Personality on Hi Fi Fora
Posted by: Tarquin Maynard - Portly on 11 October 2004
Muchachos
In common wiuth many of us, I post on more than one HiFi Forum. It has struck me of late, how much pointless polemic there is on the 'net, where you are not allowed to express Opinion: where people can be downright rude to you and bleat to the Mods when you reply in kind, and where conjecture and suppostion is presented as FACT and dont you dare argue.
IMO, this Forum is very lightly Moderated - there seems to be a good deal of self-censorship here, whereby contributors will say, politely ( at first, anyway ) that what you are saying may not make sense. From what I see there is very little actual intervention by the Mods - one racist clot was removed, quite rightly, by Adam Meredith recently.
An example of the approach to stroppy posts - I misread something by Deanne F, very recently, and made some childish comments. Rather than yapping to the Mods or indulging in polemic insult overkill. he pm'd me, very politely, asking what he had done to upset me. By this time I had realised my error and nearly died of shame. I had no hesitation in apologising.
To me, this is the mark of a more adult Forum: tolerance of other peoples' point of view, and an acceptance that other posters are people too.
Elsewhere, I expressed my thoughts about what I saw as poor form: this lead to about six other people chiming in and one of them eventually called me a c**t. Charming.
Thanks to all of my fellow posters, I know that on occassion I am abrasive but I certainly feel more tolerated and even accepted here than elsewhere. Hats off to the Mods, too.
Regards
Mike
[This message was edited by mike lacey on Mon 11 October 2004 at 9:42.]
[This message was edited by mike lacey on Mon 11 October 2004 at 9:42.]
In common wiuth many of us, I post on more than one HiFi Forum. It has struck me of late, how much pointless polemic there is on the 'net, where you are not allowed to express Opinion: where people can be downright rude to you and bleat to the Mods when you reply in kind, and where conjecture and suppostion is presented as FACT and dont you dare argue.
IMO, this Forum is very lightly Moderated - there seems to be a good deal of self-censorship here, whereby contributors will say, politely ( at first, anyway ) that what you are saying may not make sense. From what I see there is very little actual intervention by the Mods - one racist clot was removed, quite rightly, by Adam Meredith recently.
An example of the approach to stroppy posts - I misread something by Deanne F, very recently, and made some childish comments. Rather than yapping to the Mods or indulging in polemic insult overkill. he pm'd me, very politely, asking what he had done to upset me. By this time I had realised my error and nearly died of shame. I had no hesitation in apologising.
To me, this is the mark of a more adult Forum: tolerance of other peoples' point of view, and an acceptance that other posters are people too.
Elsewhere, I expressed my thoughts about what I saw as poor form: this lead to about six other people chiming in and one of them eventually called me a c**t. Charming.
Thanks to all of my fellow posters, I know that on occassion I am abrasive but I certainly feel more tolerated and even accepted here than elsewhere. Hats off to the Mods, too.
Regards
Mike
[This message was edited by mike lacey on Mon 11 October 2004 at 9:42.]
[This message was edited by mike lacey on Mon 11 October 2004 at 9:42.]
quote:
Originally posted by Joe Petrik:
My favourite posters use sentence case and paragraph breaks.
ooooohhhhhh, sorry, mr f*cking headmaster
like it or lump it, pedant!
TN
quote:
Originally posted by Berlin Fritz:
That's ok matey we can take advantage of the liberal dope laws and have a toke or two downtown.
Cheers, G.G.v. Hellohellohello
Dopes should be illegal everywhere. [break]
Sorry Fritz, but I doubt that you would find NZ as liberal in that respect as Germany or Holland. [break]
PM me if you are ever down this way [break].
Deane
What was all that crap about this being a place renowned for erudite discussion that I cam across earlier?? 
The boring old fart
The boring old fart
quote:
Originally posted by Deane F:quote:
Originally posted by Berlin Fritz:
That's ok matey we can take advantage of the liberal dope laws and have a toke or two downtown.
Cheers, G.G.v. Hellohellohello
Dopes should be illegal everywhere. [break]
Sorry Fritz, but I doubt that you would find NZ as liberal in that respect as Germany or Holland. [break]
PM me if you are ever down this way [break].
Deane
I was only joking matey, and Mattew still hasn't told me what ficticious means ?
Cheers, G.G.v. I loveearlymoanings
quote:
Originally posted by Berlin Fritz:
I was only joking matey, and Mattew still hasn't told me what ficticious means ?
Cheers, G.G.v. I loveearlymoanings
Were you hoping that "ficticious" is a verb? (In the sense in which it is being used by Matthew)
Deane
quote:
Originally posted by Joe Petrik:
I was sure Trevor would have got without feeling the need to toss his toys out of the pram. But I appear to have touched a nerve.
LOL!
on the contrary, joe, I took your comment in the spirit which it was intended.
next time, I'll use a smiley instead of an exclamation mark
quote:
Being pedantic is what I do for a living.
sure, but perhaps you might consider switching off the pedantic mode out of working hours?
posting here is a recreational and informal activity, and as long as you get your point across, to most people, it matters not a jot how posts are written.
you do your thing, joe, and I’ll do mine
TN
P.S Matthew/Franz K/Rachel Evans/Eclectic Eric (on the Mana forum), I forgot to mention your character 'Vuk Knows', whom I also enjoyed very much
yes, matthew, whatever keeps you happy
tom, with all due respect, I'll write how I like.
thanks.
TN
quote:
and as writing in the accepted format is considered as politness to others, your intention is what exactly?
tom, with all due respect, I'll write how I like.
thanks.
TN
The posters on this thread are displaying a profound sense of irony. Given the topic, and Mike's original post, this profound sense of irony will soon lead to some name calling.
Masterful. I applaud the creators of the black humour running below the surface of the last few posts.
Deane
Masterful. I applaud the creators of the black humour running below the surface of the last few posts.
Deane