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Question for Major Metal
- Thread starter lawsonman
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john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
so let me get this straight. a few certain people are disrespecting someone for posting in a manner they don't agree with? mm has never insulted or disrespected anyone on this site (or anyone for that matter that i can remember) and yet folks are riding him because his attempts to contribute don't agree with them?
so let me get this straight. a few certain people are disrespecting someone for posting in a manner they don't agree with? mm has never insulted or disrespected anyone on this site (or anyone for that matter that i can remember) and yet folks are riding him because his attempts to contribute don't agree with them?
He insulted me deeply! Half of year I've been throwing proof that he is KGB all over TB and he still does not admit to it... He threatened me on several occasion with polonium-210... C`mon people! Only KGB has that stuff!
so let me get this straight. a few certain people are disrespecting someone for posting in a manner they don't agree with? mm has never insulted or disrespected anyone on this site (or anyone for that matter that i can remember) and yet folks are riding him because his attempts to contribute don't agree with them?
No I don't see we are disprespecting him as a person - I know nothing about him as a person and have no doubt when other people who do, have said he is a great guy!
What we are talking about is also not that he is attempting to make a contribution - but rather the sheer frequency of new threads along the same lines that seem to be "lifted" directly from somewhere else and are just stuck up there - to clutter up the site!
I have been on other boards where certain people have just copied a topic from the news every day and stuck it in a thread with no comment and no point/purpose.
You should have seen the flak/flaming they got and in fact the admin eventually developed rules about this, stopping it!!
So this is about behaviour on the board - so this site is called TALK Bass - to me talking is about a two-way conversation.
It's not - let's post a random topic and leave it there to see what other people say. Whatever that is - it's not "talking" as such - and I don't see why we should sit back and allow the board that we love, to be over-run with this stuff, rather than genuine two-way conversation(s)?
I think that if this kind of thing goes unchallenged it will become the "Norm" for the board - people will sign on and see all this stuff and think :
"That's what Talk Bass is about - I better go along with it and do the same kind of thing!"
So its like the theory about what creates a bad neighbourhood (which has been studied extensively) - so if windows are broken and go unfixed then the neighbourhood goes downhill drastically, crime increases, antisocial behaviour etc. But if people take the trouble to do something about it straight away and fix the window, then it doesn't go downhill and that neignbourhood stays a good one!
So its like the theory about what creates a bad neighbourhood [...]if people take the trouble to do something about it straight away and fix the window, then it doesn't go downhill and that neignbourhood stays a good one!
Of course, that's assuming the neighborhood was any good to begin with.
No I don't see we are disprespecting him as a person - I know nothing about him as a person and have no doubt when other people who do, have said he is a great guy!
What we are talking about is also not that he is attempting to make a contribution - but rather the sheer frequency of new threads along the same lines that seem to be "lifted" directly from somewhere else and are just stuck up there - to clutter up the site!
I have been on other boards where certain people have just copied a topic from the news every day and stuck it in a thread with no comment and no point/purpose.
You should have seen the flak/flaming they got and in fact the admin eventually developed rules about this, stopping it!!
So this is about behaviour on the board - so this site is called TALK Bass - to me talking is about a two-way conversation.
It's not - let's post a random topic and leave it there to see what other people say. Whatever that is - it's not "talking" as such - and I don't see why we should sit back and allow the board that we love, to be over-run with this stuff, rather than genuine two-way conversation(s)?
I think that if this kind of thing goes unchallenged it will become the "Norm" for the board - people will sign on and see all this stuff and think :
"That's what Talk Bass is about - I better go along with it and do the same kind of thing!"
So its like the theory about what creates a bad neighbourhood (which has been studied extensively) - so if windows are broken and go unfixed then the neighbourhood goes downhill drastically, crime increases, antisocial behaviour etc. But if people take the trouble to do something about it straight away and fix the window, then it doesn't go downhill and that neignbourhood stays a good one!
All this energy you've wasted, and yes you've wasted it, posting these long posts about the Major threads, could be spent playing bass, or drinking some of that delicious beer you have in your neck of the woods. Did you ever think about that?
You're not going to change it. Give up... It's ok to admit defeat. I'll still think you're cuddly...
There's no way I'm going to convert a Christian into being an Atheist, just as there's no way a Christian is going to convert me into beleiving in god. So I just avoid those things, just like I avoid banging my head into the wall for no apparent reason. I learned when I was really little that if I keep putting my hand on the stove it hurts and I get burned. Why do you insist on putting your hand on stove Brucey? I just don't get it.
Of course, that's assuming the neighborhood was any good to begin with.
Well this is the big point !!
I don't think I am wasting my time as I do think that TB was a great place and quite unlike other sites on the net and is therefore worth protecting and worth standing up for!
Did you think you that you could be doing that or anybody else could...
But actually you are wong and I have explained this many times!
So - I only post on TB when I am forced to sit in front of my PC to work and do this while I am waiting for files to download and maybe even during teleconferences!
Anyway - it is during time like this, when I cannot play bass and cannot go and have a drink!
If you notice - I very rarely post at weekends - as I am out playing bass or in the audience at gigs having a few drinks with friends, at a football match etc etc
I am only on TB when I can't do these things and am tied to my PC. So - for example, you won't see me from 10th on, as I shall be enjoying Mallorca...
Actually you're wrong again - I have noiced a distinct change since I started mentioning this - so there are definitely less inane new threads and while at the height of this phenomenon I was seeing maybe 20 in a week....
In the last week or so I have noticed only 1 or 2 - It is definitely changing for the better!
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
"humor brings insight and tolerance. irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding."
if you think recycling posts is bad, you are undoubtedly the worst offender at doing it(most often your own on the sanctity of the "good old days" or else some other perceived nit that needs picking) and as for clutter?
as for the rest of you folks, if someone asking a simple question "creeps you out" then i think it's time to disconnect your internet, back away from the computer, and engage in some simple social interaction irl. it's called "conversation". jeeze.
Well - I don't accept that criticism - can you point to some evidence of what you mean - concrete examples of threads I have posted?
I am happy to examine this and modify my behaviour if necessary - provided you can point to some examples.
So - what was wrong with the thread I posted this week asking about Sinfonica Antiqued Double Basses...?
I need to agree with this. Thor nailed it with all his pseudo mm threads: Lots of bandwidth wasted and, for the most part, zero substance. The funny thing is, Thor got reamed for doing it ('cause it was in jest), and mm continues posting creepy questions where he contributes nothing at all.
