[James]

Originally Posted by MB.

I know you want your forum to look good for the special guest (lol good luck with that), but even then I'm intrigued that you're taking this stance so firmly and telling anyone who remotely criticises Cameron to "give it a rest" when he himself seems perfectly capable of responding to those criticisms

Originally Posted by Hayden

Why should people's opinion of a housemate change simply because they signed up to this forum?

It's basic politeness really. Most regular members don't want to be insulted and that's why we have a rule against it. We have to remember that most people who post on here (applies to social media also) are effectively anonymous, so if someone had a bone to pick with any of you, they would not have much ammunition.

Whereas, the ex-housemates have gone on TV and we know a lot about them (or think we do) so they are more unshielded to personal comments against them. There is an imbalance there.

Consider if someone found out something about you, in real life (like on a social media account), and you had it used against you in a conversation on a forum. You wouldn't like it.

Originally Posted by Mitchell

I mean it’s not as if some people got away with saying some quite harsh things about Raph using the whole ‘he’s a housemate’ thing.

I didn't like that either. Raph wasn't in any way controversial, as much as I remember that series.