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Originally Posted by Eveline
Maybe the question should be ask differently: "If you knew Jon was reading this forum, would you still post the usual sh*t?"...Where is the fine line of being sharp and being blunt?
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I don't think of it as sharp or blunt. I think of it as being honest and straightforward. For me, it has to do more with intent. I try not to say anything just to be mean, or with the intent of hurting anyone's feelings; but I don't pull my punches either. I don't think I've said anything here that I wouldn't say to Jon's face or anyone else's for that matter.
To answer the OP's question, though, I've said before that if Jon isn't reading boards, or if someone from his staff isn't monitoring them and submitting summaries of both good and bad, they're missing out on a wealth of honest unsolicited feedback that marketing groups would pay small fortunes for.
And I seem to remember back before THINFS was released that Jon said he thought the tour would start in February, but that it was a "hope" and he didn't want to read on the internet that 'Jon said' it was going to start in February. So he must have read some of it somewhere at one time or another in order to know how people quote (and MISquote) him.