Have you seen the New York Radio Message Board? The Dancing Dentist is on the warpath against posters who don't post under the full names. He's insane. [EDIT]
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Allan Sniffen is cracking up
- Thread starter Boss Radio
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His logic is sound - he doesn't want people posting attacks for the sake of attacks against talent who read the boards. He thinks real names will prevent that.
What stops me from posting there as "Chris Latta" - well, *shrug*.
I mean, it's just as easy to create fake sounding real name as it is a "handle".
On the flip side, Kevin Smith did a brilliant thing - you have to pay a one-time fee of five dollars to post on his boards, the money is donated to charity, and it cuts down a lot on needless trolls.
What stops me from posting there as "Chris Latta" - well, *shrug*.
I mean, it's just as easy to create fake sounding real name as it is a "handle".
On the flip side, Kevin Smith did a brilliant thing - you have to pay a one-time fee of five dollars to post on his boards, the money is donated to charity, and it cuts down a lot on needless trolls.
But Sniffen didn't have a problem with trolls. Someone posted something harsh about Big Jay Diamond, who threw a fit and said people were hiding behind their aliases.
Big deal. You're on the air, you're going to get criticism. Not all of it is fair and not all of it comes with a full name attached. People get ripped on talk radio around the clock and they're not using their full names.
The NYRMB has always had criticisms of prominent NY radio people -- Stern, O & A, Imus. Sniffen apparently didn't mind all the darts aimed at Joel Hollander for the last year since WCBS-FM died.
Sniffen decided to make the name thing an issue when it wasn't. He admits there's no solution. If he demands full names, a lot of people will stop posting. Or else they'll open phony Yahoo accounts and make up a name that sounds legit.
In the meantime, Sniffen allows posts from "Frank the Radio Critic," who is a disgruntled former WCBS-AM employee. Sniffen knows who he is and allows him to post under that name. I know his real identity, too, but won't "out" him here.
So Sniffen is worried about accountability when he's allowing a guy to hide behind a fake name and slam his former employer. Real consistent thinking.
Big deal. You're on the air, you're going to get criticism. Not all of it is fair and not all of it comes with a full name attached. People get ripped on talk radio around the clock and they're not using their full names.
The NYRMB has always had criticisms of prominent NY radio people -- Stern, O & A, Imus. Sniffen apparently didn't mind all the darts aimed at Joel Hollander for the last year since WCBS-FM died.
Sniffen decided to make the name thing an issue when it wasn't. He admits there's no solution. If he demands full names, a lot of people will stop posting. Or else they'll open phony Yahoo accounts and make up a name that sounds legit.
In the meantime, Sniffen allows posts from "Frank the Radio Critic," who is a disgruntled former WCBS-AM employee. Sniffen knows who he is and allows him to post under that name. I know his real identity, too, but won't "out" him here.
So Sniffen is worried about accountability when he's allowing a guy to hide behind a fake name and slam his former employer. Real consistent thinking.
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fred flintstone
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There Must Be Something About Dentists
My nice dentist is a nice guy but when he gets me in the chair and fills my mouth with dentist stuff, he starts talking non-stop, a mile a minute, with his opinions on everything.
Sniffen doesn't stop there. He has his podcast. The purpose of which is to tell everybody how he's right and anybody posting a different opinion is wrong - especially about satellite radio - and, unlike on the message board, nobody gets to talk back.
His manic delivery suggests he may be taking some of his own gas.
The layout and format of the NYRMB is terrible - primitive and inflexible. The software that powers this board, Lance's new board and even the EZ Board sites are far superior - standard - and generally available. Why does the guy keep using message board software that's a decade old?
My nice dentist is a nice guy but when he gets me in the chair and fills my mouth with dentist stuff, he starts talking non-stop, a mile a minute, with his opinions on everything.
Sniffen doesn't stop there. He has his podcast. The purpose of which is to tell everybody how he's right and anybody posting a different opinion is wrong - especially about satellite radio - and, unlike on the message board, nobody gets to talk back.
His manic delivery suggests he may be taking some of his own gas.
The layout and format of the NYRMB is terrible - primitive and inflexible. The software that powers this board, Lance's new board and even the EZ Board sites are far superior - standard - and generally available. Why does the guy keep using message board software that's a decade old?
The podcasts are funny. Real DJs could use some of those as drop-ins.
Boss Radio said:The podcasts are funny. Real DJs could use some of those as drop-ins.
O&A already do.
Boss Radio said:The podcasts are funny. Real DJs could use some of those as drop-ins.
Why does he sound like he's broadcasting from the bottom of a silo?
livingfruitvirus said:Boss Radio said:The podcasts are funny. Real DJs could use some of those as drop-ins.
Why does he sound like he's broadcasting from the bottom of a silo?
What are YOUUU doing in MYYYY f'n Silo?
(li'l in-joke. BTW - Great work on the animation, Livingfruitvirus. It actually inspired someone to get XM to see what they were missing out on.)
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Indielover
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Sniffen is a crackpot...all you need to do is listen to one of his "board ramblings"....it is all telling.
he constantly bounces me when I bring up the coup that was pulled when we snuck "Death To Disco" onto Howard Hoffman's Top 9 at 9 ,based on listener call in votes on WABC,wedging the Psychotic Frogs right alongside Blondie's "Call Me" and PInk Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall","Death To Disco" by Jimi La Lumia & the Psychotic Frogs was the only punk record to ever be played on MusicRadio 77;and Howard Hoffman remembers this with great fondness, we were in the NY Daily News, Newsday, Billboard, etc..
but Sniffen's hoop skirt is all in an uproar whenever this gets mentioned....he's such a nerdy sounding thing...
but Sniffen's hoop skirt is all in an uproar whenever this gets mentioned....he's such a nerdy sounding thing...
I know Allan doesn't need me to do this...but...
LEAVE HIM ALONE
If that is the way he wants to run his board, he can do so. Dissing him doesn't help anything at all and actually makes this board immature.
Just my opinion.
LEAVE HIM ALONE
If that is the way he wants to run his board, he can do so. Dissing him doesn't help anything at all and actually makes this board immature.
Just my opinion.
Grow up, Santiago. This is a board for opinions. You want people to leave all the stations in NY alone, too? Dissing them doesn't help anything at all and might make this board -- shudder -- immature.
If you want to disagree with the opinions posted, that's fine. Make your case, and do it in a way more eloquent and intelligent than "If that's the way he wants to run his board, he can do so."
But don't try to make the case that opinions shouldn't be posted.
If you want to disagree with the opinions posted, that's fine. Make your case, and do it in a way more eloquent and intelligent than "If that's the way he wants to run his board, he can do so."
But don't try to make the case that opinions shouldn't be posted.
Some of the things other posters may have said are probably a little immature, but that's their opinion, and the mods could always intervene. I do feel criticism is warranted, however. I post on occassion on that board but between Sniffen asking people to post their full names (heck, what would stop me from creating a legitimate sounding full name and just posting with that?), and some of the things I see posted there that make me swear some of people are stuck in the 70's (or earlier), I have second thoughts about spending my time on there.
Grow up, Santiago. This is a board for opinions. You want people to leave all the stations in NY alone, too? Dissing them doesn't help anything at all and might make this board -- shudder -- immature.
If you want to disagree with the opinions posted, that's fine. Make your case, and do it in a way more eloquent and intelligent than "If that's the way he wants to run his board, he can do so."
But don't try to make the case that opinions shouldn't be posted.
Grow up, Radio!
Yes, you can have your opinions...no one is saying that you can't (nor have I ever said that on my initial post to this thread.) Yet if things go out of line, like the whole Jay Diamond thing, then Allan has the right...being his board...to intervene and set up rules in the process such as stating your full name, etc. I consider myself the "king" of post deletions on his board and I don't have a problem with it. There are rules and guidelines to follow (on all of these radio boards, not just his) and I will do that.
If you don't like the operations of that board, then you don't have to post there. You can be angry that Allan deleted a post of yours, that he might not agree with your opinion, etc. But bashing the guy, the way you did, makes this board look bad because it seems that all we can do is bash, bash, bash and not hold an intelligent conversation about New York radio without "mudslinging" others doing the same.
Believe me, Allan can defend himself on this if he wants...and just as you have your opinion, I have mine. That is what is great about these message boards. And if a moderator feels the need to intervene here and delete whatever threads are going out of line, I have no issue with it either.
Can we move on?
The boards are about OPINIONS, Santiago. That's why they exist. Why would anyone feel a need to delete a thread, and why would you assume that I have some personal issue with Sniffen?
In Sniffen's defense, someone on this very site is blasting a radio show and doing nothing more than pushing a personal agenda.
I gotta break this down.....didn't I say in my earlier post that you can have your opinions BR?
Well...let's go back to the top of the thread here...."Dancing Dentist" along with something that was edited out as "inflammatory" by the powers that be of Radio-Info? Unfortunately, I missed the comment but it must've been something for this board to edit out.
and why would you assume that I have some personal issue with Sniffen?
Well...let's go back to the top of the thread here...."Dancing Dentist" along with something that was edited out as "inflammatory" by the powers that be of Radio-Info? Unfortunately, I missed the comment but it must've been something for this board to edit out.
I don't agree with Sniffen and I think he comes across as an arrogant boob. But I'm referring to the way he runs his site. How can it be personal when I don't even know the guy?
Logic, Santiago, logic.
Logic, Santiago, logic.
Well...whatever you had wrote originally, which prompted Radio-Info to make a rare edit, makes me unsure if it is just a matter of pointing something out or if you do have some sort of beef with the guy. For the benefit of the doubt, I will take your word for it, Radio.
Like I said, Allan doesn't need me to defend him. Regarding opinion, if you feel that he comes off as an arrogant boob...well, that is your opinion and I am not one to argue that.
The whole premise why I said leave him alone in the first place is because we have good New York based radio boards here. We can argue the biz, radio formats, personalities, etc. But we don't have to take pot shots against each other's boards, no matter how well or how lousy a board is run. Opinionwise...you can criticize a board, just don't aim shots at the person...it just isn't cool. A couple of posters here have made their point about Allan without name calling.
We have a cool community of radio fans/personnel that frequent/post here. Let's keep it cool.
Like I said, Allan doesn't need me to defend him. Regarding opinion, if you feel that he comes off as an arrogant boob...well, that is your opinion and I am not one to argue that.
The whole premise why I said leave him alone in the first place is because we have good New York based radio boards here. We can argue the biz, radio formats, personalities, etc. But we don't have to take pot shots against each other's boards, no matter how well or how lousy a board is run. Opinionwise...you can criticize a board, just don't aim shots at the person...it just isn't cool. A couple of posters here have made their point about Allan without name calling.
We have a cool community of radio fans/personnel that frequent/post here. Let's keep it cool.
If it's all the same to you, Santiago, I'll decide what's cool for myself.
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