# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/41 "2015-01-28T13:45:09Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Perhaps I need to put smilies and winkies and such all over everything I post. I did that for years but grew tired of it. For gosh sakes, I’m rarely entirely serious and this thread, where I’m complaining about special treatment of some very nice people? It’s like kicking puppies, and I thought my over the top OP was obviously not intended entirely seriously. However, and there is always a however, whatever I say, I am not entirely comfortable with their “special treatment,” as I see it. But if nobody else is I’m good with that, as long as we keep the RV crowd out. A board must have its standards. I’m not sure they’re getting special treatment. I read through the thread a while ago and I think someone may have broken a rule and got very mildly chastised (rules were explained, etc.). I think if anything they’re more eager than a lot of longtime posters to follow the rules/be good Straight Dope citizens. And hey, if they never make it out of their thread, that’s fine, too. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/42 "2015-01-28T14:02:36Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > And there’s this. I expect a bit more bite from professional snarkers, even Canadian ones, like **Bryan Ekers**. Tell us how you REALLY feel. The scary thing is they ARE telling us how they really feel. Canadians. Making all Americans feel like psychopaths since…well, it appears to be hazy, but a long time. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/43 "2015-01-28T14:25:12Z")
Can’t get on board with the OP. I like them. Not sure I understand their particular bend, but I sometimes go into the thread and read, trying to see the appeal. I don’t quite get it, but find it interesting that they do. I seriously wish they’d branch out a little into other topics, but I think it will just take time. I’m sure they’ll get around to that when they are feeling more comfortable. I’m looking forward to it! And seriously, how tightly wound was their former board that they found these conversations so terribly offensive? I’m glad they found us, and happy they have a comfortable home with us. That both Barn House and Chicago, got their own damn boards, for years, now THAT was a failed experiment! ---
**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 28, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/44 "2015-01-28T22:52:35Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > And seriously, how tightly wound was their former board that they found these conversations so terribly offensive? Really! Unless the boards were bought by the Home Shopping Network. Hmmm, who owns Television Without Pity these days? NBCUniversal? They don’t seem to own any shopping channels. Another CT bites the dust. > [@](#): > > I’m glad they found us, and happy they have a comfortable home with us. As am I! I just get grumpy sometimes. I’m over it. > [@](#): > > That both Barn House and Chicago, got their own damn boards, for years, now THAT was a failed experiment! I think that was due to TP (singular) TB, but don’t quote me. 😉 How’d the book sell, Ed? Enough to pay for some of the work you did? It _ **is** _ a very nice house. ---
**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 29, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/45 "2015-01-29T01:41:55Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Really! Unless the boards were bought by the Home Shopping Network. Hmmm, who owns Television Without Pity these days? NBCUniversal? They don’t seem to own any shopping channels. Another CT bites the dust.As am I! I just get grumpy sometimes. I’m over it. I think that was due to TP (singular) TB, but don’t quote me. 😉 How’d the book sell, Ed? Enough to pay for some of the work you did? It _ **is** _ a very nice house. Just an FYI, the other board is not TWOP. TWOP closed their forums in May. The other board is [Previously.tv.com](http://Previously.tv.com). Most of the posters on the shopping channel forum at Previously, arrived there after TWOP shut down. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/46 "2015-01-29T01:51:16Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > … > Canadians. Making all Americans feel like psychopaths since…well, it appears to be hazy, but a long time. Canada, where half of them speak French, and the other half allow it to happen. ---
**Author:** ![riopelnet112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@riopelnet112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riopelnet112)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/47 "2015-01-29T05:19:51Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![kltranslations112](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kltranslations112/32/7325_2.png) [@kltranslations112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kltranslations112)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/48 "2015-01-29T11:09:18Z")
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:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/49 "2015-12-09T22:28:15Z")
There hasn’t been a post in the main thread since 7/30/15. The group seemed to have found another forum to meet on. Could the “glossary” thread get unpinned? They’ve moved on, so should everyone else. (Although it does seem we gained a few regulars as a result.) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/50 "2015-12-11T15:56:26Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > They’ve moved on, Just like locusts. They laid waste to an entire thread and abandoned it in ruins. Didn’t even say goodbye… ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/51 "2015-12-11T16:16:43Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > They’ve moved on, so should everyone else. (Although it does seem we gained a few regulars as a result.) Many are called, few are chosen. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/52 "2015-12-11T16:17:43Z")
I came over with that group and liked it here, so I stayed. Which may, or may not, be considered a gain for you. I don’t know where the other folks hared off to, but it certainly appears that they have. So unless Honey (who brought us all here) objects, I think you can close it up without hurting anyone’s feelings. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/53 "2015-12-11T16:30:57Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > I came over with that group and liked it here, so I stayed. Which may, or may not, be considered a gain for you. > > I don’t know where the other folks hared off to, but it certainly appears that they have. So unless Honey (who brought us all here) objects, I think you can close it up without hurting anyone’s feelings. It is certainly a gain. I’m glad you stayed around. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/54 "2015-12-11T16:54:36Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > I came over with that group and liked it here, so I stayed. Which may, or may not, be considered a gain for you. > > I don’t know where the other folks hared off to, but it certainly appears that they have. So unless Honey (who brought us all here) objects, I think you can close it up without hurting anyone’s feelings. > [@hajario](#): > > It is certainly a gain. I’m glad you stayed around. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/55 "2015-12-11T17:04:57Z")
Ditto ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/56 "2015-12-11T17:21:50Z")
wow. I’m humbled. Thank you all very much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/57 "2015-12-11T17:41:05Z")
Now you’ve gone too far. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/58 "2015-12-11T18:16:04Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > wow. I’m humbled. Thank you all very much. 🙂 They’re just buttering you up. They all think you got them presents for them for Christmas from the shopping channel … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/59 "2015-12-11T19:26:46Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It is certainly a gain. I’m glad you stayed around. > [@kayT](#): > > Me too. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Ditto What they all said. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-shopping-channel-snark-experiment-a-failure/710982/60 "2015-12-11T19:29:18Z")
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