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Who are you?

why don't you share some info about yourself? (single choice, no changes!)


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I’ve disclosed a fair bit, but I doubt anyone cares. Country/location is the only piece of info that I find useful when I’m trying to answer a question. I wish everybody would at least let us know what country they live in.
Yah, I go as far as state but I live in a big state. I don't really hide where I live, but I am not announcing it openly. It sometimes comes up.

I do that more to protect the privacy of others that I work with than my own.
 
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Wouldn't touch this poll with a Who Are You? poll. Any poll, as a rule, I'll most often pass on, unless I'm being paid for my input. Is this an X gen trait, you may ask. Who knows.

What a world we live in. Choice. Do we really need a cheat sheet, to be social and supportive? :) I doubt that I've ever read the OP's. I could probably count those I have, on one hand — so I've read less than four :smug: But we do get to know each other, in the end :) That's life. The curious ask questions. Being decidedly 3D and rooted in the twentieth century, there's very little crossover, for me. Don't do the tinderish. Don't see the point. I mean to say, what if I become a Jedi, or a drummer? It's possible. Too late, kitty. …

In truth, worse luck, I'm a hypocognitive — True! — It's written on the packet ;) And, anyway, here, advice is received by reading, not writing. By browsing and sometimes joining in, sharing — when there's something positive to share — all my questions get answered. Wisdom is exchanged. No real need to ask for it, most of the time. The gospel, according to Tom :wacky: Can I has a chooseburger now? Pretty pleeeze?
 
I was much like you... Until Swan stole my song, and my love.

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It's not that important.

I once answered the "How did you start playing bass?" question.

I've occasionally mentioned my location when asked if I've written about a certain repair shop or gig situation in this city.

Without actually revealing my age I have sometimes mentioned the year I started guitar, then bass, then got my first electric, was in my first serious band, etc.
 
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It's not that important.

I once answered the "How did you start playing bass?" question.

I've occasionally mentioned my location when asked if I've written about a certain repair shop or gig situation in this city.

Without actually revealing my age I have sometimes mentioned the year I started guitar, then bass, then got my first electric, was in my first serious band, etc.
Things come up more when someone from an unusual area asks a question. We had a poster recently from Jakarta, Indonesia asking about basses. People were telling him, among other things, to go to Guitar Center. There were other assumptions being made, lots of them, that were inappropriate, because even after the OP made things more clear, no one was reading his additional posts.

A lot of the BS that went on in that thread would have been circumvented if he'd had his location visible.
 
My name is Andy Panda. I used to be on TV with another TalkBass member @woodyng2
Those were good times! I like to eat Eucalyptus leaves and in my spare time I knit humorous cummerbunds. That should be all the info anyone needs to know about me.
Yes-Good times! (Drilling holes into folks skulls with my beak and Laughing maniacally) :D
Seriously tho,my profile has some little bits of info on a few of my preferences,experience, and whatnot.
I don’t tend to be all that secretive about things.
ALSO you can buy my latest album; Monogroove-There’s Something Here on all streaming platforms.
Oh, That just slipped out,,,,
 
I like long walks on strawberries. I’m in fanbeat magazine. My favorite color is not yours. I drive an electric car as that makes me better than you. I’m a vegan type person because of cruelty to animals and the environment. I’m ignorant of the fact that a lot of my soy is cause for deforestation of the Brazilian Rain Forest.
My bass is made of a slab of meat so no veggies are injured.
I won’t turn on my amp because it uses electricity. I won’t go to gigs because that’s polluting. I make methane not meth so I might off myself because of my carbon impact. I definitely have to get off the internet because electricity.
I won’t listen to records because vinyl matters.
What else do you need to know? :)

If in this comedic tome I offended anyone though that was my intention get over it.
 
TL;DR --- while there are good reasons not to share some things on your information page, why not share enough to be helpful to others who may want to be helpful to you, or to give advice to you!?


POV: when i actually joined the TB party = i didn't know any better so i filled out my information page with what i thought was enough info to get me going. (i don't think i've changed anything since then --- maybe i should?)

i didn't look at other's information pages (i mean: "why?") until i began to realize that knowing at least a little bit about the OP/poster could be helpful in giving a response (context). also: some of us have avatars/info present every time we post, while others 'reveal' nothing about themselves except what can be gleaned from a posting (often difficult, sometimes impossible). i don't think i/we need a lot of info: just the basics!
e.g.
- gender
- general location (country, part of the country)
- age or age group
- music: general experience, if any
- music we like/play

not knowing anything about another member can make it difficult to:
- give age/gender-appropriate feedback
- give location-appropriate feedback
- empathize
- care
- other reasons: explain your own!

FWIW: i've mentioned this 'issue' in a couple of threads and others have occasionally posted similar thoughts re: the lack of info on a member's information page! i'm curious about the reasons why some folks don't share some info/context.

in advance of your vote and/or your feedback, thanks!

Great idea. I wonder how many people actually look at those profiles before posting a response? I have to confess, I know there is at least that never has, and probably insulted a lot of intelligence over the years...lol!
 
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