User blog comment:Cartoonprincess/To Bash or Not to Bash? :O/@comment-24341760-20140909165843

Talking about what we like and don't like about celebs is not bashing. They are public figures, they do things with the expectation people will see it and take notice. There is less of an expectation of privacy. And sometimes they do things that are worthy of discussion, good or bad. I think bashing and banning really ought to be confined to nasty personal attacks/name calling/explicit language/death threats along the lines of "I hate X, she disgusts me, she is a whore," with nothing to back it up. Speculating on sexuality/drug use is a gray area, legally, and you want to avoid stating anything as fact, because you don't know. But you can speculate, as long as you make it clear you are only speculating and you have no idea if it's true. Frequent use of euphemism and the word "allegedly," can be very useful here. Barring those subjects, if you say "she is starting to disrespect herself, it seems," or "can you believe that thing she said?" That's just fun discussion. Talking about how she treats her fans, again based on specific incidents, is fair game - we ARE the fans, after all. We're talking about us. Perhaps this is not the forum for any discussion of the celebrities themselves, since this is technically about Seddie/icarly. But I think most of us know where to draw the line. There are some people who cannot tolerate any disagreement or criticism of their favorite celebrity. That cannot be helped. Perhaps a new wiki page can be created (or one already exists, like I'm sure Jennette, Ariana, and Nathan all have pages) to talk expressly about the celebrities, love 'em or hate 'em, and those who don't enjoy that type of discussion can choose not to participate.