31 Jul 21
@fmf saidRelentless Red Thumbs ?
Relentless Red pointedly refused to criticize the thumbing down of Indonesia Phil. A handful of posters have been quite persistently thumbing down any mention of the radio programme by Indonesia Phil, so Relentless Red has had plenty of opportunity. i remember him also refusing to say if he'd listened to Phil's part of the show. Relentless Red's pompous animosity clearly trumps his desire to demonstrate the "good wishes" he said he extended to Phil.
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31 Jul 21
@indonesia-phil saidI can’t see what it is you’ve said. I must be missing something. Surely people sharing in here the creative stuff they have done elsewhere is a good thing.
Yep, and so far I have 4 red thumbs for my first post on this page. There's no reason to thumb down a radio show, so it must be something I said. It's okay, the thumbs are vacuous anyway unless someone claims them and gives their reasons.
@mercury said"In here" can so often be a place of sheer pettiness. Relentless Red's initial objection to me posting links to the shows was that I was being egotistical by thinking people wanted to hear my voice on the radio. Petty animosity.
I can’t see what it is you’ve said. I must be missing something. Surely people sharing in here the creative stuff they have done elsewhere is a good thing.
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@indonesia-phil saidAs recent as yesterday Relentless Red posted positively about your writing, as did every other poster in the private thread concerned. (7 thumbs up, no thumbs down).
Yep, and so far I have 4 red thumbs for my first post on this page. There's no reason to thumb down a radio show, so it must be something I said. It's okay, the thumbs are vacuous anyway unless someone claims them and gives their reasons.
Are you really not going to disagree with the statement by FMF that he has been the most vocal supporter of you being thumbed down?!
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31 Jul 21
@ghost-of-a-duke saidHi, I’m sorry if I’m speaking out of turn here, but I’m struggling to keep up. Should I try to follow these exchanges and references or just let all this pass by? It seems like fun but also a bit scary!
As recent as yesterday Relentless Red posted positively about your writing, as did every other poster in the private thread concerned. (7 thumbs up, no thumbs down).
Are you really not going to disagree with the statement by FMF that he has been the most vocal supporter of you being thumbed down?!
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@mercury saidOr we could play chess? 🙂
Hi, I’m sorry if I’m speaking out of turn here, but I’m struggling to keep up. Should I try to follow these exchanges and references or just let all this pass by? It seems like fun but also a bit scary!
Relentless Red has been supportive of Phil's writing (and rightly so, he's a great writer) and even yesterday Phil was thanking him for the encouragement. - The idea therefore, as tendered by FMF, that Relentless Red is the most vocal person for having Phil's posts thumbed down is not only completely ridiculous, it's malicious.
I don't recall the post FMF refers to (no doubt taken out of context) but probably said that FMF was responsible himself for drawing the thumbs down with the negativity he brings to these threads. Phil and others (including myself) just get caught in the crossfire.
@mercury saidSometimes it is best if not knowing the whole story to just keep out of it.
Hi, I’m sorry if I’m speaking out of turn here, but I’m struggling to keep up. Should I try to follow these exchanges and references or just let all this pass by? It seems like fun but also a bit scary!
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@very-rusty saidThis sounds like good advice; does anyone here know this whole story do you think?
Sometimes it is best if not knowing the whole story to just keep out of it.
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31 Jul 21
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI see FMF is making stuff up about me again. If that's easier for him than facing why he gets so many red thumbs then I guess that is how it will be. Tedious though.
As recent as yesterday Relentless Red posted positively about your writing, as did every other poster in the private thread concerned. (7 thumbs up, no thumbs down).
Are you really not going to disagree with the statement by FMF that he has been the most vocal supporter of you being thumbed down?!
For the record though, what I know of Phil I like. I wouldn't want him to receive red thumbs in any way. My only part in this was to once offer FMF an explanation for all the thumbs he gets for which he will now demonise me for eternity. Truth hurts.
31 Jul 21
@the-gravedigger saidAlso for the record I have zero respect for people who wade in perpetuating FMF's BS. Bad enough being constantly named by one poster.
Relentless Red Thumbs ?