Today, I tried something new relative to the use of 'new literacies' - I signed up for the message board for channel 7 in order to be able to post comments for the TV show, "LOST". I wrote my concerns and questions about the show and, literally, less than 3 minutes later someone responded to my post by telling me, "Get off the board if you don't like Lost." See, this is my objection to the whole concept of "openness" if you will, over the internet. There are people in this world who take all of this stuff way too seriously and I, personally, don't have the time for nor need the "drama".
I responded to the person by reminding her (I gathered by the name) that the last time I checked America, was a free country and that message boards are used for just that - freedom to voice your opinion. I told her if she could not respect the opinions of others then, "you get off the board!"
Someone, eventually, did respond to me and answered the questions I had about two of the characters (Michael and Walt). That part I liked and immediately responded back with a "thank you". But I was offended by the nasty comment I initially received, especially since it was my first time on the board. With all the open technological terrain, there are still people who embrace censorship and want to control the thoughts of others. Censorship has its place. However, people seem to like to use it only when opinions differ from their own.
I posted a message about a TV show, for goodness sakes...a TV show. And someone got all hot under the collar. WOW! I thank God I have a life.
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I can relate to your post. A LONG time ago, I posted a user review for a movie @ yahoo.com. I had a thumbs-down opinion of the movie but felt that I substantiated my opinion. Someone commented on my review with something along the lines of, "You suck. You dont know what youre talking about...blah blah blah." It seems so stupid that someone would spend their time totally ripping apart my ideas about a MOVIE!!!
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