Recent posts have gotten a lot of comments, which I think is great. However, as with most things on the internet, it causes folks to lose their minds from time to time. What starts off as a civil discussion quickly becomes heated and, thanks in large part to anonymity, things start to go south. With that in mind, I am proposing turning on a feature that would require you to log in before commenting. This does not remove the anonymity completely, you are free to sign up for a user name like Phoenixville123, but it will allow us to connect comments to users, making it easier to follow the arguments being made. It will also, hopefully, cause people to take a second to think about what they are posting which will, at least in theory, help to prevent the senseless name calling that ruin an otherwise valid argument.
Long story short, please take a moment to vote Poll will be left open until the 14th.
Thanks.
Long story short, please take a moment to vote Poll will be left open until the 14th.
Thanks.
Comments
As the owner of this blog you have to ask yourself if you want a garden club with blooming pansies all the time or an open forum.
The decision is yours.
Pete Schwetty
I agree that asking people to register has killed The Phoenix comments. If we had a more civilized society in Phoenixville, it would be safer to post with a name. However, this town's PTB are ruthless with those they disagree with so the penalities far outway the advantages. Besides, after hanging out at this blog, you can pretty much figure out from the word choice/word order who is who.
Keep the posts anonymous and just shut a post's comments down if they get out of hand. It will get ugly outside of the blogs otherwise and there will be no place for differing opinions to be aired.
Its unbelievable how simple people are.
Personally I'd prefer fewer posts with more meaningful content than what we've seen over the past few weeks. I think the people with real, relevant opinions will continue to make comments. Those that don't like this idea are probably the ones who write inane, baseless, and insulting comments, and I'd rather not read them anyway.
" I was also wondering about the liability of a town employee giving out liquor to the public during a town sponsored event.
Anyway....I could have predicted the closing of businesses in the downtown. Thats why we left. No customers. March is our 2 year anniv. since moving our business out of the downtown. Best move we ever made. Heck, we are paying less rent on the main line and we have more customers. Customers with JOBS! All Barry could do when we left was bad mouth us. What a lovely town leader! Barry wont leave Phoenixville, He is the king there. King of loser town! What a claim! And his blog just proves his unprofessionalism!
I dont think the rumor was Elle was closing. I think it was Ellie SHOULD be closing. Just got mixed up in whisper down the lane. Its nice for a junk shop with outdated merchandise! I always feel good knowing she is in her sidewalk chair, talking on the phone, puffing away.
Phoenixville is just a drinking town. Barry knows it, hence his bar expansion plan. A bar on every corner, and then some.
Yes, the town is great for arts and beer. Yes, we will wait and see first fridays are crowded. People will flock for free music and beer. But day time retail is just not there. At all. So if you like having a business that does well with drunks, 1 friday per month, then Phoenixville is the place for you!
Happy to be out of Pville, Michael Weinstein @ Charmingly Lindas Quality Consignments. "