own thread where he can post all his threads, and I'm not kidding.  But he has been doing the same thing for about two years now (it may be a little less, I am banned from FE so can't check his join date) and has changed nothing, despite many, many pleas from users to do so.

Not only does he continue to post gibberish news stories despite the fact that relatively speaking, NO ONE replies to them, he also continues to spread Novus Ordo propaganda, even in the face of frequent fraternal correction.

Having witnessed this for so long, I am left with assessing either bad will or mental illness to him.  No normal thinking person would continue in behavior that annoys, bothers, frustrates and insults the majority of his 'neighbors' unless they were either mentally deficient, or malicious.  

Finally, may I point out that 'padding' ones post count (posting at a high frequency with little to no substance for most of one's posts) is a tactic of internet shills?  It gives the impression to lurkers or people who are just passing by that you are a 'standing member' in the community, and in some way or another represent the communities views-- that you are trustworthy.  The frequent starting of garbage threads serves the same purpose as well, to obfuscate the general purpose of the forum and purport the daily discussion to be something that it isn't in the eyes of the lurker or the passer-by.  I make no accusation, but his behavior speaks for itself.

Poche has more than 1,300 posts.  His reputation is 14.  that says A TON about when people here think about his posts.  Especially considering that down rates are only equal to like half, or a quarter of a thumbs up.  

Furthermore, he has more posts (in about a year on CI) than some of the most erudite and valued posters.  Among those who he has out-posted:

Ambrose, Ethelred, Exilenomore, Graham, Hollingsworth, Obscurus, PereJoseph, TKGS and Wessex.

All of these posters have been here twice as long as Poche.  And with the exception of TKGS, none of them are even within 300 posts of Poche.  

Please refer to The Catholic Bunker and the thread titled, Questionable Death.  Poche strikes again with hard-hitting redundancy...