https://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=443204&highlight=liempo

It’s actually fun reading (and writing) the exchange between the Balamban Liempo owners and his rah-rah boys (one user who was appropriately named jerk811)vs some Pinoyexchange Food & Drinks regulars (like myself).

I will definitely try out your suggestion. Please be careful with logging the IPs though. Smart Telecom like my connection has a WAN Based connection. It means everyone within an area will have the same IP. Just like mine, everyone living near Covergys Banawa, Labangon will have the same IP.

I’m a newbie reader of your blog. Impressive. Amusing. I think I found my new addiction. :)

Keep it up MM!

P.S. I was craving for lechon by the time I finished reading this blog entry. I might dream of eating some tonight. :) I will definitely try Zubuchon the next time I visit Cebu!

I think that people who like dishing it out should very well be able to take it too. Marketman writes a blog post, hence he opens himself to comments. Commenters put forth their opinions, they in turn open themselves to rebuttals. In the first place, these commenters started abusing him first. True, Marketman could have taken the higher road and let such comments slide, but why should he? It is human nature to retaliate, and how many of us can claim to be as charitable as to let other people abuse us, especially when we have done nothing wrong in to provoke such a reaction (I too found the Balamban liempo post to be quite objective – Marketman even put the caveat that his bad experience was probably an isolated experience and he would give the other branch a try to offer another perspective).

Also, I don’t think Marketman has a superiority complex at all. If anything I suspect he actually downplays his status in life. Should we expect him to be ashamed of where he is right now? Should he be apologetic that by virtue of hard work he has reached the enviable position of being able to travel, experiment with food, etc etc? Why? Would false modesty make Marketman a better person? I think it’s admirable at how matter-of-fact he is about himself – it shows how secure he is about himself. Marketman never explicitly states it, but after being a loyal reader I’ve been able to catch glimpses of his life and am AMAZED at his charitable spirit (the feeding program, how lovingly he talks about his “crew”, his feeding program, his knowledge about social development and politics and current events etc etc). True he is sometimes cranky (Sorry Marketman!) but he is human after all. If put in the same position, who wouldn’t be? What we should remember is that bloggers are people too – they get hurt by nasty comments like any other person. So if they retaliate to abuse, who can blame them?

And last, no one is forcing anyone to read this blog. If you don’t like the content, then just scram.

This is my first comment after lurking in your site for quite awhile. I enjoyed the travelogues, the food reviews, the recipes (I tried your Binagoongang Baboy last year) and most especially the rants. :)

Your recent rant serves as a blog management lesson for me. While there are comments that must be moderated, there are also those that must not be taken immediately for their face value (in the case of vote padders). Thanks to technology, the latter can now be easily tracked.

By the way, my good friend and I went to Balamban last weekend to find the original (or is it?) Balamban liempo version. This was just a curious response to the hurly-burly generated by your recent pork belly posts.

Cheers,
Brennan