The Forum is going to crap!

[ArtieToo]

My strategy of not spending too much time in the Sound Room must be paying off. I'm not aware of anyone in this forum that I dislike.

[Aceman]

I still always find it amazing how you can get tweeked by an anonymous person, for reading something you chose to read.

[texasguitarslinger]

And it seems that you think they have wronged you personally.

Your assumptions are just that. I continue to post here because there are a few people I like to interact with and that I value their feedback. I cannot picture any scenario occurring on this or any public forum that would cause me duress or that could not be resolved by pointing my browser to another URL.

The things I outlined I have been observed over a period of years and were only brought up as a possible contributing factor to the original poster's quandary.

As with any post; you can take it or leave it but do not try to read anything into it. I go to great lengths to post my thoughts as succinctly as possible.

[Aceman]

Clarity in posting/communication. Always good form.

I think half the issues that ever occur are weakly communicated points that are not clarified/asked about before it launches into oblivion.

[LesStrat]

This place annoys me on occasion, yet typically it has more to do with my response to others than their actual actions.

I've seen the "clique" argument made numerous times over the years. Often, I am amazed when it is. I have been included in such categorizations at times, yet I can assure that many of my stances are not in the majority here. There are a handful of folks here that share many of my core beliefs. A HANDFUL. Yet you would not know it at times when the accusations are flying.

That said, we still have a bit of a "brotherhood" here. I was involved in a lengthy discussion recently in which I was on opposite sides of an issue with a forum bro. After a couple of days I received a PM apologizing if the disagreement was perceived as a personal attack. We still disagree on that issue, yet the brotherhood remains intact.


There is a strong sense of community here. Has it been stronger in the past? Yes. However, the active membership was probably <1/3 of the current participation.

[formula73]

I still always find it amazing how you can get tweeked by an anonymous person, for reading something you chose to read.

You have a stupid penis. Your penis is stupid.

[Scott_F]

Too many sugar alcohols?

If you understand that, you've experienced the master blaster roto rooter.

[DankStar]

I'm sticking around just to watch Aceman's descent into madness.

[UberMetalDood]

Well one good thing about keeping it clean is that I like to login to SD sometimes during my lunch break at work and I can't have vulgar stuff displayed on my screen. Some may not agree but things like drugs is something I would not want to see discussed on a musicians forum. I am against drug abuse and it disgusts me to see that subject being discussed casually.

The other part is that even though it's great to be able to discuss many topics, music and gear is kind of my main reason for being a member. What I hate more than not being able to discuss certain irrelevant subjects, is when a few people try to discuss something and it gets crowded by a load of off-topic comments and insults.

[jalguitarman]

More Lenny Steen, more string bean.

More cowbell!

[misterwhizzy]

You have a stupid penis. Your penis is stupid.

Of course he does. All men do. Do you think those things would go some of the places they want to go if they were smart?

[Desert]

You have a stupid penis. Your penis is stupid.

I KNOW that's my problem.

[formula73]

Of course he does. All men do. Do you think those things would go some of the places they want to go if they were smart?

Agreed, though a little mud on the helmet never hurt anybody.

[Kam]

[aleclee]

Spend enough time on a forum that's continually growing and you'll see complaints about how it's gone to hell. In some ways those complaints are correct. It loses that "small town feel". Many of the group norms established early in the community's life fall by the wayside during extended periods of growth. When you get down to it, this is just the discussion board version of becoming a victim of your own success. People move on and if you're lucky they're replaced by people of similar quality.

While all that's par for the course, there's one seemingly unavoidable aspect of message board growth that I find difficult to accept: people who visit a specialty discussion board (e.g., guitars) and spend most of their time discussing chicks and tabloid current events. Honestly, if I want softcore pr0n, I can find it pretty easily and if I don't care about tabloids enough to pick them up in line at the supermarket why would I waste my "guitar discussion time" to talk about some skanky celeb in rehab?

[Lazarus1140]

Clarity in posting/communication. Always good form.

Exactly what are you trying to say?

[exnihilo]

Too many sugar alcohols?

If you understand that, you've experienced the master blaster roto rooter.

Man, when Russell Stover released their "sugar free" chocolates, and I was Atkins, I went to town. MISTAKE!!!! *poop*...

cg