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Your cynicism is obvious, but I hope there's a solution...

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for good of the forum.

I have seen and experienced bits and pieces of anarchy, but don't want to live under it. I have not experienced extreme repression, and I'm not anxious to do so. Somewhere in the middle, there is a better place to live, and that's how I see this forum. To me it's an on-line club open to anyone who is interested in audio, and those who have reasonably civil attitudes.

Just as members of any club ofter chat about off-topic subjects at meetings, especially at the beginning of those meetings, folks at this forum tend to do the same here. Many of us use the same handle, and many use their real name. This establishes and identifies the personalities of posters, and makes it possible to establish "cyber" relationships similar to having friends and acquaintenances in the physical world. Many of the early postings were related to the general issue of starting a forum, not audio specifically. Harmless jabs, even with a bit of a bite in them, are o.k.

Those who post under random names, and do not establish a recognizable "personality" on the forum, to me are usually an irritation, which often seems to be their purpose in life. Anonymity is appropriate to fight repression where life and freedom in the physical world are threatened, but here on the internet, there are other places to go if you don't like what's here. If you don't like this forum, you can even get together with others of a similar mind and start your own.

Sophomoric humor becomes really old and boring after a few years, but I am willing to tolerate a bit of it. Sarcasm that is intended to grossly insult others is not really humor, and I could care less if all such posts disappear. Also, just as in real-world clubs, if a bunch of people start screaming, shouting and insulting each other, they required to chill out, or asked to leave. If this is not done, the "club" will deterioriate, and eventually be worthless for the original intent. This is exactly what happened to Tech Talk at AR.

If you don't believe that an on-line "club" with minimal membership requirements is appropriate, can you explain why you would not prefer TT and go back there as opposed to participating and playing by the rules here? If you don't like this sandbox, there are plenty of others around to visit.

I am not opposed to occasional off-topic posts between friends and acquaintances, but to object to classic male ego "pissing contests" and serious put-down posts.

Dave VH

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