RateItAll is Not Moderated Strictly Enough
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I have made my views clear to RIA management and I still stand behind them. Allowing vulgar and in some cases obscene language (no, you have not deleted every F word post I've brought to your attention) has wiped away much of the luster from the site. What made this website the best of any I have ever participated on was the fact there were rules and they were enforced no matter who you were. For years people were able to make their posts and get their point across without being vulgar, and troublemakers were seen for who they were and after a number of warnings were purged. That is how it should be. So to RIA management I will say the following: You need us just as much as we who like to write and express ourselves, need you. You need the consistant hardcore heavyweight reviewers to keep the site afloat and growing. The one time dog food raters, Eddie Van Halen lovers and Hasselbeck haters don't feel any kinship with RIA or other reviewers the way many of the long term regular contributors do. This week alone we have lost two popular and creative reviewers. They made a difference on this site and now they are gone albeit for different reasons. Remember my friend, a bucket of water is made up of individual drops. If enough drops leak out the bucket runs dry. ***UPDATE*** Since this review was posted Ridgewalker has joined the ranks of the recently departed, which makes three quality reviewers we have lost in one week. I also feel the need to clarify my position on something. I am not against rough language or even obscenities when it fits the point being made. I do not feel any of us however, should be subject to obscene language because some clown feels there "too much f**king menthol in these cigarettes" or a celebrity is just "so f**king hot" or if we don't subscribe to a certain reviewer's taste we should all go f*ck ourselves. Be as rough or as obscene as you like, but I would ask you to please make sure it fits the context and you're making a point, not just expressing disgust because a certain TV dinner tastes like an old shoe.