And in defending the channel they never actually say what is so good about it. As in, they think the products are high quality, the service ordering/returning is efficient, or the presenters do a good job. It's just "why do we watch", I repeat "why do you stay on this forum?"
I used to belong to a Facebook group for my area, was mainly people posting fabulous old photos and sharing memories of the past. It was really good. However soon after some people would say things like how its a **** hole now due to immigration, and there would be really nasty arguments (and lies told by people who no longer lived in the area) that never seemed to be moderated by admins. People's views are their own but it wasn't what I joined for so I left the group.
Same here, why do people stay? They never choose to defend the lies told (and scare tactics about grannies dying from the cold). And we're not going to change our views for them. I don't even think its about their supposed fondness for the company (unless they're employees), its just "you sad people, why do you watch?" And our conversations usually drift onto other subjects and we have a laugh which they of course have no interest in. They just dip in, put on angry posts, and then not post for weeks. I have strong suspicions that one of the posters may be "Our Bet" who we cynically didn't believe existed. I'm getting an investigative journalist from the Exchange and Mart on the case.
I like this forum because my bullshit meter is sensitive and I rarely watch more than 2 minutes of IW at a time (as I regularly say). However the good people on here keep me informed.
Merry Christmas fellow forum members, and here's hoping that Santa doesn't source our presents from IW