A Thought on Comments
We received an email from a long-time reader over the weekend that we thought deserved attention. The reader pointed out that, in his opinion, the comments are so dominated by bickering among a handful of readers that (a) there is rarely coherent on-topic discussion and (b) he feels like it’s a private party that he’s…
We received an email from a long-time reader over the weekend that we thought deserved attention. The reader pointed out that, in his opinion, the comments are so dominated by bickering among a handful of readers that (a) there is rarely coherent on-topic discussion and (b) he feels like it’s a private party that he’s not particularly welcome at. While many of the most frequent commenters add a lot of substantive comments along the way, we agree that the off-topic bickering has gotten a little out of control, and we’d like to urge everyone to make an effort to stay on-topic and to refrain from personal attacks and insults. Sound like a plan?
Thanks for your co-operation.
Mr. B
You’re biased anyway, so why exactly would you care? After all, you need to keep the people who pay your bills happy, don’t you?
Another lurker here agreeing with long-time reader. I also agree that The What isn’t the problem; it’s more the neighborhood-in-their-nicknames clique repeatedly attention-whoring each other. They’ve made this place into Fark Jr.
While I’m being so agreeable, I too think that doing away with anonymous posters actually lowered the quality of comments here.
I have to agree with the longtime reader also.
Sometimes I don’t post because I don’t want to be redundant but reading through the comments is painful.
MrB thanks for bringing this up. We totally agree that silly chatter can destroy a very interesting thread quickly as the example from last week’s Connelly mansion thread indicates. However the thought of banning someone for not liking them seems rather draconian to us.
BTW the What is right in that as annoying as his rants are they are always pertinent to an extent…this cannot be said for some of our friends here unfortunately. Hey friends not to worry we love you all:) LOL
Oh c’mon, what’s with all the censorship? The banter and disagreements keep the site interesting. It’s even a little unfair to tell the What he can’t post in the Forum.
I don’t find The What too distracting anymore. Quite often his posts are more on topic then the “usual suspects”
This is a real estate blog, not a chat room. I don’t think those people who use this as a medium for social interaction should be catered to by Mr. B. Download google chat, you can have your own private conversations all day long.
the what was the last to come to mind when i read this. infact he has started many of his open forums when he wanted to be heard. sometimes i can’t even siff through the nonsense to get to one valid on topic post. enough already.
It’s easy to ignore whatever The What “writes” about, although I’d rather the posts get deleted as some people feel the need to respond to his vapid vitriol.
But the private club chat really kills it. “You’re in fine form, Nokilissa.” “Wow, Biff, showing your true colors again.” etc. Very often a meaty discussion just devolves into mush.
Many of the regular posters make great and pithy comments, and I hope you continue to do so, but maybe you could meet for drinks (or fisticuffs) sometime to make it more personal.
No ‘jokes’ and ‘zingers’
Life would be dull, my work would be nil.