So, today, I read thru parts of the latest version of hundreds of threads on this site where the OP has JAQ (Just Asking Questions) trolled other posters with leading sentences like:
"Help Me Understand (basses with more than 4 strings or 21 frets/basses with active electronics/basses with transparent finishes over multiple species of wood/singlecut basses/basses that cost more than mine does/Jazz/Slap/Tapping)", as tho they don't know exactly what they're doing. Or, "Name as many songs as you can with (Insert bass type from the above list here _________ ) on the recording", as tho songs recorded when the instrument was in early infancy should be the standard now that the instrument is in its later infancy.
What I've noticed is that the reverse is almost nonexistent. There are exceptions, but on average, the posters who own 5+ string basses don't feel a need to throw stones at 4-string players. The posters who can read don't sit around saying tab is nonessential. Active bass owners aren't here bashing passive basses. Fodera and Alembic owners don't bash Ibanez basses. Sadowsky and AC owners don't bash Fenders. Owners of basses with a clear finish over nice looking woods don't slyly attack basses with opaque paint. Jazzmen don't bash rockers. Progmen don't bash rockers. Fingerstyle and slap players don't bash flatpickers.
I personally have yet to see a thread with any of the following titles:
"Help me understand Flatwound strings and/or mutes ahead of the bridge"
"Help me understand 4-string basses in this modern era/Why it matters what Jaco needed"
"Help me understand car paint on a musical instrument made of wood/2 or 3-piece body with no separate top"
"Help me understand the point of the 4-minute song with only one solo of one chorus from one musician"
"Help me understand flatpicking".
Nobody does that.
I guess what I'm asking here is for those of you who have seen this over and over again, is to help ME understand why it happens at all, when the highest selling instruments out there are still probably 4-string passive Fenders. You'd think the popularity alone would be enough to satisfy anyone. I suppose I could ask why the moderators can't sniff out a troll as quickly as I can and close the thread, but I won't ask that question.
I'm not just interested in troll psychology; I'm just as interested in why it seems to have made its way into a site dedicated to music and the instruments used to make music. I hope some of you can offer answers. Thanks so much.
"Help Me Understand (basses with more than 4 strings or 21 frets/basses with active electronics/basses with transparent finishes over multiple species of wood/singlecut basses/basses that cost more than mine does/Jazz/Slap/Tapping)", as tho they don't know exactly what they're doing. Or, "Name as many songs as you can with (Insert bass type from the above list here _________ ) on the recording", as tho songs recorded when the instrument was in early infancy should be the standard now that the instrument is in its later infancy.
What I've noticed is that the reverse is almost nonexistent. There are exceptions, but on average, the posters who own 5+ string basses don't feel a need to throw stones at 4-string players. The posters who can read don't sit around saying tab is nonessential. Active bass owners aren't here bashing passive basses. Fodera and Alembic owners don't bash Ibanez basses. Sadowsky and AC owners don't bash Fenders. Owners of basses with a clear finish over nice looking woods don't slyly attack basses with opaque paint. Jazzmen don't bash rockers. Progmen don't bash rockers. Fingerstyle and slap players don't bash flatpickers.
I personally have yet to see a thread with any of the following titles:
"Help me understand Flatwound strings and/or mutes ahead of the bridge"
"Help me understand 4-string basses in this modern era/Why it matters what Jaco needed"
"Help me understand car paint on a musical instrument made of wood/2 or 3-piece body with no separate top"
"Help me understand the point of the 4-minute song with only one solo of one chorus from one musician"
"Help me understand flatpicking".
Nobody does that.
I guess what I'm asking here is for those of you who have seen this over and over again, is to help ME understand why it happens at all, when the highest selling instruments out there are still probably 4-string passive Fenders. You'd think the popularity alone would be enough to satisfy anyone. I suppose I could ask why the moderators can't sniff out a troll as quickly as I can and close the thread, but I won't ask that question.
I'm not just interested in troll psychology; I'm just as interested in why it seems to have made its way into a site dedicated to music and the instruments used to make music. I hope some of you can offer answers. Thanks so much.
You mention psychology, I suggest you may want to look up a Freudian Defense Mechanism called Projection.
