The last straw...
Sep. 23rd, 2008 02:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
raloriaI'm a kind-hearted person and I've kept this LJ open to all. I like to think of it as a friendly place where everyone is welcome. I never had many issues with anonymous comments and in fact, wanted to keep that option available for my best friend to be able to comment if needed. Now that she has a LJ of her own, I really don't need to allow anonymous commenters, but again....I've kept them on because I wanted this LJ to be available.
Spammers have been an issue over the past year though and I've thought of cutting them off, but still I've done nothing. I've even gotten some very nice anonymous comments that I wish I could have replied back to if I'd known the persons would check back.
However, this latest anonymous comment to my Shaky Camera post back in March is the last straw. I refuse to be called stupid in my own LJ, especially by someone who doesn't have the guts to reveal themselves. I don't appreciate being attacked for having an opinion. This is not the first attack I've gotten because of this post either. There was one other back in August.
I'm not against young filmmakers, people who haven't gone to film school, or shaky camera work when it has a purpose. But what I wrote about was sloppy camera work by professionals who in my opinion, should know better. I'm also not going to apologize for being educated in proper camera techniques. I'm all for bending the rules and doing new, innovative shots and shaky camera work does have its place on film and TV....in places. But Guiding Light is an example of taking an idea and overusing it. Does it all have to be shaky? Is that really necessary? I've seen hand held camera work done to great effect, but doing it all the time on a soap just looks awful.
So I'll be turning off anonymous comments from this point on. If people are going to brand me a coward because of it, then so be it. This is my LJ, my rules. I have a right not to feel attacked in this little place online that I've created.
Spammers have been an issue over the past year though and I've thought of cutting them off, but still I've done nothing. I've even gotten some very nice anonymous comments that I wish I could have replied back to if I'd known the persons would check back.
However, this latest anonymous comment to my Shaky Camera post back in March is the last straw. I refuse to be called stupid in my own LJ, especially by someone who doesn't have the guts to reveal themselves. I don't appreciate being attacked for having an opinion. This is not the first attack I've gotten because of this post either. There was one other back in August.
I'm not against young filmmakers, people who haven't gone to film school, or shaky camera work when it has a purpose. But what I wrote about was sloppy camera work by professionals who in my opinion, should know better. I'm also not going to apologize for being educated in proper camera techniques. I'm all for bending the rules and doing new, innovative shots and shaky camera work does have its place on film and TV....in places. But Guiding Light is an example of taking an idea and overusing it. Does it all have to be shaky? Is that really necessary? I've seen hand held camera work done to great effect, but doing it all the time on a soap just looks awful.
So I'll be turning off anonymous comments from this point on. If people are going to brand me a coward because of it, then so be it. This is my LJ, my rules. I have a right not to feel attacked in this little place online that I've created.
