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Actually, it went to the Yahoo! TV news home page. The current top story rotates. As of this moment, it's about "The 'American Idol' Judges Tell All". But if you scroll down, there are lots and lots of other stories, including "4 TV Shows Already Renewed for Fall 2015", "Charlie Sheen ‘Two and a Half Men’ Appearance: Chuck Lorre Coy, Jon Cryer Hopeful", and "12 Monkeys: Will You Hop on Syfy's Twisted Ride Through Time?". There are over 100 different TV news stories. Some of which were links used to start threads in this very forum!
There are articles about cord cutting, "Cutting the Cord: Net TV grows in quantity and quality". The actual link from the launch post of the thread, "The Wiz — Not Music Man — Might Be NBC's Next Live Musical" is found on the page I posted the link to.
The way I figure it, instead of me kvetching about people posting a link to a single story without actually making any effort to include any thought or comment of their own, I'd just post a single link to everything. Voila! I saved everyone else from reading my kvetching about no-thought thread launches, and I'd give everyone access to everything that's going on.
Best of all, that link I posted isn't to a static page. A week, a month, or even a year from now, people can still click that link and get all the latest TV stories.
You're welcome!
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It's what passes for "news" about National TV in here.
But you're the one who wrote the subject line, so then you're telling us you consider entertainment and fluff to be news.
This makes me want to say something:
The quality of discussion has rolled so far downhill here that I'm about to stop coming here totally.
I have great things to say about TV. I could be talking about how a Mexican television transmitter was destroyed by bandits on Friday, or how Argentina's old public broadcaster liquidated in 2001 is still on the books, or the new graphics for Raycom stations and their major changes in presentation. Maybe I would be talking about WBOC's website being defaced by Islamic State sympathizers, the CBS affiliation switch in Indianapolis, or the end of WMGM's local news and NBC affiliation.
But I don't do those things here like I do elsewhere, because I post them to places where discussion quality is much higher and people will be more interested.
The quality of discussion has rolled so far downhill here that I'm about to stop coming here totally.
I have great things to say about TV. I could be talking about how a Mexican television transmitter was destroyed by bandits on Friday, or how Argentina's old public broadcaster liquidated in 2001 is still on the books, or the new graphics for Raycom stations and their major changes in presentation. Maybe I would be talking about WBOC's website being defaced by Islamic State sympathizers, the CBS affiliation switch in Indianapolis, or the end of WMGM's local news and NBC affiliation.
But I don't do those things here like I do elsewhere, because I post them to places where discussion quality is much higher and people will be more interested.
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I'm making a deliberate effort to be more positive and to fit in better.
What do you want to discuss about a Mexican television transmitter was destroyed by bandits on Friday? It happened. OK. What do you have to say about it? I'm serious. I've noticed that most people who kvetch about the "quality" of discussions in any internet discussion forum are the ones who don't post anything in the discussions. When people don't like the quality of discussions in any internet discussion forum, they can (1) kvetch about it or (2) post some "quality" posts that lead to more interesting discussions.
What have you posted lately that elevated the quality of discussions in this forum?
There's a thread called Indianapolis: CBS Moving from WISH to WTTV 1/1/2015. There are 162 replies in it. You posted reply # 28 back in August. Nothing since then. If you want to discuss the CBS affiliation switch in Indianapolis, who is stopping you? There is an active thread about the subject. You posted in there once back in August. If you have something more to add, add it!
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Did everyone miss the satirical content of this thread? Did no one notice the reductio ad absurdum mockery of the fundamental concept of starting a thread by simply posting a link under a click bait title, with no effort made to actually write a real launch post?
Does this not make anyone pause and consider that maybe when launching a new thread, it is better to use a clear title and actually go to the effort of writing something in the launch post? I'm not advocating any sort of new rule or mandatory policy. But does this not prompt anyone to see that threads are better when clearly titled and well-launched? Is that not something that reasonable people should consider doing for its own sake, without any need to mandatory rules?
Does this not make anyone pause and consider that maybe when launching a new thread, it is better to use a clear title and actually go to the effort of writing something in the launch post? I'm not advocating any sort of new rule or mandatory policy. But does this not prompt anyone to see that threads are better when clearly titled and well-launched? Is that not something that reasonable people should consider doing for its own sake, without any need to mandatory rules?
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Listen, jerk, police arrest people who violate rules. What part of "Is that not something that reasonable people should consider doing for its own sake, without any need to mandatory rules?" is policing?
Avid. STOP the name-calling! That is a rule which YOU continue to violate.
Wow...this is what this board has come down to, huh?
I've been posting here for nearly a decade, and we're always had a good share of interesting conversations (and not so interesting at times). Just in the past calendar year, the TV boards, especially this one, has deterioated so much to the point where a lot of longtime posters have left, and it's turned into nothing but a bitchfest by certain members (and you know who are). You people need to take your negative energy elsewhere...or maybe I should go.
I've been posting here for nearly a decade, and we're always had a good share of interesting conversations (and not so interesting at times). Just in the past calendar year, the TV boards, especially this one, has deterioated so much to the point where a lot of longtime posters have left, and it's turned into nothing but a bitchfest by certain members (and you know who are). You people need to take your negative energy elsewhere...or maybe I should go.
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It's not "name calling" if it's true!
Avid,
It is name-calling.
You didn't like it when JeffM called you "the Thread Title Police." You considered his remark an insult or you would not have responded.
Why is JeffM a "jerk" for stating what he believes to be true?
Frank
It is name-calling.
You didn't like it when JeffM called you "the Thread Title Police." You considered his remark an insult or you would not have responded.
Why is JeffM a "jerk" for stating what he believes to be true?
Frank
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He has earned that appellation for the sum total of most of his posts over time. And, though he believes that he believes, his beliefs are wrong.
I also have a real problem tattling to the teacher about something I'd rather deal with myself.
Avid,
Some may think that your beliefs are wrong.
It doesn't matter.
I'm asking that you stop the name-calling.
It's childish.
Frank
Some may think that your beliefs are wrong.
It doesn't matter.
I'm asking that you stop the name-calling.
It's childish.
Frank
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"Wow...this is what this board has come down to, huh?
I've been posting here for nearly a decade, and we're always had a good share of interesting conversations (and not so interesting at times). Just in the past calendar year, the TV boards, especially this one, has deterioated so much to the point where a lot of longtime posters have left, and it's turned into nothing but a bitchfest by certain members (and you know who are). You people need to take your negative energy elsewhere...or maybe I should go."
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^^^ This.
At the risk of getting called some names I've likely already heard in my nearly 50 years, I too have noticed a change. This board has indeed become "mean." BPatrick, one of my favorite (now former) posters, left because of it. If I did the same thing, I'd miss a lot of conversations I find interesting, even though I haven't been the biggest contributor. Lately I've been just lurking. There are enough mean-spirited message boards to cover that demand ...... I miss how open and friendly RD used to be.
Oh well, flame away........
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"Wow...this is what this board has come down to, huh?
I've been posting here for nearly a decade, and we're always had a good share of interesting conversations (and not so interesting at times). Just in the past calendar year, the TV boards, especially this one, has deterioated so much to the point where a lot of longtime posters have left, and it's turned into nothing but a bitchfest by certain members (and you know who are). You people need to take your negative energy elsewhere...or maybe I should go."
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^^^ This.
At the risk of getting called some names I've likely already heard in my nearly 50 years, I too have noticed a change. This board has indeed become "mean." BPatrick, one of my favorite (now former) posters, left because of it. If I did the same thing, I'd miss a lot of conversations I find interesting, even though I haven't been the biggest contributor. Lately I've been just lurking. There are enough mean-spirited message boards to cover that demand ...... I miss how open and friendly RD used to be.
Oh well, flame away........
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I agree that this message board has an aura of meanness and wish all of the folks responsible for it would think about what they had done and imagine how they would feel if another person or group of persons were to mistreat them in a public setting.
I've done the same, for the most part. If there's something posted that doesn't interest me, I don't continue to check that particular thread. If someone's post offends me, I ignore the post (or that person) and move on. If I didn't like the way the site operated, I would move on to another site or start my own.
It's sad because some of the people who make the board unpleasant often have interesting things to add to the conversation.
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