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What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

Adamlambert — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:18:20 GMT

about all the shopping channels? I like that you can say what you want there and it's funny, but lost the link. Thanks!!

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

Plaid Pants2 — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:21:27 GMT

I want to say that it's called "Television Without Purpose", or "Television Without Pitty", something like that, but don't quote me on it.

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

cotton4me — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:28:25 GMT

It's Previously TV. (Television Without Pity shut down and most of the members moved on to Previously TV.) Not sure how to find the shopping channels on there though. They're usually buried in a certain category,

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

Adamlambert — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:30:42 GMT

thank you!!! I miss the fun on this one, not necessarily mean comments, but being able to say things without them being deleted.

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

cotton4me — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:33:12 GMT

I did a search on their site and shopping channels came up under - Shows, Misc TV Talk (at the bottom of the categories), Genre Talk, Shopping Channels.

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

Q4u — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:00:12 GMT

I was on that forum quite a few years ago and the Mods there would constantly take down all kinds of stuff and "ding" your account over even inconsequential statements, not even mean or nasty. It was a huge power thing..... I left because of it. I've never been back and have no desire to find it again..... JMHO

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

Adamlambert — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:49:08 GMT

thank you!

wow, q4u, to me it seems almost anything goes, even very bad words lol

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Pqfan — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:50:54 GMT

They say some pretty mean stuff over there.

Me NO likey!

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jonbon — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:17:37 GMT

@Adamlambert wrote:
thank you!

wow, q4u, to me it seems almost anything goes, even very bad words lol

Long ago, I read Television Without Pity. You could say pretty much anything you wanted about the shopping channels (hosts, products, shows, etc.), but you were not allowed to attack other posters. Even they had rules about what was acceptable, and people did have their privileges suspended.

I must say, however, that I did not read TWP for very long -- I know some find it "fun," but I found the constant snark, nastiness and negativity kind of hard to take. Not the atmosphere I enjoy.

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

Moonchilde — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:09:02 GMT

@jonbon wrote:
@Adamlambert wrote:
thank you!

wow, q4u, to me it seems almost anything goes, even very bad words lol
Long ago, I read Television Without Pity. You could say pretty much anything you wanted about the shopping channels (hosts, products, shows, etc.), but you were not allowed to attack other posters. Even they had rules about what was acceptable, and people did have their privileges suspended.

I must say, however, that I did not read TWP for very long -- I know some find it "fun," but I found the constant snark, nastiness and negativity kind of hard to take. Not the atmosphere I enjoy.

I too used to read (and enjoy) the snark at TWOP, but lost interest when I understood that ONLY snark and insults were welcome. People who posted favorably about a host in any way were either dog-piled or totally ignored (I very rarely posted at all). Posters were there for the snark alone and woe betide anyone who said they liked someone the snarkers were having a field day with. A lot of it was funny, but it got very old, eventually - old and flat, with the posters vying for points and attention snark rankings and brownie points. It was more all about the popular posters than it was about much else.

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

chickenbutt — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:15:00 GMT

Years ago I visited TWOP but I didn't hang out there. I thought that board was taken down a year or so ago, but I could be wrong.

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

Q4u — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:30:31 GMT

@Adamlambert wrote:
thank you!

wow, q4u, to me it seems almost anything goes, even very bad words lol

I read and responded there for about a year. Yes, there was nasty stuff said and that stayed up and someone else would come and say something else that was mean and hard and that would be taken down. There were rules and such but it seemed to depend on WHO was posting rather than what!.

I decided to try something because I was being pinged right and left and I made a point of not writing anything as snarky as some did. I changed my posting name to something very bland (my original ID was controversial).... and lo and behold I never had a ping again. Of course I left .... and felt that place needed a good scrubbing. I'm glad to hear it was taken down.

I also know that one or two hosts would read the board there.... (one is still on the Q, one has left).....

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

Moonchilde — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:11:17 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
Years ago I visited TWOP but I didn't hang out there. I thought that board was taken down a year or so ago, but I could be wrong.

Oh, it's not there any more - but most people who know about the Previously TV site were former TWOP followers who just moved.

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

MomCat — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:05:44 GMT

I went to that site every so often for a laugh. Yes, it was rude and snarky, and full of greatly exaggerated observations of QVC presentations. It was mostly about which poster could post the best wise crack of the day. The posts were so ridiculous that I'm surprised it ever drew any interest. To me, it seemed like a group of very bored women misbehaving. LOL The site has been gone for awhile now, but certainly no great loss.

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

Moonchilde — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:29:01 GMT

@MomCat wrote:
I went to that site every so often for a laugh. Yes, it was rude and snarky, and full of greatly exaggerated observations of QVC presentations. It was mostly about which poster could post the best wise crack of the day. The posts were so ridiculous that I'm surprised it ever drew any interest. To me, it seemed like a group of very bored women misbehaving. LOL The site has been gone for awhile now, but certainly no great loss.

That was pretty much my assessment after a while. They were entertaining themselves and vying for Miss Snark Queen, high-fiving themselves for each "score" by themselves and their BFFs.

I know that some of the TWOP posters post(ed) here on the QVC forums, they openly said so. But most said they have different names (wise move lol). It's not difficult to spot posters on the forums now who likely posted on TWOP or may post to Previously TV, which is minimally not as vicious.

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VanSleepy — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:48:24 GMT

Just FYI if anyone is unfamiliar with the site, it is not just about shopping channels. You can pretty much find any and all TV shows being discussed if you're interested in reading some very witty (albeit very snarky) commentary on your favorite shows.

Re: What is the name of the board w snarky comments?

Margo Channing — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:22:41 GMT

oh.the.irony.