G+_Kenneth Shields Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I'm guessing the Tech news today community is blocking people that say anything not positive about the show. I made a post saying +Sarah Lane Deserves a better fate at Twit and was blocked because of it. Is the TWiT network in criticism lock down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Michael Haider Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 yes, it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeff Caudill Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Can't blame them. The amount of trolls over the past few weeks has been horrible. People threatening the hosts and saying horrible disgusting things about them. Won't be surprised if they shut down the google+ community altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Kenneth Shields Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 I didn't say anything about Mike. I said Sarah deserves better. Mike should have started with his own tech news tonight and a guest on tnt then it would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeff Caudill Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Oh wasn't referring to you. I was just stating in general. I've seen some nasty comments. I get people are upset but some of the things that has been said is just...yeah really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Tighe Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I'm not a troll, I made a legitimate comment that people responded to and it got yanked. Incredible. I guess all is well in the land of Oz Leo. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tracy Montgomery Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I saw the writing on the brick house wall over a year ago and stopped watching. TWiT is now everything Leo promised it would not be. I can't trust the recommendations and reviews because I constantly wonder if those are filtered by advertisers. I also wonder is this is why TWiT is losing talented people like Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeff Caudill Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Joel Coulson I agree. The amount of hate and multiple posts is starting to turn me off from this community. I really don't need to see 10+ hate posts a day. Guys it's been a few weeks. They haven't changed their minds and clearly aren't going to. So I suggest you move on or simply find some other show to watch. If you loved the old TNT Tom is still doing his style of it. Go watch it and quit bitching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Richard Berg Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I am not bitching and I am watching Tom instead. I was an daily tnt watcher and now I am a daily tech news watcher. My experience is the same. Tried the new show but the new host seems so uncomfortable he makes me uncomfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Sylvia Dietsch Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Jeff Caudill the contents in this community have been civil - unhappy but civil. You could call the criticism harsh if you mean it's harsh to call someone dull. But some people in this community view any negative comment as trolling when in reality people are venting because we lost something that was a big part of our lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tony McHugh Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 That's a shame. I'm been listening since the very start and my one bit of feedback isto not have Mike front of camera - we need a more vibrant host and have Mike behind the scenes. At the moment I'm not seeing a huge departure from the old show which had better chemistry and host. Early days I guess but long term my view is that Mike needs to find a better host for the show. This may be the case, he may just be covering until they find one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Steve Gledhill Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I wonder where you will go for your tech news if not TWiT? I'm in the UK and would like a local alternative. I still listen to TWiT shows (SN, Google, Android, TWIT and TNT). I agree that TNT is not as vibrant and I miss it. I think it says most that the thing I like most about the new show is that it is short! I've tried the Verge a year or so ago so may try them again. Any ideas welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tony McHugh Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I subscribe to all the CNET shows and some on revision 3, good range of shows with good presenters /hosts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Sylvia Dietsch Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Daily Tech News Show is a great daily show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jerry Ham Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I don't think it is in lock down at all. I do imagine that unhelpful, repetitive comments and trolling are probably (rightly) being blocked. If your comment was simply what you said it was, it wasn't really helpful (nothing constructive there) so it probably did get removed. I know I have personally made several constructive criticism posts / comments that have not been removed and Mike Elgan seems to be working on implementing some of them (and getting progressively better as a host I might add). If we add something constructive to the mix, and are generally helpful instead of just bashing people we aren't going to be blocked or censored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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