| El Sid |
| (Going potty) |
| 23/05/2008 13:25 |
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Re: A bit quiet on here..here...here....here.........here.............
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OK - it's GCSE communications time:
Question 1. Should ALL brand forums on the AP site be scrapped as irrelevant? Give at least three reasons for your answer.
Probably there is a case for not having brand specific areas. i feel that such a situation would mitigate against the self reinforcing nature of brand centred obsession. It's harder to become a fanboy in the face of overwhelming opposition.
On he other hand having brand specific areas does make it a lot easier to find opinions (accurate or not), help and information about your particular make/model. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean that you won't find stuff from opinionated generalists there as well (who?....moi!
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Question 2. On any branded forum - should those 'maintaining' it be, if not actively partisan to the brand, at least not frequently and consistently dismissive of both the brand and its supporters? Discuss.
If by 'maintaining' you mean the normal occupations of a moderator then I'd say I don't think so. The art of moderation should be to ensure that balance is the norm. Those who are overly partisan for the brand need to be held in check just as much as those who are pointlessly negative - the danger of an overly partisan management system is that the forum becomes dangerously one sided and brand obsession becomes an unregulated self-defeating monster...