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SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopThere seems to be a lot of malicious ratings going on lately. Due to this battle between some other poets, people's work and ratings have been slashed just out of spitefulness. |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopSpeechless - and that is saying something. I feel exhausted, like I have just finished refereeing a WWF card. What sk said or maybe a probation situtation where your rating rights are suspended for a time? I don't know - it's been so long since I was six years old. |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopQuestion.. Last edited by epiksonik 03-22-2009 at 04:05:27 AM |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopIt is most disconcerting to read the hyperbole, allegations, recriminations and general shit-slinging being posted in this forum! I must clarify for the record that I have, in fact supported Freestyle in this matter of being possibly banned from the website as I believe that a "Lenny Bruce" type scenario might develop; as guilt or innocence should be determined on the preponderance of the evidence and not based on the sheer number of complaints! I will not rescind my support nor retract my statement due to the simple fact that it is the right of Freestyle to express himself that I am defending, and NOT Freestyle personally. I wouldn't give three shits in a teapot if Freestyle was a menage of Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Idi Amin with Osama Bin Laden thrown on top as a maraschino cherry! Freestyle is the variable here-the constant is our right of self expression! What we have here instead, is a full-blown pissing contest!!! Let's project this out a little further, shall we? Would it not be fair to say that these personal issues are beyond the scope of not only this forum, but of the website itself? If they are beyond the scope of this forum, then suffice it to say that all of these recent postings are not appropriate! If they are not appropriate, then who will be the one to be the first to HAVE SOME BRAINS, SHOW SOME WISDOM AND TO WALK THE F**K AWAY!!! You guys are all fine poets! Channel your energy into your work-harness your hostility and rage in order to produce better, more mature, well crafted verse! I will turn 51 in a few weeks-just long enough to have discovered the grace and strength to simply WALK AWAY!!! Remember, the best revenge is to live well and to be successful! SMARTEN UP, PEOPLE!!! Last edited by studly111 03-22-2009 at 05:20:22 AM |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopI wish it would stop 2, but everytime I turn around somebody starten crap with me. Last edited by freestyleTATA 03-22-2009 at 05:13:30 PM |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopSK.. yes, that is in the works. Absolutely. You and your peers have been asking for that modification and we are working on it. |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopThis is the way to go. Perhaps we had to get to this problem in order to find the solution. |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopI have written a poem to the rate raper or rapers Please read... Last edited by stephenmichael 04-14-2009 at 10:09:30 PM |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopI don't usually get into these thing's ,but enough is enough I challange the people to come forward that is ripping all the rating's! What you don't like my pic?Fine you don't like me ?Fine that has nothing to do with my work so why can't you do in the light what you do in the dark?Are you that big of a coward come on out we are all waiting,and are you so stupid that you can't see tearing a feather rating down has nothing to do with what people write about what they feel about our work?You just look more and more like the ass you are,I think a publisher would go by more of the meaning and writing then a feather anyway. |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopDrivingCzar.. thank you, very much appreciated. |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopbattling should be done on forums and away from ratings and chat which were designed with different intentions in mind. |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopI absolutely agree that a new rating system needs to be put in place! It is so refreshing and enlightening to hear that one is in the works. We come together here as artists and expect encouragement and constructive criticism regarding our work. It has been so refreshing to come across such supportive fellow artists on this site. I feel that if you are willing to rate our work then you must be willing to offer some form of constructive comments that will help us grow as artists…regarding this bashing in the ratings it is apparent whoever is behind it is not a true artist… Last edited by mgolda22 04-20-2009 at 11:19:16 AM |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopI can't believe what I am reading here. Instead of letting this site be for what it was made for, which is writing, all I see is a bunch of childish behavior. Fighting doesn't belong on the site. Keep your personals personal and let those of us that are here to write do thier writing. |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopWhy average the ratings? Why not post the individual numbers? It would give a true perspective of readers feedback. The rate ripper terrorists low ratings would glare out and lose their effectiveness in lowering average scores. Goodbye terrorists, goodbye rippers. Comments and ratings could still be exclusive and optional. For those who would like an average we can throw out the low and high score and average the remainder like a sporting event! Last edited by dancingbear 04-20-2009 at 10:00:06 PM |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopIts nice to see the involvement of so many here to make things better. I was not looking for a place of negativity, there are some of those out there. I have only seen a site that is growing rapidly and has a good group of people I would like to associate with. Heck, I don't leave a rating or comment on everything I read here, nor does everyone who looks over my stuff. I'm working towards leaving more detailed comments on what I read, as I would hope others do for me. The new system should help things out a bit. I will continue to spread the news of this site to others who I'm sure write better than myself. Be well, all of you and keep posting Last edited by kdarcy 04-22-2009 at 02:38:24 PM |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopOnce again this is happening to me! I can't help but take this negative rating with no comments personally. Some of these poems are too dear to my heart to allow this to happen. I am giving serious thought to just removing them all until something is done about it!! ~Sara |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopSara I am sorry this happened to you! I was just on your site the other day and saw several high scores...don't let this coward get to you...we have all been targeted and it is infuriating...so immature. But if you read your comments you will see that your poems are very much enjoyed by many readers...that's what I took comfort in when I got hit...clips said they are working on a new system so we just need to hang in there until they have it in place. Hang in there! |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopSara, sk, I have considered creasing posts myself. I don't feel we are alone and that is not good for us or the site. A friend of mine from another site has just come over, what will he think? Let us all hold out hope the new rating system will help, it will not remove all the problems though. I'm glad to be here, thanks to all who have made me feel welcome. I have many to keep in touch with and whose words I will read as time permits ... commitment to one another is what its all about. Be well, ken |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopIt's very sad that people like that can't obviously stand themselves so they have to rip others apart! That's right! They either hate you because they know your work out shines theirs, or they hate themselves because they're NOT YOU!!! Think on that!! I agree that the rating system should be changed and am glad it's being done! I don't care if they've had the audacity to do this to mine. I know who I am as a writer, and it's their loss if they dont want to take time out to know us as writers before they rate our work so unintelligently and with no class or merit. It's only their opinion we just have to show them it doesn't validate or invalidate us as writers/poets. We're going to keep writing because it's our passion and they can piss off! |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopFellow Poets Last edited by RHPeat 04-28-2009 at 03:32:48 PM |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stophey i love it when they rate mine a 1. That means they jealous lol. like i said in one of my sick flos , 1 is the new 10. but anyways let the haters hate i think its hilarious they go to that length to rate all my stuff a 1. hey i must be doin something right. haha keep hating i love it. |
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Re: SITE CREATOR: This childishness needs to stopI agree with SK and all the others, if you rate you must comment or rate and be identified, no more of the slasher or the unknown poets, do this and it will all stop and peace and harmony will come back to the site |
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.