[Bill Ward]

Do people seem grumpier than usual this summer? More contentious? And I'm not talking about recent arrivals. Like the mood has darkened.

Just curious.

BW

 

[Edwood]

It's been a hectic and not even remotely fun summer for me. No vacation, over worked, blah blah blah.

I apologize if I have vented my temper on anyone lately.

-Ed

 

[PinkFloyd]

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Originally Posted by Edwood I apologize if I have vented my temper on anyone lately.

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[HiWire]

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Originally Posted by Bill Ward Do people seem grumpier than usual this summer? More contentious? And I'm not talking about recent arrivals. Like the mood has darkened.

What are you talking about?

 

[KR...]

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Originally Posted by Bill Ward Do people seem grumpier than usual this summer? More contentious? And I'm not talking about recent arrivals. Like the mood has darkened. Just curious. BW

What the hell is that suppose to mean?

 

[plainsong]

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Originally Posted by KR... What the hell is that suppose to mean?

No, it isn't just you. These things go in cycles, and it's always a concern when you seem to be one of the few people who seems to care when things take a downturn. The downturn isn't caused by any one person or any one issue. It's just a group of users with one kind of ethic versus users of another ethic.

What I mean is the strong tendency I've noticed for the more vocal posters to be the types to wage holy wars over products they have never seen or heard, and seemingly to consider this perfectly acceptable behavior. Then you have have the friendly types who post lightheartedly and try to be clear and honest, but at the same time.. come on! It's a discussion forum!

Then you have the hardcore audiophiles who believe that you should not have the right to say anything unless you have spent a minimum of 10k on your equipment.

It goes in cycles, sometimes the trollers are loudest (I call the warrior/fanboy types trolls, sorry if this insults anybody), and they are the first visible sign to us normal users that a site is growing, because as a site grows, it attracts more of these types. Then to counteract this, eventually the hardcore audiophiles will shout them down, then the moderate types will say "Hey everyone, relax!" Sometimes this cycle can take a year or so. But I've never timed it. I've just noticed it on many sites, and this is one of 'em.

IMHO, YMMV, etc..

 

[Welly Wu]

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Originally Posted by Bill Ward Do people seem grumpier than usual this summer? More contentious? And I'm not talking about recent arrivals. Like the mood has darkened. Just curious. BW

No way! I graduated with my BA and got a full time job in the publishing biz with full benefits package. I'm happy.

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by plainsong Then you have have the friendly types who post lightheartedly and try to be clear and honest

Well, there apparently is such a thing as being too light-hearted.

-Ed

 

[KR...]

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Originally Posted by Edwood Well, there apparently is such a thing as being too light-hearted. -Ed

Well there is nothing wrong with being too light-hearted!
There is however something very wrong with being a mindless inane spammer with nothing better to do. No one has a problem with the 1st type, but most are annoyed by the 2nd type.

 

[braillediver]

"Well, there apparently is such a thing as being too light-hearted."

He meant light-headed.

It can't be too slow:
"Most users ever online was 429, Today at 01:18 PM."


Mitch

 

[Nightfall]

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Originally Posted by spaceman I'm with you on this one. How many threads do we need on Ramen Noodles?

Well, that depends on how much stuff we all keep buying. Based on prices of better headphone audio gear, only the truly wealthy amongst us may be able to continue to avoid the ramen diet!

JC

 

[D-EJ915]

Well, summer isn't a buying season, so we don't have the classic in-flow of newbies, but I think we just haven't gotten as many new users as before. I noticed that during/after the swap to the new vBulliten some users decided not to come on anymore, we lost some there. I think it's just a phase, although there are less and less threads I'm interested in...I think I've sopped up just about enough info to not need to come here.

 

[intlplby]

i think DIY needs to diversify to more talk about equipment other then amps and cables


there isn't much focus on DACs, Power Supplys and maybe even other auDIYo tweaks


i think the music forum always offers something interesting......

i think it would be cool if somebody went through and put together maybe a Head-fi Genre Guide...... where you click on a genre and get all the info on that genre

basically a consolidation of all the good info out there......i know sometimes it is in the stickies, but maybe there should be a "library" area

maybe people could put together some FAQs like a complete source faq....

most of the stickies give you general sources but you see a lot of threads on "where do i find knobs" or where do i get enclosures or jacks etc....... basically a categorization of the sources by part type

 

[wallijonn]

it's the summer. people are out and about. why do you think HBO puts on all those dumb teenage movies?

 

[mbriant]

Oddly enough, we just set a new "members online" record yesterday evening. Perhaps perception isn't reality after all.