What is going on ???

Mayers · #1 01-24-2011, 07:59 AM

What the f*** is going on here ??? In less than a week ... many thread about bashing someone polute TB. Why ??? I really don't get it. We should unite ... not said crap about someone else.

Well if it is like it here ... it is sad very sad

Oh and move it if it isn't at the right place ... but since it is in the bassist forum I though about said it here.

Savage_Dreams · #2 01-24-2011, 08:03 AM

small minded people will always bash people or things they dont like to make themselves feel better. apparently it makes them feel even better to do it if the person they are bashing is more successful than they will ever be. i just ignore them and let them wallow in their own pathetic existence.

lobey · #3 01-24-2011, 08:16 AM

I said the same thing in the Cliff Burton bashing thread. This is really getting out of hand. Who cares if it's "harmless fun", it's just ignorant. Can you imagine being a new user showing up here and seeing all these bashing threads? Show's what a crew this is sometimes.

PopaWoody · #4 01-24-2011, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by lobey

I said the same thing in the Cliff Burton bashing thread. This is really getting out of hand. Who cares if it's "harmless fun", it's just ignorant. Can you imagine being a new user showing up here and seeing all these bashing threads? Show's what a crew this is sometimes.

Well said brother. Fortunately those with a brain will avoid those threads as pollution.

Hard to believe those threads did not get a lock. Bashing = TOS violation right?

Kwin Smith · #5 01-24-2011, 08:41 AM

All of the bashing threads are in response to the Gene Bashing Forum that was allowed to continue for several days. They are proving, through absurdity, that it's not OK to bash someone who might be liked.

When it's Gene, no one really took notice. When it's someone else...

Kwin Smith · #6 01-24-2011, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by PopaWoody

Well said brother. Fortunately those with a brain will avoid those threads as pollution.

Hard to believe those threads did not get a lock. Bashing = TOS violation right?

Exactly the point!

g&lplayer · #7 01-24-2011, 08:45 AM

Yea, I feel like mods either need to stop this or explain why they aren't. I always thought of this as such a supportive place that didn't haven any of the nastiness typically found in internet forums etc. Always thought we were WAY more civil and normal than your average internet forum. These threads are rapidly proving me wrong.

AltGrendel · #8 01-24-2011, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Kwin Smith

All of the bashing threads are in response to the Gene Bashing Forum that was allowed to continue for several days. They are proving, through absurdity, that it's not OK to bash someone who might be liked.

When it's Gene, no one really took notice. When it's someone else...

I plead guilty to this in the Gene bashing forum and have resolved to not do it again at all, ever.

If I can't say anything nice, I'm not going to post. I'm doing this for the very reason mentioned by the OP, though I did come to this conclusion on my own.

I apologise to the the TB community for any past posts that may have offended. This is a legit, non-sarcastic statement. We're all bass players here and that should unite us, not divide us.

electracoyote · #9 01-24-2011, 09:18 AM

Yeah, the bashing threads are not cool, whether it's another bassist, a style of music, a brand of gear, etc. They just invite and encourage the worst of human nature and the internet.

I stopped by the Gene bashing thread. He's a big, easy target for sure, but I tried to balance my comments with some praise for his songwriting skills and how his bass playing actually props up a band featuring two sub-par guitarists.

But too many people just see those threads as an opportunity to fling poop.

jerry · #10 01-24-2011, 09:53 AM

I'm getting old, so I guess that must be why I don't understand the whole artist bashing thing as humor.

lobey · #11 01-24-2011, 09:55 AM

I'm not getting involved in any of them, just really pitiful to come to TB and see 3 or more of the bashing threads on the home page, when maybe one of those pointless threads bumped out something that was worthwhile reading or participating in.

And I too thought bashing was against TOS, but I must be wrong.

tdub0199 · #12 01-24-2011, 09:57 AM

yeah, i don't quite get the bashing threads either.... if i don't care for someone i usually just keep it to myself.....

THand · #13 01-24-2011, 10:02 AM

I let it be known that I didn't think the Gene bashing thread should be allowed. I was pretty aggressive in there trying to defend him because I don't think anyone should be bashing another bassist. I don't think countering with bashing threads against another bassist helps things either. So I'm not joining the bashing of Jaco, Harris or whomever else is a target either. Besides, I like them too.

steve_rolfeca · #14 01-24-2011, 10:04 AM

Nice to see people speaking out on this issue.

I'd hate to see TB go the way of YouTube, where they might as well delete the comments function because of the amount of trash that pollutes it.

Aside from the obvious issue with bashing threads, I've noticed a particularly high level of incivility (is that even a word?) in the luthier's forum...

**Staccato** · #15 01-24-2011, 10:04 AM

Let's have a heart, and NOT throw dirt.

And, while we're at it-those of us who used to smoke cigarettes in public-let's be very forgiving/tolerant of those who still do...

groooooove · #16 01-24-2011, 10:07 AM

i'd be 100% the "bashing" forums if they were ..well.. more mature.

but they arent...

StayLow · #17 01-24-2011, 10:08 AM

Those threads reflect very poorly on the site and its moderators, given the very premise of such threads violates site rules.

Rick_no7 · #18 01-24-2011, 10:13 AM

Yep.

Thinly veiled threads of bashing are just as bad as openly bashing ones, and creating whole threads for the sake of stirring up crap is more like what OTHER forums do. Not what I've come to feel Talkbass is about.

I'm sure those "other" forums didn't start out with the idea of being horrible, they were allowed to become horrible.

Cycho · #19 01-24-2011, 10:17 AM

Look, it's kind of like an outhouse: it accommodates something which is going to happen anyway and at least keeps it all in one place.

4001 · #20 01-24-2011, 10:34 AM

I wish I could get as many replies to my question as to what 15" speaker would work best to up-grade my Acoustic 106 (2X15) cabs as opposed to how much Gene Simmons supposedly sucks.

Time to take the high road TB.

GROW UP.