Are you a tmtoh?

I was reading news articles and on most sites these days people can leave a comment. It only takes a second and you can post anything up. This is all part of web 2.0 although sometimes this audience participation seems a bit like web 0.9 the pre release version.

The quality of the comments can vary depending on the poster. Some comments are inane or pointless or typical of a knee jerk rent a mob style . On some very popular pages you get the inter web equivalent of a mob with pitchforks and flaming torches.

This mob-think can stifle individual opinion and intelligent debate. It is very easy for a small active group to drive the agenda and appear like a majority.

I have tried to characterise the different behaviours of groups and individuals in web 2.0 by creating new descriptive words.

So here is a new word:

Tmtoh (pronounced tum-toe) Tmtoh is an acronym for 'Too Much Time On Hands'
[1] A prolific poster of comments / blog articles or any other commenting in web 2.0 who spends too much time commenting and has little or nothing worth saying.
[2] Could also refer to a comment / blog or web 2.0 addict who has to post items / comments or suffer withdrawl symptoms.