We at RAWK Towers have been having a debate about what some of us term 'persistent negativity' and some perceive it to be 'telling it how it is'.
RAWK has long had a tradition of being a site that tries to espouse all the best qualities of being a proper Liverpool supporter. We may be a right shower of bastards when we lose, but irrespective of a single match's result, or several, we still support the club, the manager and the players. We are or were, those who understood its all about the long term.
There is however an increasing concern about short termism and persistent pessimism from a few but vocal set of posters.
This may be due to the non stop demand for news from 24hr multi platform news sites, feeding off and analysing every little scrap and titbit, actually hyping seeming nonsense into the status of 'important news' as there isn't anything else to talk about.
Or it may be that some of the fan base has changed into those who don't get it.
The majority of match going fans do not think that way. That's a fact.
Albie (92A) put it beautifully here:
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=301493.msg11222135#msg11222135We are currently thinking about the best way to proceed, because we have never wanted to prevent opinions being expressed, we make it quite clear: debate and criticise fairly and rationally but don't abuse and piss take.
You could argue there should be a policy that allows more wariness of the owners, and in a way, we do have that on here. But one thing we won't tolerate is pisstaking, abusive writing and irrational name calling be it about our manager or our players...
So basically what we're saying is this:
Action will be taken on those posters who persist in commenting in every thread going, pulling threads down or derailing them with the same repetitive arguments time and time again.
We want posters to express their opinions good or bad, and we want healthy debate. However we do not want incessant angry pessimism clogging up every new thread.
Our collective view is below.
Thanks.