Those who think that Wejo and Rojo are stunningly rich from this website are likely sorely mistaken (W and R, correct me if I am wrong). Certainly the Message Boards are not the source of their glowing millions of shillings and ducats. Like all other sports, the arguments are somehow fun, tho indeed I like better the exchange of ideas than the hate. But the horrid posts are rather an internet norm as many others have pointed out. Look at the comments on CNN news items and these often seem intellectual and worldly in comparison. Those, about meaningful things, are scary. And I have never paid to have a chance to post comments, so I am not sure how the Message Boards feed droves of money to the website...maybe a bit on adverts, but surely not the amounts that buy mansions. To me, LetsRun.com is a wonderful enhancement of what the dark ages of only having Track and Field News and the sometimes great coverage of USA Today or the NY Times was. And instantly! Instead of being pretty or highly commercial (some of you are surely living in a dream world on that, thinking LetsRun is earning like the iTunes store, and those who run it are making big money greedy decisions--delusional at very least). Never an astounding runner, I have always been a huge fan of track and field, and now I have an outlet, a go-to website that updates pretty much daily or more, that gathers links much like the Apple computer followers do at MacSurfer, and lets me enjoy my track and field better, know what is coming up, be as much a fan as I wish to me. Sure, sometimes I don't agree with the official opinions here, much like I don't always with newspapers or networks. Big deal. I have many times since thanked my friend who eons ago mentioned LetsRun to me. What at asset for a track fan. Wejo and Rojo, tho I have never met you, I cannot express how thankful I am for your website sufficiently, and I am happy to put up with some of the message board hate even. Censoring it seems a poor use of your time, contrary to American first amendment ideas, and pretty much impossible. And I figure if you did not have enough personal confidence to teflon coat yourself against some of these critics, you would long since have gone on to something else. Thanks for not doing that!
wejo wrote:
Uranus Here wrote:The blame is partially on Wejo and Rojo for allowing it. They have made the decision that money is more important than a sane board.
I haven't seen too many complaints.
What are we supposed to do have a Committee that screens every post and makes sure they are positive enough of the Americans before they are posted?
What about when Wheating gets 4th at the US Champs are people only allowed to say positive things then?
What about someone like Nick Willis or Asbel Kiprop? Now they're not American but did better than all but one of the Americans in Paris. However, I could see people wanting to discuss their race tactics. Should we allow that as well? I'm not sure if the critical ban applies to US runners only?
If it does then we'll need each poster to identify what country they are posting from so we'll know which runners they can only say positive things about.