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An apology to my fellow Head-Fiers

post #1 of 8
10/26/11 at 3:29pm
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Hi All,

 

    One of the unfortunate realities of spending too much time in a single hobby (and way too much time online..) is that its easy to become a cynical swine, and I accept that I can be overly sarcastic in response to some of the newbies on HeadFi. Its only when you see the 'mirror' held up by other fora (audio and non-audio) that you begin to realise just how caustic things can get. Without moderation, Head-Fi could easily become just another venue for people to call one another <insert expletive here>.

 

     I do reserve the right to give as good as I get (you know who you are  wink.gif), but I will mend my ways and try to hold my proverbial tongue when I see someone foaming at the mouth over a $39 DAC.  Or a $99 'plastic fantastic' from Digizoid  biggrin.gif

 

Cheers,

 

estreeter

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post #2 of 8
10/26/11 at 3:33pm

Cynicism and sarcasm, on Head-Fi? For shame!

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post #3 of 8
10/26/11 at 3:45pm
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I know - hard to believe - what can I say other than

 

'Hi, I'm estreeter, and I'm a gear-a-holic. Its been 3 days since my last purchase and, man, this is the hardest thing I've ever done ...'

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post #4 of 8
10/26/11 at 4:29pm

 

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Cynicism and sarcasm, on Head-Fi? For shame!

 

Who'da thunk....????

 

You should see what passed on the other nameless forum as the norm.

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post #5 of 8
10/26/11 at 5:50pm
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I know - just acknowledging that I can see why some of the moderation here is, ahem, necessary.

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post #6 of 8
11/1/11 at 9:37am

On other sites I don't mind it so much, but when people are rude on Head-Fi I tend to take it way personal because I expect better.  Anywhere else on the internet it's pretty inevitable to get called the kind of name they're now making public service announcements about.  On one site I used to visit a lot, it was pretty much the way people spoke to each other whether or not the respect existed between two users.

 

That said, I don't know what it is that you were guilty of OP, but it's pretty cool that you made this thread.

 

I still find myself wishing people would evaluate their attitude and Head-Fi persona.  I am glad you've done so.

 

 

peas

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post #7 of 8
11/2/11 at 8:09pm

So many choices and opinions can drive you a bit mad! Sometimes people can talk trash but in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way so make sure to put one of these in your posts tongue.gif  even if you really meant it people won't get as upset....

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post #8 of 8
11/3/11 at 8:35am
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Originally Posted by Astrozombie View Post

So many choices and opinions can drive you a bit mad! Sometimes people can talk trash but in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way so make sure to put one of these in your posts tongue.gif  even if you really meant it people won't get as upset....


That's a pretty good idea.  I never use them and I can sometimes be sarcastic and on other forums I have found that it doesn't always carry over well in text.  I'll keep that in mind.

 

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