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Why So Nasty? — TB Etiquette

Bassnkeys

Bassnkeys

I Can’t Complain; But Sometimes I Still Do
Mar 28, 2012
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I first came to TB in 2012, and am by no means a frequent flier. Come to get answers from a wealth of historical threads from time-to-time, to poke around when I’m bored — and mainly to browse or buy/sell from the Classifieds. Just bought and sold basses here in the past couple of months — interacted with super people in both cases.

HOWEVER, it seems to me that the tone in a lot of the threads today — versus even 7 years ago — is increasingly hostile, snarky, impatient, and just plain rude. Why? This isn’t a politics forum — we’re talking about an instrument (albeit cool as heck) that produces low notes. Not too controversial...

If people want to start picking passive aggressive fights behind the safety and comfort of their PC or smartphone — CNN or Fox is ripe for this, with plenty of comment threads and fireworks for your entertainment.

How about saving Talkbass for legit questions and answers — attacking the OP less, and keeping it light-hearted and well, simply less...nasty.
 
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socialleper said:
Talkbass is one of the most polite, well moderated sites I've been on. Compared to the hellscapes that are Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, and 4/8 Chan it is Sunday School.
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I agree with this. TB mods are pretty good about shutting down negative posts and threads, and even go so far as to ban repeat offenders.
 
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knumbskull said:
*flips table*
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Most of the guitar forums are like post-apocalyptic battlegrounds. Some of those guys have no class, but there are exceptions. TB is far more civilized--by light-years.

There's also a higher collective IQ among bass players, so you'll get far better advice on a wide range of topics than you will on other sites.

The only other forum that's comparable ( that I know of) are the guys at the Mandolin Cafe ( just don't talk about anything other than mandolins ;)).
 
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lz4005 said:
Agreed. If anything it's close to being over-moderated.
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It's a lot better than it used to be but I don't like the culture on here where someone can attack you with really vicious personal stuff and you can't respond in kind...you have to be a tattletale or get thrown off for responding. Used to be the person leading the attack would get unscathed, but at least they do something about that now.

But I'm with the OP on this...sometimes I get impatient with people for not listening :D but I do try to be polite and courteous, and I think most people do, too. But it's the rude ones who are the loudest, and it makes it seem like a free for all at times. Still, most people are great and try to be helpful. However, I can think of at least two people on here or formerly on here that I would gladly punch right in the throat if I ever came face to face with them. But I just ignore them these days...due to age, my throat punching days are by and large over :D
 
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DirtDog said:
Agreed. Try spending some time on motorcycle or car forums!
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Golf forums are the worst. So many people with a passion for the same thing, and so much hate for each other.
lz4005 said:
Agreed. If anything it's close to being over-moderated.
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I used to be part of boating forum where the mod would ding you if you asked a question that wasn't about the OP, or brought up an old thread.
 
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Bassnkeys said:
I first came to TB in 2012, and am by no means a frequent flier. Come to get answers from a wealth of historical threads from time-to-time, to poke around when I’m bored — and mainly to browse or buy/sell from the Classifieds. Just bought and sold basses here in the past couple of months — interacted with super people in both cases.

HOWEVER, it seems to me that the tone in a lot of the threads today — versus even 7 years ago — is increasingly hostile, snarky, impatient, and just plain rude. Why? This isn’t a politics forum — we’re talking about an instrument (albeit cool as heck) that produces low notes. Not too controversial...

If people want to start picking passive aggressive fights behind the safety and comfort of their PC or smartphone — CNN or Fox is ripe for this, with plenty of comment threads and fireworks for your entertainment.

How about saving Talkbass for legit questions and answers — attacking the OP less, and keeping it light-hearted and well, simply less...nasty.
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Meh. I think people are way too sensitive about what strangers type at them.
 
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