Yeah I bollocked up the quote but you got the gist which is good lol
Oh yeah absolutely acceptable if people wanna get together and complain about stuff, with a specific comm that I am thinking of it is slightly different, see the old fans of Who [of which I am one] like to be .... Shall we say, elitist and all knowing about Who, newbie fans are not considered true or real fans at all and get shouted down time and again, or their posts utterly ignored. There is an atmosphere of don't speak up or the more knowledgeable fans will put you in your place...
... I got very, very tired of it after a while cos I am all inclusive and no show could last without the fans [arrived in the last 4 years or have been there 40] so at the end of series 4 something happened and a *lot* if not all of the old Who fans were up in arms about the plot decision. [also a lot of new fans were too] I got so worked up about it cos I understood the plot and thought it made sense, so I posted a poll on that comm, I asked about the plot, gave an example and asked people to vote on if they would have done what The Doctor did or not...
... Now the most vocal and active of that comm had done nothing but post hate and loathing about it and shouted down a few newbies too, so when the result came and I had 18% against what he did but 82% saying they agreed it was [happily] shocking because not one post had been made in favour of it and *lots* against it. This showed me that there is a silent majority on that comm who actually love the show but mostly do not speak up cos of the old Who fans.
Also I once gave an opinion, in comments to another post, mentioning an opinion about some fans... If I Buffy-ise the statement I would have said "I think Buffy never loved Spike, but don't tell the Spuffy fans cos they get quite annoyed at that opinion lol!" ... Within 5 minutes a moderator had commented saying "We'll have less of the negative talk about Spuffy fans" I discovered she had frozen her comment and deleted mine... ??? So really it is the moderators imho that are to blame for that comm and it's a real pity cos it could be all inclusive and a great place for fans to meet, it just isnt.
Anyway I went TOTS off track, sorry lol
I said to the person who made the comment. "Well why not come back to the show when a new showrunner takes over, you clearly hate RTD and his ideas?" Their reply? None, my comment was deleted and me asked to refrain from "agitating" the members... No but rly.
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Oh yeah absolutely acceptable if people wanna get together and complain about stuff, with a specific comm that I am thinking of it is slightly different, see the old fans of Who [of which I am one] like to be .... Shall we say, elitist and all knowing about Who, newbie fans are not considered true or real fans at all and get shouted down time and again, or their posts utterly ignored. There is an atmosphere of don't speak up or the more knowledgeable fans will put you in your place...
... I got very, very tired of it after a while cos I am all inclusive and no show could last without the fans [arrived in the last 4 years or have been there 40] so at the end of series 4 something happened and a *lot* if not all of the old Who fans were up in arms about the plot decision. [also a lot of new fans were too] I got so worked up about it cos I understood the plot and thought it made sense, so I posted a poll on that comm, I asked about the plot, gave an example and asked people to vote on if they would have done what The Doctor did or not...
... Now the most vocal and active of that comm had done nothing but post hate and loathing about it and shouted down a few newbies too, so when the result came and I had 18% against what he did but 82% saying they agreed it was [happily] shocking because not one post had been made in favour of it and *lots* against it. This showed me that there is a silent majority on that comm who actually love the show but mostly do not speak up cos of the old Who fans.
Also I once gave an opinion, in comments to another post, mentioning an opinion about some fans... If I Buffy-ise the statement I would have said "I think Buffy never loved Spike, but don't tell the Spuffy fans cos they get quite annoyed at that opinion lol!" ... Within 5 minutes a moderator had commented saying "We'll have less of the negative talk about Spuffy fans" I discovered she had frozen her comment and deleted mine... ??? So really it is the moderators imho that are to blame for that comm and it's a real pity cos it could be all inclusive and a great place for fans to meet, it just isnt.
Anyway I went TOTS off track, sorry lol
I said to the person who made the comment. "Well why not come back to the show when a new showrunner takes over, you clearly hate RTD and his ideas?" Their reply? None, my comment was deleted and me asked to refrain from "agitating" the members... No but rly.