On Nov 6, 4:57 am, Dorcie <moviemeiste...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> This is completely off-topic, but I had to come here and thank every
> one of you that is still around after all these years. I've always
> known that alt.tv.frasier was a special group. We used to always talk
> about how civilized it was (still is) here compared to everywhere else
> on the internet.
>
> But....tonight it was really brought home.
>
> Ya see, there's this fan site dedicated to several popular TV shows
> I've been lurking at for the past four years (I only lurk for one
> show). I never posted because it was so heavily populated with people
> whose sole contribution amounted to little more than OMG!!!!! Can u B-
> lev how totall awesome last's nites episode was *SQEEEEEEEE*!!!!
>
> I also wasn't too fond of the mods, all of whom seem to be extremely
> rude and incapable of accepting that they might be wrong about
> anything. In the four years I have lurked there, they have not once
> apologized for the numerous times they have been hurtful or even
> spiteful. Not once.
>
> For the past eleven months, something bad has been brewing behind the
> scenes of this show. These bad things behind the scenes had been
> getting increasingly worse (and more public), and everything came to a
> head about a month ago when we foud out that all these bad things have
> resulted in something devastating coming up on-screen. This hurt me so
> much (Yeah, I *know* it's just a TV show) that I finally broke down
> and started posting. It became a form of group therapy.
>
> Well, things were fine at first. There really are some intelligent
> people on the site, and I had a good time for about a month until
> things got bad recently. There is a huge segment of the site's
> population that is annoying, and apparently hasn't figured out how to
> spell or use the Caps Lock key appropriately, but they are easy to
> ignore. What has upset me is that there is another, albeit smaller,
> segment that is quite vicious.
>
> I got into a discussion with a member concerning how I thought that
> something that has already happened this season was rather cruel of
> the writers to bring about. She kept giving reasons as to why what
> happened wasn't cruel in her opinion, and I responded to every single
> one. After going back and forth for not more than three or four posts,
> she flipped out a bit and pretty much told me to stop complaining
> because there was nothing I could do about it and far worse had been
> done on other shows. This offended me because it wasn't like I gave
> the same reason to every single one of her reasons. She just accused
> me of being purposefully negative to shut me down instead of
> responding to what I thought were valid statements.
>
> This all shocks me, though it shouldn't, because I thought I was being
> pretty tame. It was nothing compared to some of the epic arguments we
> used to have on this group. It wasn't even an argument. It had barely
> progressed beyond the level of a mild discussion, and I can't imagine
> anyone here reacting the way she did.
>
> We used to discuss everything to death in this group. And if people
> disagreed, they disagreed, but I don't really remember anyone telling
> anyone to shut up about anything unless someone had been going on and
> on about a particular topic for a long time. I remember that there was
> a time when some, myself included, had gotten quite negative in our
> posts concerning the show; but no one really complained about us all
> that much, and I remember explaining why I was negative and my reasons
> being excepted (or at least tolerated <g>) by you guys.
>
> The worst part is that the reason I kept responding to her is that the
> reasons that she gave in response to mine weren't completely valid nor
> were they well thought out. I always respond to something like that. I
> know for a fact that if she had brought that level of reasoning to
> this group there would have been a line of people waiting to pick her
> posts apart.
>
> /rant
>
> I apologize for my wording in this post being so tortured, but I felt
> that coming here and announcing which site I was ranting about was
> tantamount to talking about someone behind their back.
>
> I also apologize for this incredibly off-topic rant, but I just had to
> share why I thought this group is so wonderful. It is such a rare
> treat to be able to converse with a group of people that are mature,
> civilized, witty and, above all else, polite.
>
> Thank you.
er.........
R U gonna tell us which show it is?
<g>
Charles
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