Cruise Critic Censorship

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:28:10 -0700 (PDT), D Ball wrote:

snipped 1000 word rant

Come on, -hh, don't you think "play fair" and "say you're sorry when
you hurt somebody" are good places to start? And then let's talk about
that Cruise West itinerary including Cocos Island--it sounds
interesting.

Diana

There is nothing as disingenuous as blithering all over the NG then, in
order to save your ass, switch on "sweet" and attempt to change your own
subject.
--
Think first! Before you book a cruise from a two bit lying sleazeball
who uses Usenet as free SPAMADVERTISING ground and for purposeful
attempts at personal character assassination. Are you next? Think twice
before booking with Ray Goldenberg. http://tr.im/hlJv

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:37:37 +0000, VaCavalier wrote:

Now that many RC fans feel slighted at not having made the ranks and
most everyone else is disgusted at the covert trade of cruising for
happy juicing, the trustworthiness of such forums is under fire.
Due to CruiseCritic's ownership by TripAdvisor, which is in turn under
the Expedia blanket of travel sites, a viral marketing stunt gone awry
could possibly continue to negatively ripple. Does news like this
affect your ability to trust good reviews on travel sites, or do you
already consider yourself an excellent shill-spotter enough to weed out
the solicited from the unsolicited?

Think first! Before you book a cruise from a two bit lying sleazeball
who uses Usenet as free SPAMADVERTISING ground and for purposeful
attempts at personal character assassination. Are you next? Think twice
before booking with Ray Goldenberg. http://tr.im/hlJv

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:37:37 +0000, VaCavalier wrote:

Now that many RC fans feel slighted at not having made the ranks and
most everyone else is disgusted at the covert trade of cruising for
happy juicing, the trustworthiness of such forums is under fire.
Due to CruiseCritic's ownership by TripAdvisor, which is in turn under
the Expedia blanket of travel sites, a viral marketing stunt gone awry
could possibly continue to negatively ripple. Does news like this
affect your ability to trust good reviews on travel sites, or do you
already consider yourself an excellent shill-spotter enough to weed out
the solicited from the unsolicited?

Can you spot them on RTC?

Who says that Goldenberg, Leppla, Ball, Sisker, one or all, aren't
shilling for certain companies? Particular cruises, negative comments on
specific lines or cruises?

If it happens with RC members, why not here?
--
Think first! Before you book a cruise from a two bit lying sleazeball
who uses Usenet as free SPAMADVERTISING ground and for purposeful
attempts at personal character assassination. Are you next? Think twice
before booking with Ray Goldenberg. http://tr.im/hlJv

George Leppla wrote:

FWIW... if I were a RC member, I'd tell anyone who questioned my ethics
or the validity of my posts to go jump in a lake. But then, I am a
travel agent and there are people who think that whatever I write is
suspect. I am either "biting the hand that feeds me" or "being a shill
for the cruise line". I must be doing something right because I've been
accused of both.

There's this thing, and it's called integrity, and George you have it!

Jeff

I totally wanna be in Diana Ball's clique! Wherever she and family are
sailing, I hope to be there again some day. Talk about great peeps, the
Balls are that!

Jeff

(Jeff) wrote:

I totally wanna be in Diana Ball's clique!
Wherever she and family are sailing, I hope to
be there again some day. Talk about great
peeps, the Balls are that!

Jeff

I am jealous; I have only met Diana through this group and a couple of
e-mail exchanges.

another Jeff

Jeff Gersten wrote:
(Jeff) wrote:


I totally wanna be in Diana Ball's clique!
Wherever she and family are sailing, I hope to
be there again some day. Talk about great
peeps, the Balls are that!


Jeff


I am jealous; I have only met Diana through this group and a couple of
e-mail exchanges.

another Jeff


Me too!

Ermalee ---would love to meet Diana

Hey, Jeff G and Erm, I would love to meet y'all, too--our day will
come! There are so many RTCers I look forward to meeting in the
future...including Dillon, who lives in my home town, and Jean, who is
just a hop, skip and a jump away (but never at home, always at sea!).

It is only by chance that I've been able to meet a few RTCers--Jeff C,
Howie & Eileen and the lovely Z's (who don't post here anymore) all
happened to take the same maiden voyage of the Serenade of the Seas
(still one of my absolute fav ships!) from Amsterdam to Boston one
summer. That was a really neat cruise, made all the more special by
having the opportunity to meet cyberfriends in real life! Jeff,
aren't you the keeper of the picture from our group lunch? I guess I
need to go dig for it. My photo archives are in embarrassingly bad
shape.

And then there was the (in)famous Liberty two-nighter compliments of
Royal Caribbean + a bunch of my dough to fly across the country to
meet some more of the RTC gang!

The "funnest" thing about meeting people "in real life" is how much
they are like their posting personas...and also how different they are
from their posting personas. Take Charles, for example. He is so
serious when he posts. And yet, when I cruised with him, he was an
absolutely wild and crazy maniac on the dance floor 'til all wee hours
of the morning, LOL.

Diana

D Ball wrote:
Hey, Jeff G and Erm, I would love to meet y'all, too--our day will
come! There are so many RTCers I look forward to meeting in the
future..

Diana, I have faith that one day I will get to meet you in person!!

How long untill the kids are in college so you can join some of the groups?

I hope you are still thinking about the MOAGC on the Oasis, Oct. 2010 I
think.

sue

Diana, I have faith that one day I will get to meet you in person!!

How long untill the kids are in college so you can join some of the groups?

I hope you are still thinking about the MOAGC on the Oasis, Oct. 2010 I
think.

sue

Sue, it is only a matter of time, for sure!

Fall 2010...hmmm...leaving a 17yo boy home alone?! I dunno. I will
have to think about that one.

But you're getting warmer!

Diana