rmx
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Lots of car club forums have meets. I'm heavily involved in a lot of legal automobile racing (mostly track and autocross). generally, what you notice is forums dedicated to a specific model of car have more than their share of nuts. Forums dedicated to a specific sport - like an autcross club forum, are more grounded by serious members who know their stuff, and know it well, so natural selection eventually weeds out the people who dont belong there, like your generic 19 year old e-thug racer wannabe.
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This is new to me. I can't believe this happens, although I can relate to the philosophy. NONE of the automobile related forums have cross country transactions like this, unless members know each other personally. I've seen far too many kids rip others off to trust car forum trasactions completely. I've made several great friends on those forums too though - when I go down to the US where they live, I've always got a place to stay, and I extend the same to them.
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I'm new here, but I can sense what you're saying just by browsing. The only other place I've seen this sort of thing happen was back in the day, when I used to hang out in some computer hardware overclocking forums. Although, right now, a lot of professional computer programming forums have this sort of membership, albeit for much different reasons - mostly because that sort of a forum is more a tool to get work done than to socialize or for the sake of a hobby.
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You guys do this? Wow.
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You're right - not many others have this, although these features can be found in private cliques that exist within other online communities - even automobile related. My "home" car club meets all the time for beer and wings, at the race track, or just gets together occasionally and goes for cruises. Some of my best friends I've met at these online communities. So yes, all this and more does exist in other open membership online communities. Perhaps a better way to generalize is that *not as many* nuts that try to one up the next guy end up at a place like this - and this is probably due to the fact that audiophiles are a rare, dedicated breed... much like serious automobile racers.
I'm hoping to meet more of you eventually once I get a local meet going.... lets see how it works out
| Originally Posted by gsferrari Just a few questions: * How many forums have community gatherings (like our headfi meets) on such a frequent basis, with so much cooperation, with no ties to "religious activities" ?? |
Lots of car club forums have meets. I'm heavily involved in a lot of legal automobile racing (mostly track and autocross). generally, what you notice is forums dedicated to a specific model of car have more than their share of nuts. Forums dedicated to a specific sport - like an autcross club forum, are more grounded by serious members who know their stuff, and know it well, so natural selection eventually weeds out the people who dont belong there, like your generic 19 year old e-thug racer wannabe.
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| * How many forums have "trust-based" transactions like HeadFi...loaning gear (often very expensive) and allowing people into your homes? |
This is new to me. I can't believe this happens, although I can relate to the philosophy. NONE of the automobile related forums have cross country transactions like this, unless members know each other personally. I've seen far too many kids rip others off to trust car forum trasactions completely. I've made several great friends on those forums too though - when I go down to the US where they live, I've always got a place to stay, and I extend the same to them.
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| * How many forums have the sense of "belonging" that HeadFi affords... |
I'm new here, but I can sense what you're saying just by browsing. The only other place I've seen this sort of thing happen was back in the day, when I used to hang out in some computer hardware overclocking forums. Although, right now, a lot of professional computer programming forums have this sort of membership, albeit for much different reasons - mostly because that sort of a forum is more a tool to get work done than to socialize or for the sake of a hobby.
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| * How many forums have members who call each other up, email, pm to discuss stuff like working out, weather, advise, suggestions... |
You guys do this? Wow.
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| I really cannot imagine too many other communities that have these positive features...most of them have morons trying to do a one-up on the next guy ALL the time... Is HeadFi unique? |
You're right - not many others have this, although these features can be found in private cliques that exist within other online communities - even automobile related. My "home" car club meets all the time for beer and wings, at the race track, or just gets together occasionally and goes for cruises. Some of my best friends I've met at these online communities. So yes, all this and more does exist in other open membership online communities. Perhaps a better way to generalize is that *not as many* nuts that try to one up the next guy end up at a place like this - and this is probably due to the fact that audiophiles are a rare, dedicated breed... much like serious automobile racers.
I'm hoping to meet more of you eventually once I get a local meet going.... lets see how it works out
