Bar raised?
Tue, Mar 27 2012, 4:49PM
With the disappearance of another thread, do we take it that the tolerance of disputation has reduced somewhat? Is the line now drawn between irony and sarcasm, for instance?
If so, fair enough, I'm not complaining, but as I asked some time ago, what effect does the generation of controversy have on viewing numbers? On some forums where viewing figures are shown, controversy attracts viewers.
I know some are quick to condemn anything that doesn't contribute to sweetness and light here, but at what point does a good old ding-dong infringe the house rules (other than personal abuse and offensive comments, etc, which are obviously beyond the pale of course)?
Vic.
Tue, Mar 27 2012, 5:49PM
#2
RE: Bar everyone?
The Gramophone and the Recording industry have been falling over themselves in the last 30 years to try and attract a younger demographically wider audience. So what happens when this new audience air it's views, should they be silenced. Have not arguments in the past raged long and hard over classical music 'when it mattered'. It seems the NEW audience can look but they better not touch. Put classical music back in the museum and we'll take it out to the dinner party once a month in it's best bib and tucker.
Tue, Mar 27 2012, 6:57PM
#3
RE: Bar everyone?
Controversy can be positive when it doesn't become personal attacks on certain forum members. I don't think keeping the tone of the forum "sweet and light" can be good either.
Which thread has disappeared?
There's nothing wrong with controversy on the forum when it arises as a result of expression of strongly held - and argued - views on musical subjects, but when it descends into an arid and predictably unresolvable semantic exercise, as has happened to some threads, then I am sure people will look elsewhere.
Nothing wrong with irony or sarcasm, but when they become ends in themselves or go off at unrelated tangients and personal obsessions such as the pernicious effect of the BBC and its contribution to the decline of western civilization, then I think this has a similar effect on participation.
JKH