I Loooooooooove Cathes Forum because.....

[claridge]

You have such a high degree of "free" speech here.

On other fitness forums (Id better not name them) are so tightly controled that it makes it very hard to have a strong opinion against any other forum members thread.

One in particular forum, does not allow you to change the subject origionally started.

I mean, in everyday conversation, you do start of talking about the same thing and then someone will come along and go

"oh, that reminds me when........" and of we go on another point.

Is that such a BIG deal! On this particular forum I mentioned, if you did that there, the "mediater" (is that the right term) will step in and tell you to stick to the point or start another post..........and I mean, WILL TELL YOU!

And only "good" and "positive" things are allowed to be mentioned about certain instructors. You can mention, "how slender" they are, but not "I think so and so has gained weight since her/his last video"

As far as I could tell, no one in that forum was "having a go" at a instructor when they made this point, it was an observation from a consumers point of view, but boy oh boy................

And dont even think about mentioning their "facelifts, boob jobs etc," even in the "General Disscussion" you will be so "flamed".

So my point being:

I Loooooooooove this Forum where I can talk to other forum members about my videos, to my love life and anything in between.

And to all you forum members, I appreciate the fact that you have the freedom of speech here, to tell me when "Im talking out of my a******se" and be allowed too

Marion

 

[nancy324]

I totally agree with you Marion. SNM seems to trust the intelligence of its posters, which I, for one, really appreciate. For the most part, when the occasional silly comment is made, the other posters just ignore it by not responding and it goes away. There's a lot of intelligence and common sense on these forums.

 

[Timber99]

I agree with you as well. I think that there are some things worth censoring and some things not worth it. Cathe's staff does a good job of judging that adn allowing the free flow of conversation. Let's face it - people get giddiy sometimes and talk about boob jobs, love life, etc. and that is not something to censor. Things rarely get nasty or vicious over here too, which I think is different than other forums (and a great thing in general) where I see people personally attacking each other daily. I find myself here a lot for all of these reasons! Christine

 

[jdoll]

I completely agree claridge!! i love the casual and supportive ambiance of cathe's forum. everyone here is welcoming, witty, concerned, supportive and friendly. I have visited other forums since i found this one, but noe of them are as warm or laid back. This is the only place i feel comfortable to ask anything, say anything read anything! It's great!

jes;-)

 

[Maximus]

ITA--this is the only fitness forum I post on, & so far I've had so much fun getting to know everyone here--and not just fitness goals/routines (which is just the common thread that has brought us all here) but also all the unique & fun personalities of Cathe fans!

 

[Roses]

I always wonder what I'm missing out on by not going to other fitness forums, but I only have so much time, and it goes to this forum. You made me feel good about not doing more surfing

I do love that we can talk about other instructors, beauty tips, web sites, heck even sex and its all in one stop!

Sam

 

[starlight6]

I agree completely...I've tried using other forums & always stop going there very quickly. First of all, I like it here WAY better, & I love the people here, & secondly I spend enough time online here without adding to it! ;-)

Seriously, reason 1 counts the most. I do frequent a Great Dane forum, but obviously that's a different matter altogether. (Although, if anyone else here had a Dane, I would probably be happy to keep it all here. LOL)

The only thing that will send me packing...sometimes for a few days, sometimes for a few weeks & once for several months...is when people here start attacking each other personally. I simply cannot stand that kind of thing, I get enough stress in my real world, don't want it in my virtual world! Differences of opinion are absolutely fine of course, it's how you do it that counts.

Didn't mean to go on & on, just wanted to say I love Cathe, Cathe's forums, & all of you.

Bless you all,
Ruth

 

[sunnydelite]

marion,

i totally agree with you regarding this forum vs. other forums. would you mind mentioning the name of the other forum? i was on completefitness4women for awhile and left because of the things you mentioned previously. i am just wondering if we are talking about the same forum.

 

[claridge]

I dont mind, but I could be treading on some toes here!!!

So please remember this is my OWN personal observation

The VF forum is one

One member innocently mentioned that she hated the fact, one of the commercials shown inbetween Fit TV segments (where she lived) always advertised the "girls gone wild" videos and she objected to this because this is done at childrens viewing time.
This lead onto maybe 5 threads where other members starting complaining about so called "soft porn" showen in the daytime and there should be more censorship during the day.

Nothing explicit was mentioned but admin stepped in and stopped the thread "just incase it got too rude!!!!"

Oh please! Give people some common sence - I doubt that post was leading to a discussion on "hard core" and whoes seen what.

Actually it might have been more interesting if they "had" continued on that line.

Fitness Connection is also a weird one

On this forum, one poor member welcomed himself in Aug 2004 and only got one welcome back. HOW SAD IS THAT!!!!

At least here with Cathe, if you are new, everyone welcomes you with a Hi as soon as they read your post.

Fitness Explosion is just totally useless. You cant read anything until you have registered. NO big deal I know, but who can bother? I like to just lurk for a few days in forums and read up before I register.

So before I totally put myself in the sh******t with anyone here, that what I think

Marion