Lisnaholic

Without re-opening old arguments, I´d like to make a couple of comments after reading through this intensely-debated thread:-

First, I´d like to voice my support for the mods, who continue to do a difficult, largely thankless job. On this occasion I think Freebase, Urban, Janzsoon and Burning Down have done a great job in coping with, refuting and considering some of sopsych´s allegations. All proponents of free speech, they have to make judgement calls about the difficult-to-define line where some kind of control is necessary for the good of the community. When they do so, I don´t think it´s fair that they should be subjected to a kind of grilling more appropriate for a war criminal at the International Court of Human Rights. This place is, after all, just a music forum.

Next, I´d like to thank GuitarBizarre who had the patience and courage to spell out, with uncanny accuracy, my own dis-satisfactions with Hermione and sopsych as forum members. Credit also goes to Trollheart for rightly defending his patch of turf: the journals.

I have great respect for tore and count him as one of my friends on MB, although some of his ethical points in this thread were a bit over my head. BTW, anyone who thinks tore defended sopsych because sopsych thinks tore is God is doing tore a great injustice, imo. On a happier note, or perhaps a reminder of happier times, I´d like to mention again just one of tore´s many popular contributions to MB :- http://www.musicbanter.com/announcem...-calendar.html

I always thought this was a fun way to focus attention on our various music forums, and it drew in newcomers and old-timers alike; isn´t there any one who´d care to pick it up again?

Finally, I don´t think, as a community we need to agonize overmuch if not many new members stick around. In fact MB does many good things and it does them well - if those things don´t appeal to everyone who logs in, it may be due to external/personal factors outside the control of MB members.

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sopsych

People mentioning me needlessly in order to insult me - when is the atmosphere going to be against that?

Burning Down, I appreciate that you're following my formula. However, I probably won't post in that thread, because that genre has never been relevant to me or something I care to think about, and the poll question is a bit too broad (I personally would have included a "Don't know" option). Edit: I'd already thought of a topic similar to that, and maybe someday I'll post it and beat yours in replies

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Burning Down

Thanks for your appreciation, but I'm not sure why you didn't make that post in my thread, seeing as you're all for fostering music discussion. The genre shouldn't matter, it's beside the point. Also, this is not a competition. A thread with more replies than a similar one does not make it better (or worse, for that matter). Your thread does not need to be better than mine or have more replies, but if that ends up happening, it doesn't matter - it's not a contest.

I don't get it. You ask and encourage people to make threads like that - asking a question, uncommon subject, etc etc etc, and you come back with "I probably won't post in it". You want the community to make better threads but yet you won't participate in those discussions. Please answer me this: What is the point? Why should people heed your advice when you don't follow it yourself? "Someday you'll post a thread"? I'm not holding my breath.

Paedantic Basterd

Your criticisms of the community and complete lack of constructive effort draw negative energy from people who are comfortable in their niches and willing to contribute.

bordermadness

Too many people in the world complain!

Paedantic Basterd

Maybe he senses that he's gone too far and will never be taken seriously again because he's established a reputation that will be nearly impossible to shake without more effort and patience on his part than he is capable of exercising.

Burning Down

Yet he is still putting an enormous amount of time and energy into this particular thread. Again, what is the point of that?

Paedantic Basterd

Getting a rise out of people because he's bitter. It's working. What we should do is ignore him until he makes a positive effort.

djchameleon

You make too much sense. Get out of this thread.

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Dr_Rez

I made like 3 posts saying just that. People have the right to complain as much as they want...if they contribute themselves.

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