For those (few) readers that read this blog, I’d like to point out a sad, petty development in the blogosphere.
I have mentioned on many video blogs the wealth of information that can be found on Eugenia Loli’s Blog.
Eugenia is one of those prolific “helpers” that has offered many tips, written many articles and suggested a lot of solutions to many questions in the world of videography and film making (Thanks, Eugenia).
Her latest posting on her blog dealt with the (non-existance) of the much-anticipated RED camera.
A subsequent post on the RED forum lambasted her for her well-thought out and, in my opinion, honest posting. Eugenia then politely defended her thoughts on the RED forum… All of which ended up getting her banned!! How shallow can you get?!
I frequent many forums specific (amongst others) to videography and I have never seen such petty reaction to honest, polite dialogue.
The whole point of a forum is to discuss, courteously, the pros and cons of the forum’s theme. Companies pay close attention to these forums and they have great influence. Witness Canon’s addition of manual control to the 5D2 and their announcement to update the 5D2 again soon.
Are the people/moderators at RED User so thin-skinned that they cannot tolerate honest and open dialogue?!
What makes this even more annoying is that Eugenia didn’t even start the post on RED User. Someone who read her blog made the first post (where he trashed her blog) and she was merely there to defend herself. She was, again, polite, honest and, in my opinion, correct!
Shame on you, RED User!
