Yikes, I've been tidying up all day here in the music library, making a more funky-skillo streamlined system and listening to Lambchop, and I return to find strangeness once again!
jonarob wrote:
I'm not saying it's all silly and pointless. I think perhaps people are insulted and that's why they're not agreeing with me. This whole place isn't a big load of silly held together by pointless, I know that. There's plenty here to get stuck into. BUT, and this cannot be denied, there are a lot of posts that quite frankly, should be deleted. Just look in any thread. I can't be bothered to find examples, but I'm not imagining them.
To be fair to Jonarob I can see his frustration. I think there should be a little more meaty content on here. There are occassionally new threads when they should be in 'bits and bobs', and maybe a few too many esoteric one liner posts. I also wouldn't be adverse for a post count to be removed, though maybe it would still be nice if you could see your own. I've never been too sure if post counts were a healthy thing for a forum, despite every forum in existence having one.
I wonder if a soloution would be for future reviews and articles posted as new threads, encouring people to respond. The better the review and article, the more verbose, chin stroking responses will be gleaned. The problem at the moment is that we have a bundle of reviews waiting for a website to house them, and until it happens this forum will naturally be a little aimless. (No criticism intended towards the work of the mods and the splendid people behind the forum technology, job's a good 'un in my book so far.)
I try hard to make every response count. Thankfully in my job I get to mull over my answers away from the computer and then return for a quick typing in.
Finally I don't what's going on in the background to cause friction, but could people please step back again and take a few deep breaths. The trouble with a close knit forum like this is that because we've all known each other for so long online, things are apt to be taken personally and comments and replies tend to be put on a person's 'record'. Which is a bad thing.
Maintain an even strain, that's what I say, in the words of the excellent movie 'The Right Stuff'.
Hugs to CUS who's upsetness started this thread, and to everyone else who feels a bit cheesed and confused.