Censorship? Who Cares?

We are sure everyone has either read it on the boards such as BBInsider or Reality TV Fans or actually had it e-mailed to you, but just in case here is the latest diatribe against board censorship by a poster named Newsflash:

Has Big Brother literally gone to the heads of a few popular websites?

Both the TV Clubhouse and Elite's TV have turned to Utopian Big Brother style censorship. Users are censored and limited only to saying only what the moderators want to hear. Forget expressing an opinion. If anything you say is in any way disagreeable to those in control then it is immediately moderated, deleted, or your account immediately eliminated with little or no warning. This drastically supresses the honest feelings, thoughts, and comments of the users. I agree that moderation is needed in some cases but this is a classic example of overmoderation.

The moderators will attempt to state otherwise because they want as many people to come to their site (or switch over) as possible. The more cows they can herd in, the more they can brand. What the users don't see is that 75% of the moderators are truly power hungry control freaks. In fact, all the moderators at Elite's TV came from the TV Clubhouse when they didn't get their way and/or lost their "prize position". There are always just two or three in complete control while many of the other mods are basically trained to follow as to not lose their own mod status.

I would suggest that you go to both sites and read the rules. While Elite's TV has a more simplified set of censorship-inducing rules, the TV Clubhouse has almost a full Sears Catalog that they expect each and every member to remember and abide by or they will instantly moderate or delete your account. Regardless, both sites are geared to supressing what you have to say.

The main Moderators of Elite's TV is: Elitist (Admax) and Digilady (Cat). http://www.elitestv.com

The main Moderators of the TV Clubhouse is ENB (Neil) and Flint (Tim).

http://www.tvclubhouse.com

Be wary as Big Brother is alive and well. A full story will be published online soon.

Suprisingly this was not our doing, so of course we also think it is pretty stale news - everyone knows the moderated boards censor, and we have also seen what happens to boards that have no moderation. And everyone has a choice as to which board(s) they frequent.

We suspect this is more the ramblings of an irrate poster than a serious expose - we will be interested to see the full story that is promised.

(Note: We have gotten a lot of feedback thinking the above article was written by us. Our comments have now been placed in bold so you can see our opinion)

Lawyerman Redeemed

Another good Kent chat at Elite TV (more on this later), and Lawyerman was again in attendance. This time he was on his best behaviour, if anything being too cautious in his statements.

Come on Lawyerman, I am sure the moderators would have let you get by with at least one plug of your site, or for TVCH. I even saw Elitist laugh when you made your last comment about being ready to leave so you were going to say your piece. And the #BigBrother chatters were bombarding Kent with mentions of their site and only got yelled at a bit.

So out of respect for your restraint, here is the link to your site: http://www.silhouettestudios.com/BB2/

Battle of the Kent Chats

We were lucky enough to be present at both of the Kent chats on Thursday and Friday at Elites TV and Reality 411 respectively.

Seems both chats had a bit of trouble in getting started, the Reality chat starting almost 20 minutes late. And we thought way too many people were inserting inconsequential comments (such as the ubiquitous LOLs and ROFLs) in both chats. Seems both sites received some "constructive criticism" on their boards during the chat.

Reality 411's chat was by far the longer, with Kent and his wife Kathy sticking it out for what seemed like hours. But Elite TV, in what is becoming standard operating procedure for them, also brought in Bunky's lifemate Gregg and the first banished houseguest, Sheryl, and her son Harrison.

Sorry Kristii, but we have to give the kudos for this round to Elite TV with their lineup of suprise guests. CBS should take lessons from these guys on how to run a real fun internet Big Brother chat.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

That paragon of internet propriety has struck again. Zeb has posted an "Open Letter to Reality Netizens" on BBInsider claiming that he holds no hard feelings to the moderator at TVCH that banned him, that his harmless shenanigans did not deserve such treatment in light of how much he contributed to the site, and that he gets tons of e-mail from his supporters begging him to come back.

It doesn't seem too many posters there buy this story (except a weird dude named Horace - who knows this is probably another Zeb alias). And if the flood of e-mails we have received discounting his letter as another "Troll Trick" is any indication, there aren't too many in the reality scene that believe it either. It just seems hard to trust a poster that has spent so much time making sure you can't trust him.

C'est la vie.

Favorite Poster: Reality TV Fans' Infidel In The Temple

This issue's Favorite Poster is Reality TV Fans' Infidel In The Temple

We have seen this poster on several sites, and his consistent impudence and wit have brightened our day. And since he is not going to be online for August 20-26, what better time to honor him than in his absence?

This Bud's on you, Infidel!

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