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1st Impression, Join the Forum?

1st Impression, Join the Forum?

I watched this forum for a while before I decided to join in 2019. I'm glad I did, however recently, if watching, I wonder if someone would enthusiastically join.

This was based on my initial experiences when joining the Sony Cybershot Forum on Digital Photography Review (dprreview.com) back in 2012.

Sony had announced a new game-changing camera, and I was among many wanting to learn more before it became available.

After joining, I found there were some nasty people, and many members who wasted their and everybody's time baiting and arguing, on and on. My 1st impression was not good, however, the coming camera (rx100m1 late 2012) made me stick around.

Thankfully, the nasty people went elsewhere, thus poor reactions lessened, and if someone joined after that, their 1st impression would be as it is now, one of the friendliest forums on the site. It has stayed very positive since around 2013.

Humor, I'm all for it, one mistake is to assume people 'get' my sense of humor, and I forget that English is not some members primary language.

I'm certainly no one's mom, morality police, but I would like to be proud of the forum.

 

elliottbnewcombjr
neonknight
525 posts
 

I have been on audio forums for a number of years, and have seen the rise and fall of sites like Audioreview, the glory days of Audio Asylum, the diminishment of Vinyl Engine, and so on. 

This site has endured, and stays relevant. I only post in stops and starts here, usually when I have a project going. I find the information shared to be thoughtful and given in good spirit. Just like every site there are folks that people get along with well, and then there are others that, well, not so much. You learn what posts you can gloss over, who not to engage with, and so forth. 

Overall, Audiogon is one of my favorite places to visit, as the people here are still hobbyists who have a love for music and the equipment we play it on. 

elliottbnewcombjr OP
7,776 posts
 

"I'm certainly no one's mom, morality police, but I would like to be proud of the forum".

this isn't about bots

oberoniaomnia
358 posts
 

@elliottbnewcombjr Re photo posting, I know. That's why I included "no need to rehash". The agon inability to include images directly in posts (without putting them on the web somewhere beforehand) is suboptimal. 

billstevenson
1,201 posts
 

Thanks @elliottbnewcombjr ​​​​@oberoniaomnia, I really appreciate your effort to coach me.  Somehow there is a disconnect.  I want to send you a picture of my turntable (for example).  To do that I first have to get it on the internet somehow?  Right oh, how?  No, never mind.  It is just not worth the effort to me.  Besides, there are just so many pictures of turntables that people can stand to look at anyway.  Audiogon is smart to make it hard.  Otherwise we would all clutter up the site with a bunch of pictures that really do not advance civilization as we know it by much at all.  ;-)

elliottbnewcombjr OP
7,776 posts
 

Cameras, Audio Systems: I want everybody to get the best out of whatever they choose, 

Photos speak a 1000 words.

I use this site to get any image on the web (photo, screenshot, scan).

I made a Virtual System here named ’misc’, and upload anything I want, then it’s on the web, ready to insert their way. Primitive or not, at least I figured it out.

https://www.audiogon.com/systems/11519

add/delete as needed.

 

 

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