Weddingbee boards

This seems like a uniquely unproductive thread.

Bee bloggers are very gracious in allowing us to share in a significant part of their lives, and take on what is, essentially, a second job for the duration of their time with the hive.  Insinuating, however indirectly, that you don't like one of them without even having the nerve to say so to her face, is cowardly.

It's very simple.  If you don't like someone's posts, don't read them.  No need to make it known in a public forum that you aren't a fan.

I really don't see how this is different from the "who's your fav blogging bee?" threads-- I am sure the ladies who blog are intelligent enough to realize if no one shouts out to them & could thusly feel left out or unloved that way.

 That being said, I find Both types of threads to be somewhat unproductive/unsavoury.

As for the bloggers, I haven't been reading the new ones lately, not that it is anything against the new generation or anything, I've just been in a bit of a wedding funk lately & don't feel like reading the blogs -- I might later on & go back through the archives but right now my overall attitude towards the blogs is 'meh' (and that's not to say there weren't past bloggers that I really enjoyed reading either).

@invalid_username:  No one said you weren't allowed to discuss your opinions.

Simply that the expression of those opinions might be considered tactless and rude given the setting.

As for free speech, a privately owned and operated website is not the public square.  You can say whatever you want in my living room, but if I find it distasteful I can ask you to leave the house.

For me, I don't read a lot of bee bloggers so I can't say I dislike a particular one.  I don't understand though, in the last few weeks, there's this push to call out that you dislike a board poster/how people use weddingbee/how people use facebook/bee bloggers.  I guess the snarky has to go somewhere.  I feel like though if I were a bee blogger, I'd be uncomfortable opening up and writing personal posts if I knew people were going to continually judge me for them and not like me because of it.

@JsDragonfly:  My first sentence answered to her question.

Chiming in as an active-hive-member-turned-blogging-bee...

I for one would not be hurt if I found out that someone didn't like me or my blogs. However, I would be offended that someone found the need to publicly post about their hatred of me unconstructively. Constructive criticism would be fine (i.e. "I get frustrated with Miss So-and-so's blogs because she doesn't post DIY instructions") but just general ranting about how you don't like someone, where they can read it, is poor form.

Not everyone likes everyone. There are people that I don't like in real life, but for the sake of decorum, I don't feel the need to make a general announcement about it.

Why bother posting a thread where, inevitably, feelings will be hurt? Even without names named, I'm sure that some of us will be sitting here thinking "Oh,  man... is she talking about ME?" This thread just seems really unseemly.

Can't we just agree that of course some readers identify with some bloggers over others, and let it go?

@One2-Three4: An author is paid for writing her book, an actor is paid for his performance and a recording artist is paid for sales of their records.  A bee blogger gets no monetary compensation and is basically doing all of us a big favor writing for the hive.

It's the difference between seeing clothes on a model and saying, "You know, I really think Prada has gown downhill this season" and remarking that your friend's homemade dress is really tacky.

Except you don't even have the guts to do it to her face and istead imply that SOMEONE you know makes STUFF that you totally hate.

And I know when I walk out the door that people might not like what I have to say, think, wear, read, eat, etc.  But just because I'm outside doesn't mean it's socially acceptable for someone I've never met to come up and give me an earfull about my poor taste.

@invalid_username: As was previously explained, you are welcome to have an opinion.  That other people might think that opinion is, to put it mildly, poorly expressed, is the consequence of saying whatever pops into your head at a given moment.

Say whatever you please, but be prepared for people to tell you in similarly blunt terms precisely what they think.

Hm...I could turn this another way.  What if all the blogging bees got together and started complaining about the board posters?  I know I wouldn't feel too good about it.