David_D

@David_D, EXACTLY! I do not think sharing my experience/providing "testimony" is worthy of ANY comments - agree, disagree, or otherwise. A person asked for experiences with online comic book providers. I provided MY experience. Others provided THEIR experience. I did not agree, disagree, or whatever on any of THEIR posts because I do not feel it is my place to do so. I can only share MY experience. The person who requested that others share their experience, it is up to THAT person to read everyone's post and then make her/his own decision as to which company she/he prefers to use. THAT person gets to judge and have her/his own experience, but that judgment does not include agreeing or disagreeing, etc. THAT person can/should thank the rest of us for sharing our knowledge & experience so she/he has now gotten a variety of experiences from us to make her/his decision. I am glad that you had a positive experience with DCBS, and it is perfectly acceptable for you to share that experience. It is not my place to agree or disagree with that. How can I agree with YOUR experience? How can I disagree with YOUR experience? Our experiences HAPPENED, regardless of what others think of it, and I feel it is rude to place a judgment of any kind on one's experience (vs one's opinion) as it looks like an attempt to co-opt that person's experience. I thought I was being a nice forum member, helping out another forum member by responding to her/his request for help. If I had had no experience with DCBS at all, I would not have posted anything. But, since I HAVE had years of experience with them, AND she/he ASKED for this to be shared with her/him, I did so. I had no idea that people on forums feel compelled to like, dislike, agree, etc with EVERYTHING, including someone's experience. It's like if I shared that I went to the beach this weekend, and people disagreed with that. Really?

... that you went to the beach is a fact. I could see how it might be surprising if someone disputes a fact.

If your experience of the beach led to the conclusion that, 'this is a poor beach. It sucks. I would not recommend people go to it.' Then other people who went to that beach may choose to agree or disagree with that recommendation and conclusion based on their own experience.

That is part of what makes it a discussion. And it is a discussion. Some may decide to add their own review or recommendation, too. Or they might use a simple system that is in place that allows people to also express whether they agree or disagree with what you are putting forth.

That you were a DCBS customer is a fact.

That DCBS "sucks" and should not be recommended to others is an opinion. Same as whether or not someone would recommend reading a book. It is an opinion rooted in experience, of course. No one is invalidating that. Rather, a click on "agree" or "disagree" is one of several ways that people can express THEIR OWN opinion.

You can choose to see that as an attempt to invalidate your experience or call you a liar or something like that. It is your choice to see it however you want. But I honestly don't think that is how many other people- including those clicking on those buttons, as we have heard from a few- see it. I think you are choosing to see the worst in it, and getting upset by an "agree" or a "disagree" is not worth it.

And, at the end of the day, with my moderator's cap on, if your responseses to clicks on "agree" and "disagree" continue to be things like this:

My experience with DCBS was not posted as a "discussion", or something that needed critical review, dislike, or disagree . . .

To get your panties in a bunch & "disagree" because your little fanboy ass is hurt for poor DCBS, well all I can say is you need to get yourselves a little self reflection time, and step the fuck off my shit! DCBS SUCKS! I WOULD NEVER USE THEM. Disagree with THAT mo-fo's!

. . .Then you will have to go be not agreed or disagreed with somewhere else. Because that doesn't fly here.

This is not any one person's blog. These are discussions. The original poster even chose to start this as a "discussion" rather than a "question" (as those are options when you create a thread.) When experiences and opinions are put forward, on a service, on a book, on a movie, etc., they may get discussed and commented on. So let's not lose our temper with those that respond to what we say. Thanks.

@CourtofOwls yes. You stated your experience, and came to a conclusion based on those experiences. My experience has been far more positive, and therefore my conclusion differs from yours. The OP is asking what to expect, I "disagree" (hence the button) that one should expect to have your experience. It is simple as that. Like all reviewing, if someone says "this movie sucks!" And I disagree, I am not invalidating their experience, I am simply speaking from mine.

I have a question- would you have yelled at someone that clicked "agree"? It seems you feel that your post should not be seen as an opinion of your experience, but rather as a sort of testimony. So I take it no one can agree with you, because even if they, too, felt DCBS "sucks", they would be minimizing or diminishing your "sucks" by agreeing with it based on their "sucks". Right?

@CourtOfOwls

First, I think you should calm down. You help neither your point or credibility by overreacting. By perceiving hostility in something as simple as a "disagree", and then meeting that with a lot of hostile noise.

I clicked "disagree" and here is why- not because I think you are a liar (and could not that sort of over-response be applied to every "disagree"?)

I clicked disagree because I've had a different experience of their service and customer experience, and therefore rate them differently. I disagree with your summation of them, and what others can expect of them. That's it. It is not me invalidating your experience or saying you should feel differently about them.

Rather, I disagree with how you feel. . . because I feel differently. Simple as that. Others use this service, and they may feel differently than you did about the service. "Agree" and "disagree" is like a question at the end of a review that asks, "did you agree with this review?" And some didn't, likely also based on THEIR OWN experience.

So... relax. Seriously.

@David_D it is very clear that we see things differently - which is OK. I disagree that, because I have had a factual experience that sucked, this makes it an opinion now rather than a fact. Like the beach analogy, other people may have had their own experience with the beach & feel it is a good beach. Good for them. They are free to share their experience with others. Again, that does not negate my experience or opinion. Rather than having the beach lovers label and/or judge my experience, let them post their own and trust that the objective reader of ALL the posts will judge for themselves if they want to go to the beach or not. I say DCBS sucks. You say it doesn't. Let the person who started this discussion thread decide for themselves without undermining one another's experiences.

Yes, we do see it differently. I see these at discussions. And I don't see the reactions as attempts to undermine, or hiding. Rather, they are simply more speech added to the discussion.

If you quote someone else's post and respond to it without even reading it, as you did with @Trev earlier, then we see the whole intent of this discussion board very differently.

This is not just a place to be heard. It is also a place to listen, to respond, and to discuss. If the reaction buttons are that troublesome to you, ignore them. It seems you have no problem engaging in a thread with the intent to hear about the opinions or experiences of others, so why let an "agree" or "disagree" get to you? It seems like wasted energy. Especially if you see it as a monologue rather than a dialogue.

I think this is great news if he can do what he did for Star Trek then this will be awesome. & I read that he still will work on a 3rd Trek maybe not as Director but as a Producer.

I don't know. He definently brought a lot of energy to the movie, something the last two Star Trek movies were lacking.

But at the same time, lazy time travel plot, two Spocks, over emphasis on violence and war. Not sure that's what I want in ST.

Then you should be pleased that none of the writers or of Star Trek are writing Episode VII, because it sounds like what you didn't like were story and plot decisions. If you disliked those choices, they were not really Abrams' department.

Were they though? Were they? Lost, Alias, Fringe, that Alcatraz show... all JJs have time travel, alternate universes, "evil" character turns,

Not saying hes bringing time travel to SW. But Ive seen his stuff. Ive seen plenty. Not sure I need him in Star Wars. Besides, i said "Im not sure thats what I want in ST". Im very fearful of Into Darkness.

Yes. In the past he has written and created a lot of things with time travel.

But he's not writing or creating Star Wars. So I'm not sure how his past writing and creating applies to how he will do as a director.

The director can't make those elements just appear in the direction. They have to be in the script. And we know that the screenwriter is working from Lucas' story outline. And the EP is a longtime Lucas collaborator. I think it is a safe guess to say that he will be doing their story. Not somehow making their story into his story.