Forum needs upgrade? (Topic moves into other areas)

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
Adam

The one thing you should ban is bloody smilees. *
They are just plain tacky * and no one with a brain * can defend the flaming things *. The plaything of online chavs. *
Regards

* Mick :*

Much better!

Now

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Originally posted by kuma:
Adam,

Thank you for removing the tacky GIF animation.
I realise it's hard to draw a line between cheeky and cheezy, but I thought the one posted by Ridzwan was pretty cheezy.

this is what happen if you have forgotten to add a smiley, I\m trying to be cheeky.....

I hate to agree with Mr Parry but he is correct.

Smilees really are shit.

Get rid of them Adam and do it NOW!

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Originally posted by Ridzwan:

quote:

Originally posted by kuma:
Adam,

Thank you for removing the tacky GIF animation.
I realise it's hard to draw a line between cheeky and cheezy, but I thought the one posted by Ridzwan was pretty cheezy.

this is what happen if you have forgotten to add a smiley, I\m trying to be cheeky.....

Ridzwan,

As I saw it it was cheezy as Kraft Velveeta cheese.

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Originally posted by kuma:

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Originally posted by Ridzwan:

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Originally posted by kuma:
Adam,

Thank you for removing the tacky GIF animation.
I realise it's hard to draw a line between cheeky and cheezy, but I thought the one posted by Ridzwan was pretty cheezy.

this is what happen if you have forgotten to add a smiley, I\m trying to be cheeky.....

Ridzwan,

As I saw it it was cheezy as Kraft Velveeta cheese.

OK, Adam pls. make some improvements...cheers

I actually think the forum is OK the way it is.
For one it's simple and best of all it doesn't stick out like a soar thumb when your supervisor sneaks up behind you..

Would like PM's but agree that it would open up the selling bit.

Paulo

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Originally posted by prc:
I actually think the forum is OK the way it is.
For one it's simple and best of all it doesn't stick out like a soar thumb when your supervisor sneaks up behind you..

Would like PM's but agree that it would open up the selling bit.

Paulo

Win - win situation. We support Naim, Naim help us...shouldn't it be that way?

Doesn't seem to have changed much.

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Originally posted by rupert bear:
Doesn't seem to have changed much.

Yeah, the server was down and I thought they were doing something.....same thing..huh!

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Win - win situation. We support Naim, Naim help us...shouldn't it be that way?

I guess Naim's argument would be that the best way to buy used equipment is through their authorised dealers. I'd really value the PM facility - I have at times posted my email address in order to contact other members and security-wise it would be better not to have to.

Nigel

Adam,

I hope you never pursue a career as a conservator of fine paintings (even though I'm sure your versions would be much better than the originals).

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Originally posted by Ridzwan:
Yeah, the server was down and I thought they were doing something.....same thing..huh!

Correct - Up to a point.

The forum server was blissfully happy and working in splendid isolation - unfortunately, all the signposts to it had been knocked over.

AND - we were moving our other web things to a new and, better be, more reliable host.

So - probably wrong.

Re. buying, selling and private messaging.

It is going to happen somewhere so why shouldn't it here, at least in the private domain? Sellers use the cash from the sale to upgrade and buy new Naim gear, don't they?

As for abuse by a banned member if an individual deserves to be beaten with a stick the others shouldn't also be beaten. General solutions should not be sought to solve specific problems. This is the only forum I know of that does not have a private message facility.

Arbitrary control freakery springs to mind here...

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Originally posted by Steve Toy:
Arbitrary control freakery springs to mind here...

What makes you think I'm watching you?

It's not really about me, is it?

It's about there not being any private messaging facility on this forum for whatever reason.

The potential for an individual to be abused via private messaging exists on all forums not just here. A pm can be reported to the moderators just the same as a public post. It is certainly a problem that can be dealt with without having to do away with the facility altogether.

If buying and selling takes place in the private domain, why should you care?

I suspect that not facilitating members' exchanging email addresses and phone numbers with each other in private (as well as their Naim gear) is a policy of divide & rule - a cowardly form of authoritarianism.

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Originally posted by Rockingdoc:
My impression is that the forum lacks some of its previous wit and intelligence, but it seems to go in cycles.

When I have "moved on" I will be attempting to inject some additional interest (particularly to the Padded Cell). I will also be studying humour and essaying to bring some levity to my contributions.

Those interested in participating should "hit the ground running" by downloading the 'In Our Time' Series (Radio 4) and watching 'The Ascent of Man'.

There will be a test

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The potential for an individual to be abused via private messaging exists on all forums not just here. A pm can be reported to the moderators just the same as a public post. It is certainly a problem that can be dealt with without having to do away with the facility altogether.

PM's can be cut and pasted as someone found out on Wigwam so they are not as private as some think.

I did have that particular instance in mind.

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Originally posted by Adam Meredith:
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Those interested should by downloading the 'In Our Time' Series (Radio 4)

There will be a test

Indeed, this is the only podcast which I subscribe to, and is certainly my fave radio prog.

I will pass the test. I always do. I am a swot.

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I suspect that not facilitating members' exchanging email addresses and phone numbers with each other in private (as well as their Naim gear) is a policy of divide & rule - a cowardly form of authoritarianism.

It is not rocket science to obtain a persons e-mail address (should they want you to have it, of course)

I don't get the 'ban the smiley' comments since they are likely to just reappear in time-honoured ASCII form :-* or is it :-(

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Originally posted by Steve Toy: If buying and selling takes place in the private domain, why should you care?

Naim wouldn't care, but their dealers probably would.

Speaking as a dealer (in another field) I personally (given a choice) will not deal with manufacturers who either sell direct to end-users, or facilitate same. The consequences of doing this are well documented.

Perhaps Pink Fish could also use an upgrade in hosting–their entire site is down today....

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Naim wouldn't care, but their dealers probably would.

Speaking as a dealer (in another field) I personally (given a choice) will not deal with manufacturers who either sell direct to end-users, or facilitate same. The consequences of doing this are well documented.

Most decent dealers move /h gear on and deduct the full selling price from the invoice for the new gear. There isn't really a need to sell on a hi-fi forum if upgrading.

However, the high s/h values of Naim kit are what justify the price tags of the new gear. Reputation, longevity and service are part of the picture.

No buying and selling in the public domain on this forum really should suffice in order to be seen to support the dealer network.

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Originally posted by David Dever:
Perhaps Pink Fish could also use an upgrade in hosting–their entire site is down today....

Do not go that way young hobbit:

"Pippin: Gandalf, forgive me.
Gandalf: Look at me. What did you see?
Pippin: A tree. There was a white tree in a courtyard of stone. It was dead. The city was burning.
Gandalf: Minas Tirith? Is that what you saw?
Pippin: I saw... I saw him. I can hear his voice in my head.
Gandalf: What did you tell him? Speak!
Pippin: He asked me my name. I didn't answer. He hurt me.
Gandalf: What did you tell him about Frodo and the Ring?"