My personal preference is that names should be used. Criticism, whether valid
or not, is important market information, and it's one of the only ways tango
consumers can evaluate potential teachers. In this forum it often happens that
when one list member posts a negative review, other members who have had
positive experiences will post with their counter examples. In this way readers
of the list get all sides of the story and can make up their own minds as to
who's biased, who had a bad experience because of other factors, etc. This is
what being an informed consumer is all about, and the internet lists like this
one are a perfect way to facilitate that. To filter posts to be "fair" or PC
pollutes the process IMO and denies a voice to those who had a genuine bad
experience, and in the process it withholds information that might be
completely valid in helping other members make informed decisions.
No one has ever suggested withholding names when someone has positive feedback.
If you withhold names when you have a negative comment, the result is the list
becomes just another biased collection of marketing hype.
I don't want the government or business establishments or members of this list
to manipulate information. I want to make my own decisions and judgments about
the validity of any given piece of data. But if the information is withheld, I
can't do that. The promise of the internet is that it flattens the field and
has the potential to so widely distribute information that everyone can make
more informed choices. There are undoubtedly messy problems at times, but if
the doors are open, sooner or later the Truth will out. Filtering or
withholding information only clouds the issues and corrupts the process.
J
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