atkinsonrr;157526 Wrote: > A while ago, P.Floding started a thread called something like "Moderator > where are you?". In it, he makes the following point: > "The biggest problem is the SNR (signal-noise ratio). It is really easy > to do wisecracking and post the 50th variation on the same old joke and > get a number of your buddies to chime in with their own variations. > Soon you have 10 postings like that for every one serious posting. How > is anyone going to take the time to read through all this to extract > any useful information? > On top of that, when all the wisecracking has a theme that says that > audiophiles are idiots (more or less), how friendly will that feel for > anyone coming here with their questions?" > > Unfortunately, the thread in which P posted the above went down the > drain in exactly the same way that P was pointing out. As a result, I > feel the need to start this thread just to say I agree with P on the > problem and on the effect. > > I cannot say what the answer is, and I am not proposing censoring > points of view. > > I can say posting in this forum feels like trying to have a friendly > game in a playground where a handful of self-congratulating bullies > have taken over the "turf". I choose not to offer my questions, > thoughts or insights much in this forum. Not because I'm insecure in > my ability to take care of myself on the playground and not because I > am insecure in my beliefs and feelings. I choose not to participate > because I simply dont feel it offers me enough benefit for the cost in > time or emotional energy I would expend. > > I think the only people who would keep coming back to such a playground > are those that feel they must prove something to the bullies. Indeed, > for this reason, it seems that without intervention, this forum is > fated to a downward spiral into a lot of heat and very little light.
Hmm... from my recent experience, P Floding himself is a self-congratulating bully who thinks he can arbitrate what audiophilia is, and the mockery occurred as a way for people to deal wih someone who is essentially a troll. I tried to engage in a reasoned discussion with him, and it didn't work. I could have walked away, but then I would have let his bullying succeed, so I didn't. Just goes to show how different people's perceptions can be, and how hard a job moderating this kind of forum can be. -- totoro squeezebox 3 -> mccormack dna .5 -> audio physic tempo 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30039 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
