CardinalFang Wrote: > I think there is a general problem with bulletin boards in that the > majority of the message is always missing - the facial expressions, the > tone of voice and the inbuilt politeness that most people have. >
You're right, and I think another aspect of it is the anonymity - people are more willing to be rude when they are unlikely to suffer any real repercussions, or even be identified. > > It would be a shame if heavy handed moderation started, I would give up > for one. The whole point of the product is community and shared vision > and part of that is debate, sometimes heated. Without that, it's just > another commercial product and therefore I personally would be much > more critical of the product's shortcomings. Without this board, I > would never have bought a SB and I would probably have also returned it > given the number of minor niggles that I suffered getting it to run > well. > This is an excellent point - now that you mention it one reason I chose to buy a SB was the active and vocal community, as well as the open source aspect. It's clear you can get lots of help here if you need it. > > The odd thing about this whole thread to me is the perceived need to > shut it down, so many people were trying to help, some went off on a > few crusades and cracked a few jokes that probably belong on the > private message system, but most wanted the poor guy to enjoy his > purchase and it was a good thread in my view. There was a bit of fanboy-ism being displayed towards the end, which is another common phenomenon on boards of this type. But all in all, despite getting a bit off-topic (mea culpa, in part) I also thought it was an interesting thread. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24613 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
