ITA. If this were any other venue, there wouldn't even be a discussion. When people become public figures (which by the way, is much better than how most hosts used to refer to themselves~as celebrities!) they open themselves up to criticism or gossip. There used to be a forum section called "Q did what?" That was a place, one place where consumers could voice a question, observation...good or not so good, frustrations, etc. regarding a host, program content, or products. The personal info some of the hosts share is so much more than necessary. I think they are encouraged to do this as a retail tactic to make them seem as if they were our friends; and we are all just sitting around someone's living room having a gathering and sharing as friends do. But they are not our friends. They are at its most basic description, salesmen and women. It's not just QVC, they all do it but, I feel that here it's the worst example compared to other
networks. With that said, I don't want stiff robot like behavior either. There needs to be a balance where these hosts are friendly and human but where they don't tell us every little thing in their lives, almost to the point of narcissism. "They" do this, some more than others and it makes me feel as if the viewers are fans of these people. It's not a talk show, they are not celebrities. Yet when we...the customers respond to an observation; it's suddenly inappropriate? Where does that line in the sand get drawn?
If a poster used out right profane content, IMO there is no question that should be removed. As well as delving into their personal lives past the point
that any host had already put out there. Some share way too much than they should or behave not as a professional but, as a character. And then there are those who are not taking their jobs seriously. Acting like a life coach in one sentence and a teenager the next. Some go on & on adnauseaum about their fancy vacations, beach homes, even the size of the diamond in their engagement ring! And, that is appropriate??? There's a huge double standard between what hosts brag about or the intimate info they share. That needs to be reinvented and fair to viewers.
There should be a code of conduct for the hosts just as there is one here
regarding our observations, and; comments in posts. There is a one way standard now, making any opinion by viewers other than all sweetness and light, either inappropriate or unkind. QVC needs to come down to the level the rest of us are and be realistic. There would be no QVC without the viewers.
I wrote a post in the very first few days of the new forums regarding a certain host and my observation of the hosts lack of information on the product, and that hosts obvious adolescent like behaviour. I posted it late one evening...about 10:30pm. By the next morning it was "proofed" when I asked the mods, "why?" Some told me don't challenge the mods. I wasn't! I was asking with honesty, a simple "why?"
The mod wrote a word in my post was of unacceptable and unkind content.
REALLY? Since the OP was gone along with several comments from other customers, I never got to see what other posters opinions were. I racked my brain to think of what the unkind thing I could've said. And it finally dawned
on me....it was a simple word that described a behavior by a host that in ernest made said host look "juvenile" and insulted the viewers intelligence as well. After all, this form of retail programming is the most public way of
selling there is!
QVC wants to mold us into a commonality with no perspective of content and behavior other than what they want said. And that fellow consumers, is an example of the most banal form of censorship. It leaves me feeling quite unsettled and insulted. If my opinion is not pulled, that would show a glimmer of hope & respect for the consumers as a whole.
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