# Is the "Shopping channel snark" experiment a failure? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 27, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982 "2015-01-27T04:54:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/1 "2015-01-27T04:54:39Z")
It’s been about a month since the powers that be, in an unprecedented move, allowed some refugees from another board to colonize a thread in Cafe Society where they can snark on the various shopping channels on TV. This was very kind of TPTB, but what has there been for the board in general? They are keeping to themselves and not venturing, that I’ve noticed, out of their ghetto. While IRL I don’t expect the first generation to be particularly outgoing, on this messageboard there are minimal linguistic difficulties to prevent assimilation so we shouldn’t have to wait for their children to become proper Dopers. In the past the mods have objected to members with extremely limited posting histories. Okay, they were all jerks, too, and this crowd seems nice, but I am not sure that this precedent will be good for the board in the long run. What’s next, a thread for RVers snarking about Jellystone Parks? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/2 "2015-01-27T05:13:26Z")
I don’t care about the thread or the posters in it. My only thought is that it’s in the wrong forum. It’s a pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![LouLou7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LouLou7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouLou7)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/3 "2015-01-27T05:26:42Z")
I like the Shopping Bags, and I’ve seen some of them posting in other threads. And a lot of the posters on this board are very_single minded_ in their posting interests. Doesn’t stop them from occasionally being interesting. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/4 "2015-01-27T05:51:26Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I don’t care about the thread or the posters in it. My only thought is that it’s in the wrong forum. It’s a pit thread. Except they’re too polite. It’s like they’re Canadian or something. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/5 "2015-01-27T06:05:15Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > In the past the mods have objected to members with extremely limited posting histories. Okay, they were all jerks, too, and this crowd seems nice, but I am not sure that this precedent will be good for the board in the long run. What’s next, a thread for RVers snarking about Jellystone Parks? Why not? I’m not seeing the objection. More people posting on what they’re interested in doesn’t seem to present a problem that I can see. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/6 "2015-01-27T06:34:39Z")
And this is hurting you how? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/7 "2015-01-27T06:37:06Z")
It’s just one thread. A few of them have ventured out. A few of us participate there. Let them fucking be. What on Earth could be the problem here? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/8 "2015-01-27T07:34:55Z")
We managed to gain a whole new batch of regular posters with just a single thread. I would say it was a resounding success. Don’t like it? Don’t read it. Simple as that. There are entire forums that I don’t go into, but I don’t object at all to their presence here. I see that some of our regular dopers have posted in their snark thread, and I see that some of them have posted outside of their thread as well. It’s not as completely segregated as the OP states. I’m not seeing a problem here. And if a bunch of RVers snarking about Jellystone increases the number of regular posters here, let’s welcome them on board as well. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/9 "2015-01-27T09:48:48Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I’m not seeing a problem here. And if a bunch of RVers snarking about Jellystone increases the number of regular posters here, let’s welcome them on board as well. All right, we’ll give them some space but we don’t want the Irish! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/10 "2015-01-27T12:45:00Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > In the past the mods have objected to members with extremely limited posting histories. Okay, they were all jerks, too, and this crowd seems nice, but I am not sure that this precedent will be good for the board in the long run. For the most part the only ones that needed action taken against them were posters that would open thread after thread on the same subject. I don’t see any reason why someone sticking predominantly to a single thread would be a problem to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/11 "2015-01-27T12:59:52Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Is the “Shopping channel snark” experiment a failure? Was it an experiment? Did it have a goal? Or was it just some people chatting about stuff that interests them, like literally every other word posted on this site? > [@](#): > > This was very kind of TPTB, but what has there been for the board in general? Some people chatting about things that interest them. > [@](#): > > They are keeping to themselves and not venturing, that I’ve noticed, out of their ghetto. So? When did we institute a requirement for cross-posting? > [@](#): > > In the past the mods have objected to members with extremely limited posting histories. Okay, they were all jerks, too, Any guesses as to which of these two factors was more important? > [@](#): > > but I am not sure that this precedent will be good for the board in the long run. Why not? Genuinely baffled here. > [@](#): > > What’s next, a thread for RVers snarking about Jellystone Parks? Sure. Why not? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/12 "2015-01-27T13:30:38Z")
They’re **Honey’s** friends. That’s enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/13 "2015-01-27T14:23:07Z")
Lighten up, Francis. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/14 "2015-01-27T15:06:43Z")
What the hell, man? Just…let it be. Better than the interminable GAME threads around here. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/15 "2015-01-27T16:47:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > They’re **Honey’s** friends. That’s enough for me. 🙂 I have had several of the new posters tell me how interesting they find this board, so I think you’ll see more posts from some of them in the future. Don’t we normally want new members/guests to hang back a little, to get the lay of the land? It would have been worse if all those new members came here, and immediately started creating several new threads, and began posting all over every forum. Give them time to see how things work here. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/16 "2015-01-27T16:53:27Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > All right, we’ll give them some space but we don’t want the Irish! > > 😉 Ah, prairie shit! OK - everybody! ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/17 "2015-01-27T17:23:41Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I’m not seeing a problem here. And if a bunch of RVers snarking about Jellystone increases the number of regular posters here, let’s welcome them on board as well. Agreed. And doesn’t the SDMB greasemonkey script allow one to permanently hide a thread? I could imagine a problem if refugees from 30 different boards all opened up their own recurring thread but even then it’s not hard to ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/18 "2015-01-27T18:17:32Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I’m not seeing a problem here. And if a bunch of RVers snarking about Jellystone increases the number of regular posters here, let’s welcome them on board as well. OTOH, if we begin to get an influx of evangelical apostles from such places as, say, stormfront or similar, we might be bothered. But a bunch of cute fuzzy shopping channel snarker? Where’s the problem there? Hey, even I could be friends with anyone who owns and is owned by Labradors. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/19 "2015-01-27T18:21:23Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > What the hell, man? Just…let it be. Better than the interminable GAME threads around here. Yeah, those things should get their own forum or something. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/20 "2015-01-27T18:34:47Z")
> [@LouLou7](#): > > I like the Shopping Bags, and I’ve seen some of them posting in other threads. > > And a lot of the posters on this board are very_single minded_ in their posting interests. Doesn’t stop them from occasionally being interesting. I agree on both points. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982.md?page=2)