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!-)
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Mon, 20 Oct 2008, 07:03 pmI must admit that I only read the recent posts because they have the latest information. Anything else is redundant in my book unless I'm looking for something specific.
And who are we to dictate how a thread progresses? If a review (for example) is posted and cast members respond to the review, why should they not? There is no reason that I or my peers can come up with to say that "thou shalt not respond to a review in the review thread". Surely anyone (apart from the trolls who are dying outside) is permitted to respond to anything on any forum without being regarded as unprofessional or unobjective?
My two cents worth...