Let's stick to the appropriate fora for a change
Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 10:51 amstinger28 posts in thread
Let's stick to the appropriate fora for a change
Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 10:51 amThis website is very neatly divided up into separate fora (or forums if you must) plus there is a facility for registrants to maintain personal blogs. Lately, it seems to me that the divisions are becoming somewhat blurred. For example, someone starts off expressing some personal thoughts on his own blog which generates into a debate about pro-v-am theatre and then gets into a review of his latest play. In another case, someone posts a perfectly useful (if a bit biased) review on the Revies forum, then a cast member responds (inappropriately I maintain) in a long boring post about the sacrifices he had to make for his art or some such self-serving twaddle, more appropriate to a blog.
Then of course there are an increasing number of posteurs sending cheerios to each other on general fora. Please don't - it is not really all that interesting for the rest of us - and don't forget that includes everyone on the World Wide Web!
As for trolls - remember the story of the three billygoats gruff...nuff said!-)
Digs -v- Disrespect
Fri, 17 Oct 2008, 10:44 amI wouldn't go so far as to say I don't make digs, just never disrespectful ones!-) Thank you anyway, Mr jmuzz.
In fact, I do love to read other peoples' accounts of their artistic journey and the life events that inform them in their theatrical pusuits. They are generally very interesting. I also like to think my own anecdotes are of interest to someone else as well. The point I was making was that there is a dedicated forum for that sort of post, namely the blogs.
Mr jeffhansen and Mr crgwllms say they only read 'recent posts', which is all very well if you log on to this site about 5 times a day. However, some of us do have other things to do as well, gentlemen.
When I am considering whether to go and see a show or not, I generally look at the Reviews page for recent reviews and critiques of that show. I then go to the first of them and work through. If there are one or two objective reviews, then that can inform my choices. If a review is followed by responses from cast members or supporters (whether agreeing or disagreeing), it just makes me think they lack objectivity and professional detachment, which is a little off-putting.
And when in a chain of responses a particular debate arises, the outcome of which would be of interest to even those of us who only log on every few days, would it be so hard to create a new topic under the appropriate forum and shift the debate to that heading?
There is a general message here for all of us as well: always think before you post!-)
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