Darren's message re ARIA performance

[Juliet10]

^ the point is that they were rude about it and they allowed people to jump all over Siobhan simply because she dared to ask why it had been removed.

One of the mods was also extremely defensive over the question being asked and I couldn't see any reason for her to be that way.

Still, I've said enough on this issue, I think [img]smile.gif[/img]

Michelle

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[Kattitude]

Originally posted by mlue:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Kattitude:
Thats all well and good if thats the case .. but why not just give that nice little explanation out???? I mean for god sake. I loved that it wasnt for publicity etc. But that was a great little statement. Fair enough it was temporary but the mods could of just stated something like you said and all would be well.

Kat

<font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I guess I think an explanation would sound odder. Maybe they didn't anticipate it would be such a big deal....I guess if it was me, I wouldn't have anticipated it was a big deal. Personally, I think some of the replies in the thread at the fc board are what made it a big deal. And I guess my own take would be that the moderators didn't know why it was taken down. But that's just all my guesses.[/QB]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL well Darren news is usually a big deal in the fan world.. whatever it is!!!

Kat

[mlue]

I don't think it is odd at all that it is gone. It really doesn't seem like a permanent type of message to me. I guess from one perspective leaving it up attracts attention to him and his performance which is contrary to what he wanted I think.

The message it seems to me was intended as a brief thank you, a get well wish and perhaps an explanation to his fans of what it meant to him to do it perhaps in response to some whining fans.


But...I have to agree with Michelle with respect to the mod's reply. I don't think it was helpful and actually brings a negative perception to the whole thing.

[Dyan]

<font color="#9966FF" size="1">[ October 27, 2003 03:51 AM: Message edited by: Dyan ]</font>

[mlue]

arghhhh....if I hear that term "powers that be" one more time, I think I'm gonna scream.


Good grief. The fan club took something off their webpage. It is hardly a grand powerplay over the fans. They are just people and regardless of how hard they try, it is impossible to anticipate every fan reaction.

I agree with Michelle that there was nothing wrong with asking that question and I thought the mods reply was wrong. Better to let people speculate then shut them down. But each moderator makes their own judgment calls. I have a hard time believing that some grand power in the fan club said to respond that way.

But...I've said enough too.

[Dyan]

<font color="#9966FF" size="1">[ October 27, 2003 03:53 AM: Message edited by: Dyan ]</font>

[woodstock_shultz]

I agree with what's been said here...it seems really odd that the mods (or whoever) at the f/c would pull down the message without some kind of explanation...I do understand the point about perhaps not wanting to draw attention to D, but a short, polite explanation would have been good.

Pulling it down without a proper explanation makes it into a bigger thing than it otherwise might be. I think that shows poor judgment on the part whomever was behind that decision.

I have thought about joining the f/c before, and it's things like these that make me glad I'm not - seems like waaaay too many things are taken too seriously and that the fans are not treated very nicely by the "powers that be".

eta: oops! sorry about the "powers that be" thing marilue...

<font color="#9966FF" size="1">[ October 26, 2003 07:29 PM: Message edited by: woodstock_shultz ]</font>

[Dyan]

What gets me is that the message wasn't causing trouble. It wasn't being misunderstood or causing tension. So why fix what ain't broke?????

<font color="#9966FF" size="1">[ October 27, 2003 03:52 AM: Message edited by: Dyan ]</font>