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By Juez N. Jurado
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In the past week
Jokers Updates has come under
indictment by their regulars. We have observed no less than seven complaints
from posters like Roxie, a poster Jokers’ readers have openly
praised for giving a “real feel” for the BB action. Roxie and others
do not care for the heavy-hand of Jokers’ moderators who add and subtract
from updates, seemingly at will. A newer visitor, Amanda, posted this on
their Questions board, “I’m almost terrified to even report anything
for fear you will DELETE or MODERATE or CENSOR comments.”
Everyone seems to understand Jokers’ defensive posture. As an
unregistered, public site, trolls frequently attack causing the moderators to
sometimes throw the baby out with the bath water – the good posts out with
the bad. But we wonder, during times when trolls are sleeping under the bridge,
do the moderators overmoderate just to have something to do?
Among the complaints are accusations (and evidence) that Jokers mods are the
grammar police. Some questioned that if the mods were going to change what they
write why don’t they just do the updates themselves? After all, posters
are all volunteers.
And on Jokers taking themselves too seriously, posters sniped that Jokers is
“not the FBI or CIA” and “not the N.Y. Times or The Washington
Post.” In other words, lighten up.
Jokers is polite in responses to those who complain on the Questions board but
admits to being moody and inconsistent. An apologetic moderator defended
editing saying, “It is up to the individual moderator how much personal
comment is allowed in an update. Therefore, it depends which moderator is on
duty . . . I'm certain that my mood today (with the annoying troll/disruptive
person) had something to do with my impatience . . . and I hope you can
understand and forgive me! ;)” ( “;)” is known as a wink on the
net. Was the wink meant to be cute or to imply the apology is not sincere?)
Still many others on the PX accuse Jokers of deleting unfavorable posts. One
poster summed it up, “Now let's see how long before the mods delete this
well-reasoned post.”
JokersUpdates.com is one of the top-rated sites for updates, often ranking
first or second on the Big Brother Top 50. In the world of Big Brother Web they
are the proverbial conglomerate, the big boys! They get criticized for
over moderating and under moderating. Most of their effort goes
into cleaning up racist, pornographic, anti-religious, anti-gay and other
disruptive posts. Regardless the question remains from their well-behaved
regulars, “With all your problems, why are you majoring in the minors by
editing legitimate posts?” ;) wink wink
(Editor's note: Please welcome our new reporter Juez N. Jurado. We hope to
see many more articles from him in the future!) |
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After being removed from the
Big Brother Top 50 ranking list for
presumably placing the counting code on a message board page, the
TVClubhouse reapplied to the
list and were reinstated.
Within the week, the site has roared back into the top rankings, making it to
its current place at number 4 in astonishing time. Averaging at least 2,500
unique hits a day, the site seems a solid shoe-in to keep the number 4 spot.
We have noticed that TVCH is using a variation of the pop-under technique that
Elite TV used with such success. But as
the saying goes, all's fair in love and war.
Congratulations TVCH! |
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By Juez N. Jurado
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Big Brother South Africa (BBSA) launched its
first broadcast and companion website to overwhelming success but they
weren’t ready for the popularity! 35,000 viewers registered on
BigBrotherSA.com at a rate of three
per second the first day bogging down the site to a crawl.
Commented Willie Visser, Head of Big Brother Online at M-Net: “The local
and international interest in the Big Brother SA web site has far exceeded our
expectations. . . .” (Read
story)
Many BB USA addicts have tried to load the free live feeds but few have had
success. We visited the BBSA chat room to find out why the feeds will not play
in Media Player and found out the producers underestimated needed bandwidth and
chose to broadcast in multicast, a format not supported by some ISPs even in
South Africa. South African fans are complaining loudly. The site’s boards
are filled with complaints.
The BBSA website promises remedies are in the works. Plans include mirror sites
and increased bandwidth.
We’ve noticed increased interest in BBSA from USA fans as the CBS
production winds down. Twenty percent of registered visitors to the site are
“international” (outside of S.A.) One BBSA chat room visitor named
Scott said, “I’m addicted to our [USA] BB and was hoping to
start watching yours when ours is over.” International fans will only be
able to watch two of the feeds provided – Director’s Choice 1 and 2.
Rumor has it that Elite TV may create an
area for BBSA like they did for BBOZ (Australia.) |
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Just a couple of snippets from our overflowing
mailbox.
From a happy reader:
"I just wanted to openly thank you for opening my eyes regarding the
censorship going on at BBFC. They had recently moderated a post that had masked
its profanity regarding the potential of CBS and Arnold Shapiro editing
Nicole's weekend tantrums. "...
"I don't care if you use this in your next edition or not. I just wanted
to say that had you not brought it up, I wouldn't have been so curious. Thanks
again. "
Editor: Thanks for the letter, but I think the real person you should thank
is the originator of that article, NewsFlash. We didn't really think it
was such a big deal :)
From a not so happy reader:
"Please respond and advise me on whom gave you explicit permission to take
my userName from another website and freely post it at your website. It was not
taken with any previous written permission from me, and I would have
appreciated asking me first. "
"In terms of your "news item", my posts in the folder which you
refer to were legitimate questions to Kent. He responded to them, and I felt he
clarified things at least for myself. I think it is unfair to infer that I
chased him from the website, or lump me with other posters whom I truly don't
know at the website - who may have some other problem with the man. For my own
query, I felt Kent answered in kind. "
Editor: Sorry, but by posting on a public message board, your username
becomes a matter of public record. As far as your actions on the website you
refer to, we just call them as we see them. |
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Breaking into the live feed scene with a splash
when the houseguests were joined by Ophelia, Elite TV's Vinceg2 made Big Brother
history with his obsession with the diminutive porker and his now famous Pig
Posts.
Now a real fixture at the site, Vince joins Mishi and Realguy as
one of our favorite live feed posters at the site.
And if the rumours are true, Vince's dedication to the site has garnered him a
real promotion in reality tv-land. Stop by the Elite TV chat and ask him about
his new title. |
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