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Michelle Forums and Other Skater-Specific Forums
First of all, I'm starting this thread to voice my frustration over the negative perception of Michelle forums.
I've to say just about every skater forum will accuse Michelle fans as being blind Michelle worshippers. I hear MKF as being a scary forum for the excessive gushing and bashing of other skaters especially her closest rivals - Irina, Tara, Sasha and even the nice media friendly girl-next-door Sarah.
As a newbie last year, I was curious and I decided to embark on some research work to find out the truth. I browsed Tara, Sarah, Sasha, Irina forums from time to time for my research. My findings:
1. All skater-specific forums are filled with excessive gushings that rival Michelle forums.
2. All skater-specific forums have their own share of bashing of other skaters and posters who support the skater's rivals.
3. All skater specific forums have sensible fans who will admonish their fellow fans who do the bashing. This helps restore balance to the forums. What people fail to realise is this is what exactly happens on MKF - the biggest and most popular Michelle forum and other Michelle forums. On MKF, for example, it's like a big family. There are black sheep, no doubt, that bash other skaters. I swear to God anytime that happens, you can see a herd of other Michelle fans who will scorn at the basher.
4. All skater-specific forums have fans who would give credits to other skaters where credits are due. Again, that's what you see on MKF and other Michelle forums too.
Why do Michelle fans always get the bad name when what they do is just about what other skaters' fans do. If you take the ratio of black sheep to the total fanbase of any skater, it's about the same. Unfortunately for Michelle, her fanbase is the biggest and hence the absolute number of black sheep is huge and when they bash other skaters, it gives the impression Michelle fans are bad fans due to the sheer number.
First of all, I'm starting this thread to voice my frustration over the negative perception of Michelle forums.
I've to say just about every skater forum will accuse Michelle fans as being blind Michelle worshippers. I hear MKF as being a scary forum for the excessive gushing and bashing of other skaters especially her closest rivals - Irina, Tara, Sasha and even the nice media friendly girl-next-door Sarah.
As a newbie last year, I was curious and I decided to embark on some research work to find out the truth. I browsed Tara, Sarah, Sasha, Irina forums from time to time for my research. My findings:
1. All skater-specific forums are filled with excessive gushings that rival Michelle forums.
2. All skater-specific forums have their own share of bashing of other skaters and posters who support the skater's rivals.
3. All skater specific forums have sensible fans who will admonish their fellow fans who do the bashing. This helps restore balance to the forums. What people fail to realise is this is what exactly happens on MKF - the biggest and most popular Michelle forum and other Michelle forums. On MKF, for example, it's like a big family. There are black sheep, no doubt, that bash other skaters. I swear to God anytime that happens, you can see a herd of other Michelle fans who will scorn at the basher.
4. All skater-specific forums have fans who would give credits to other skaters where credits are due. Again, that's what you see on MKF and other Michelle forums too.
Why do Michelle fans always get the bad name when what they do is just about what other skaters' fans do. If you take the ratio of black sheep to the total fanbase of any skater, it's about the same. Unfortunately for Michelle, her fanbase is the biggest and hence the absolute number of black sheep is huge and when they bash other skaters, it gives the impression Michelle fans are bad fans due to the sheer number.