Flaming Reviewers
Tue, 5 Aug 2008, 04:03 pmstinger20 posts in thread
Flaming Reviewers
Tue, 5 Aug 2008, 04:03 pmWhen I think of the expression 'flaming' as applied to personal attacks (usually anonymous) in postings on a website such as this, it makes me think of the schoolboy trick of lying on one's back, knees to chest and applying a naked flame to the gases expelled from the nether bodily orifice, usually producing a spectacular tongue of blue fire, capable of burning quite an artistic pattern on a nearby wall.
In my view, the 'Review' forum of this website should be for reviews (ie commentary on shows from an audient's point of view) ONLY. It is no place for personal attacks, anonymous or otherwise. It is especially no place for those overblown asses who did not even see a show themselves but can't resist the temptation to vent their guts over someone elses hard work the minute they smell blood.
So to all you 'Walters' out there, you are giving 'Plinge' a bad name, as well as a foul smell.
a bit of perspective
Tue, 5 Aug 2008, 11:18 pmI am not complaining about getting a bad review as such (even though it was from a self-confessed 'peasant') - what gets up my nose is the plethora of 'Plinges' who then swoop in with their two bobs worth, even though they haven't even seen the show in question. That is just so petty and puerile and there is no place for it on the Review forum (IMHO). They can always do it in an appropriate receptacle - such as this one.
With respect, I also think it is inappropriate for people involved in a show to respond to a review of that show in the Reviews forum. There are other places for them to fight or fawn (as the case may be).
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