Are things slowing down on TB?

[dalkowski]

I pretty much only come here anymore to:

 

[juancaminos]

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I can empathize.

Interesting. I'm in the minority of 65+ who still use a desk top.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Hang out with Jeannie more.

Can you leave even a teenie bit of her for me, please?

 

[RichardW]

If it weren't for the Song Title Uno thread, I'm not sure how often I'd be here.

 

[Low End Scum]

I can honestly say as I started playing double bass my visits have lessened and shortened.

And yes, the argumentative posts are just so unnecessary and useless. Especially when someone new to bass is just looking for and answer or help. Regardless of whether or not it has been discussed a million times...

One other thing about the heat that some newbie posts generate is that a lot of new guys also might not know if the old posts on the same topic here are still relevant. I know for a few of my very first posts when I was a total newbie, I wasn't sure if a post from 10 years prior still held water. I'm not talking basic stuff like how to set up your instrument, but for recommendations on hardware or understanding the various classes of amp (or cab ohm). I mean, just in the last 10 years I've seen a number of "this is the new hotness" type crazes with lightweight stuff, class D stuff, going ampless, and the tech just keeps evolving as tastes do.

 

[Mike Vee]

If you think the site is slowing down, it's your bass playing that actually is, haha. When I am playing and enjoying my basses I couldn't care less about posting here. It's when I'm gassing or obsessing over the perfect strings that I post.

 

[jg42]

Well...
1. Bass is a niche instrument, to start with.
2. Playing live is now an almost lost art, everything is sequenced and quantized and listeners don't give a damn. (This is in regards to all the instruments, not just bass).
3. The world is uncertain, people spend more time watching news and worrying about their future rather than discussing which brand of pickups sounds better.

 

[basss]

I... have ... nooo.... ideaaaaa....whaaaaat .....youuurrrre .......taaaallking........ abooouuuuuuuut

 

[Pocket Dave]

Here's another analytics website:
talkbass.com Traffic Analytics, Ranking Stats & Tech Stack | Similarweb

This is surprising as people seem to think most TB member are old as dirt:
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Maybe it's just that us old farts are more under the mistaken impression that others care about our opinions. ;-)

 

[Nuage420]

Without seeing log files or visitor stats, I can't really tell. So I don't know if things are really slowing down or I'm losing interest myself and that is being misinterpreted by myself as "things slowing down".

I think I've made it through a majority the information threads that pertain to me and I do check multiple times a day but I'm not as active in as many threads as i used to be.

 

[Gorilla Monsoon]

I absolutely love this site. Most of the equipment i have- and it is voluminous- either came from the Classifieds here and/or recommendations from the community. I don’t engage in any social media other than this site, and i feel the mods do an exceptional job at maintaining these threads in order to keep the focus on all things bass. I have a lot of fun here, and can’t answer to the question of whether or not the site is “slowing down”. If it is, it is lost on me. To me, TB remains the go to site for furthering my interests in my hobby.

 

[Aussie Player]

Noone forces you to read, agree or comply.
Its a great system.

 

[Lance Bunyon]

Noone forces you to read, agree or comply.
Its a great system.

So you posted a political opinion on a site that bans politics.
Liberty until busted, I guess.

 

[Aussie Player]

So you posted a political opinion on a site that bans politics.
Liberty until busted, I guess.

Why would free speech be considered political? Thats an odd thing to say, but I applaud your right to do so.

 

[jnewmark]

Why would free speech be considered political? Thats an odd thing to say, but I applaud your right to do so.

Found this explanation online. I believe it applies to TalkBass and other private sites like Twitter, FaceBook, etc.


"Our shared conversations are increasingly taking place in privately owned and managed walled gardens, which means that the politics that occur in such conversations are subject to private rules.”

Therein lies the problem. Yes, the First Amendment applies online, just as it does in regular written, personal, religious, and political discourse. But one of the key limitations of the internet lies less in what we can say, but where we choose to say it. Does this mean the First Amendment comes screeching to a halt when we hop online? Not necessarily. But we engage each other through the internet primarily via private websites, not public ones, so the First Amendment, to no small degree, is far from a protected “free speech zone”.

 

[ardgedee]

Why would free speech be considered political? Thats an odd thing to say, but I applaud your right to do so.

You were the one who dropped a bomb mid-thread about your rights under the US constitution. If you don't actually have an issue in that regard, thanks for the derail I guess? Now the remainder of this thread is going to be about you.

 

[Wasnex]

But is that a breakdown of membership, or posting volume?

No idea.

 

[Aussie Player]

Found this explanation online. I believe it applies to TalkBass and other private sites like Twitter, FaceBook, etc.
Like I said, does not require legal interpretation. As for Tweeter and facebook, I have never been a member.


"Our shared conversations are increasingly taking place in privately owned and managed walled gardens, which means that the politics that occur in such conversations are subject to private rules.”

Therein lies the problem. Yes, the First Amendment applies online, just as it does in regular written, personal, religious, and political discourse. But one of the key limitations of the internet lies less in what we can say, but where we choose to say it. Does this mean the First Amendment comes screeching to a halt when we hop online? Not necessarily. But we engage each other through the internet primarily via private websites, not public ones, so the First Amendment, to no small degree, is far from a protected “free speech zone”.

Deleted, I mean censored.

 

[Aussie Player]

Found this explanation online. I believe it applies to TalkBass and other private sites like Twitter, FaceBook, etc.


"Our shared conversations are increasingly taking place in privately owned and managed walled gardens, which means that the politics that occur in such conversations are subject to private rules.”

Therein lies the problem. Yes, the First Amendment applies online, just as it does in regular written, personal, religious, and political discourse. But one of the key limitations of the internet lies less in what we can say, but where we choose to say it. Does this mean the First Amendment comes screeching to a halt when we hop online? Not necessarily. But we engage each other through the internet primarily via private websites, not public ones, so the First Amendment, to no small degree, is far from a protected “free speech zone”.

Have never been a member of FB or Twit.
Have been in here over a decade but read more than post, like most people.
Am way too old to suffer fools and dominant opinions but am mature enough to turn it off and spend time elsewhere.

That, right there, is a skill many have not learned. Enjoy your day.

 

[Kennoath]

Will we have to debate the second amendment, next? This sort of stuff is what's killed social media in general.

I'm curious why some feel that people are playing bass less, or gigging less. Personally, in the last year I've seen more gigs, better performed, than in any other time of my life.

At times when the direction of the world seems crappy, I hope more of us will retreat back to places like this, enjoy fun things like making noise and music, and just enjoy each other.