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What is "bashing" anyway?

Started May 10, 2016 | Discussions thread
Alex Sarbu Forum Pro • Posts: 13,257
Re: What is "bashing" anyway?
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Easy:

  • Bashing: Deliberately and repeatedly bashing the same brand, product orcompany. If you have a complaint or comment to make, make it once and make sure you have facts to support it.

Constructive, valid criticism is fine. Repeat it a hundred times, push it into unrelated discussions and even valid points would degenerate into bashing.

Not all criticism is valid, though. Some people take it as an "us vs them" thing, we against the manufacturers. So even when we're trying to establish if some criticism is valid, they see it as siding with "them".

And of course, one is not being fair by only criticizing; positive feedback should be offered as well. Again, some thinks that only fanboys could possibly have positive feedback.

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Alex

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