Originally Posted by Johnny Red:
“Evening all, i dont post much and i think this is the first thread i ever started, i normally lurk, interested in others take on the show.
However it seems this forum is getting worse and worse to me, the general bitchiness, snide comments and what appears to be general hate towards contestants, Pro dancers, the hosts..band.....you name it, i sometimes wonder why some even watch the damn thing at all.
I really dont get it it, they are after all just trying to learn to dance, for our entertainment, they arent out there clubbing baby seals or anything.
Some of the names on here given to the contestants, i mean, (yes, looking at you Non appreciation) do they really deserve such nastiness?
As a group this year the celebs and pros do seem to get on really well, supporting and encouraging one another, pity that cannot be replicated here.”
Poor Johnny,
Yes, I posted a thread like this e couple of weeks ago, and got slightly scorched for my pains.
The closure of the former BBC boards,(heavily moderated and often censored and with a 3 minute delay to stop overzealous posters getting into flame wars) left many people with outspoken views searching for other forums to post on, and they found this place, which has a one-size fits all philosophy.
Under the BBC régime the 'robust' posters went to town on the Judges Board while timid posters lurked on other boards discussing costumes etc.
Here there's only one list of threads, so robust and timid posters find themselves tangoing together week by week, and some posters just get impatient with political correctness or board etiquette and say what they think without thinking. They don't see their remarks as nasty or bitchy, and we are all seemingly protected by the anonymity of the Internet.
The huge disadvantage of the BBC boards was not their slowness but the fact that they closed up shop so soon after the final, before people had finished expressing their feelings or wishing each other happy Christmas.
You'll see -unless the glitterball allocation is a true farce, Big-Brother style by reintroducing Ann and Anton, we will all get lovey dovey quite soon.