{"id":9003,"date":"2010-01-25T13:55:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T18:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2010-10-08T16:22:49","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T20:22:49","slug":"short-turning-towards-gomorrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/01\/25\/short-turning-towards-gomorrah\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-turning towards Gomorrah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14725\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/01\/25\/short-turning-towards-gomorrah\/tttttc-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14725\" title=\"TTTTTC\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/01\/TTTTTC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/01\/TTTTTC.jpg 500w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/01\/TTTTTC-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Keep it clean,&#8221; says the advisory at the top of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trashtalkthettc.com\/\">Trash Talk the TTC<\/a>.\u00a0 &#8220;Harassment or discrimination is not tolerated.&#8221;\u00a0 Well, good.\u00a0 That&#8217;s an important policy to have.\u00a0 But we shall see how long a public message board called &#8220;Trash Talk the TTC&#8221; actually remains a locus of civil discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Because, despite the name, civil discussion does seem to be the intent.\u00a0 Launched Sunday by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loerchner.com\/\">John Loerchner<\/a>, an art director at ad agency <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maclaren.com\/\">MacLaren McCann<\/a> and coordinator of <a href=\"http:\/\/labspacestudio.com\/\">Labspace Studio<\/a> in Leslieville, TTTTTC is marked by an unexpected earnestness. The introductory letter to Adam Giambrone on behalf of &#8220;Riders of the TTC&#8221; is stern but affectionate, irked yet hopeful. It promises the site will yield &#8220;honest and constructive feedback.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this is naive? Browsing the currently empty forums before they are swarmed with actual commenters is like wandering through some perfectly-planned <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._James_Town\">Neighbourhood of Tomorrow<\/a> before the residents actually move in and the idealistic premise of the exercise crashes up against the less auspicious realities of human behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if the site does have the masochistic moderator that it needs, then it may very well become a valuable resource for those looking to improve the customer experience.\u00a0 Either way, it looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/bradTTC\">Brad Ross<\/a> now has a new web page on which to spend his days constantly hitting reload.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Keep it clean,&#8221; says the advisory at the top of Trash Talk the TTC.\u00a0 &#8220;Harassment or discrimination is not tolerated.&#8221;\u00a0 Well, good.\u00a0 That&#8217;s an important policy to have.\u00a0 But we shall see how long a public message board called &#8220;Trash Talk the TTC&#8221; actually remains a locus of civil discussion. 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