I agree, amazing how peoples hormones control their brain sometime. Weak people, no will power, lol.
On another note, producers reading this thread would probably say that, if a character keeps people talking then they work and are worth keeping (as Stuart Blackburn has said in previous interviews). To that I say, people have the right to comment and if they are talking about the character, then fair enough, they are obviously striking a chord but when they are talking about the actor, they are making a judgement on their professional ability and I don't think you should be too quick to discount general opinion. It makes sense that being in touch with the audience could help and not hinder the show. After all, the opinions of the target audience should matter more than the opinions or friendships of that actors colleagues.

I know loads of people who watch soaps and don't come on here and quite often their views are totally different to those on here, particularly actors/characters who are disliked on here. So I doubt the producers take note of the very minor percentage of viewers who come on here as DS isn't really representative of the viewership as a whole.

If i dislike the character i usually dislike the actor as well in most cases

What have they done to you that's so horrible that you hate them?? I think hate is a very strong emotion that gets thrown to easily and far to much.

I don't see the point of hating

Me either and especially if it's someone you don't even know personally.

I suppose sometimes you only need to look at a person for them to annoy you.

Yeah but annoy and hate are too complete different emotions.

If people use the name of the character.... it's the character. If someone uses the name of the actor.... it's the actor.

It's always fairly obvious within the context of a discussion too.

Would you like people to also clarify that what they're typing is their own opinion too and not fact?

I usually hate the character. For example, I loathe St Debbie 'Holier than thou' of Dingle with a passion, but have nothing against the actress. But then, a rare thing happens where I dislike both character and actor/actress. A prime example of this is Michelle Connor and Kym Marsh/Ryder/Marsh/Lomas/Marsh. However, I'll always specify whether it's character or actress, e.g. 'I hate Michelle!'

It doesn't really look good for them when they are so out of touch with their "Target Audience". The news today that Sean is getting a storyline for example highlights it again. About 99% of the comments I've read relating to that are negative on every site I've read it, not just here. Maybe they just don't care what we think. Maybe their personal friendships are more important to them than viewer opinion?

Surely they can't be that blind to it. They must know that the public loathe him. Hopefully this new storyline is one last chance for him and if it bombs, they will get rid. Fingers crossed.

Will still avoid his scenes. Sean appears - time to put the kettle on then settle back down for the adverts. lol

I don't hate anyone, I dislike a lot though, Cotton always comes to mind, when was his last storyline?

What do we when speaking about Adam Barton played by Adam Thomas?

Agreed, Justabloke. I don't know any soap actors/actresses; but I dislike the characters of Sophie Webster and Faye Windass in Coronation Street, and Sean and ali Spencer in Emmerdsle.

Noticed it, like an obsession to vent their hate using swear words also, makes you think is it the actor/actress too?