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  • Frances_iom
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 2413

    Originally posted by Anna View Post
    Just seen, on FaceBook, message from R3 re sarky comments being posted:
    Would that be from the lovely Graeme who used to Host the long-ago and far-away Classical Music MB at R3?
    probably - remember he used to put the boot in when criticism started to hurt by being too honest

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    • mangerton
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 3346

      Originally posted by Anna View Post
      Just seen, on FaceBook, message from R3 re sarky comments being posted:

      May I address this thought to everyone who uses this Facebook page? We think it might encourage more people to post on the page, and help build a wider community of interest, if people were able to feel that their posts might perhaps be met with less sarcasm and fewer bursts of aggression. It's an open forum, of course, and that's a good thing - but it would be a shame if this became a place where angels did rather fear to tread ... Graeme (Radio 3 Interactive)

      Would that be from the lovely Graeme who used to Host the long-ago and far-away Classical Music MB at R3?
      I've no idea, but a reply has just been posted.

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      • tony yyy

        Having just had a look at the R3 Facebook page, I'm almost starting to feel a bit sorry for them. It can't be quite what they had in mind when they closed the message boards. It seems more negative, more public and less controllable. I find it hard to believe it'll last very long.

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        • mangerton
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 3346

          Originally posted by tony yyy View Post
          Having just had a look at the R3 Facebook page, I'm almost starting to feel a bit sorry for them. It can't be quite what they had in mind when they closed the message boards. It seems more negative, more public and less controllable. I find it hard to believe it'll last very long.
          Exactly. There is no moderation, and there is no control over what is said. I wouldn't be surprised if the bbc deleted their R3 page. I shall watch with interest. I can't help wondering about cav's/LJ's motivation, though. What is that all about?

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          • Anna

            Originally posted by mangerton View Post
            I can't help wondering about cav's/LJ's motivation, though. What is that all about?
            She's posted a few snide remarks about this forum, FoR3 and a suggestion that frenchie should be more like Madam Mao She did however make the suggestion that the Discussions page should be used instead of just short, mainly negative, posts on the main page which would I think be a better use of the R3 FB facility.

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            • Serial_Apologist
              Full Member
              • Dec 2010
              • 37710

              Originally posted by mangerton View Post
              I can't help wondering about cav's/LJ's motivation, though. What is that all about?
              In regard to the former, two possibilities cross my mind:

              1) Infatuation

              2) Angling for a job.

              In one of the last Proms replies to her front row mate Budgie Jane, you will recall she strongly implied intending to move this side of the Pond.

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26540

                Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                her front row mate Budgie
                http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065279/
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • french frank
                  Administrator/Moderator
                  • Feb 2007
                  • 30329

                  Originally posted by Anna View Post
                  She's posted a few snide remarks about this forum, FoR3 and a suggestion that frenchie should be more like Madam Mao
                  I think perhaps Madame Mao might intervene and say that discussion should not continue about an individual not here and able to respond. I point to the Facebook page as demonstrating why I judged a certain line of 'discussion' as disruptive.

                  And, yes, Graeme will certainly be Graeme for whom I have always had considerable respect, especially as a presenter
                  It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                  • mangerton
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 3346

                    Yes, ff, you are quite right. Sorry.

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                    • antongould
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8792

                      Linda Grant has just tweeted/text to SMP does this make her a bad person? - the programme is scarily interactive - best for those of a nervous disposition to stay away........

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                      • mercia
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 8920

                        Linda Grant
                        wasn't she in Dallas?

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                        • antongould
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8792

                          Sue Ellen as we live and tweet

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26540

                            Caught some guff just now about Rob and SMP in the bath...

                            Not a mental image I want to take with me to start the day

                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • mercia
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8920

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              Caught some guff just now about Rob and SMP in the bath...
                              that was hilarious. Rob sounded a bit non-plussed

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                              • Sparafucile

                                Hi all,
                                Apparently it's St Cecilia's day today? Anybody catch that this morning? I think Sara mentioned it in passing, just once or twice........
                                Oh Brahms's Ac.Fest.Ov. again.

                                Any chance of hearing Varese on Breakfast? Ionisation ideally. I live in eternal hope.

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