Dealer affiliations and attitudes, assumptions and lack of respectful engagement in audio.
When I started in Audiogon 20 years ago it was a different place. There was pretty civil discussions with fellow audiogoners. There were audio dealers on the site and there were also hobbyists and it wasn’t a big deal. I been on the dealer side/business side the last 7 years. Here is what I find. A lot of us tend to be quickly negative and nasty to those who disagree with us. We don’t have the sharing of knowledge spirit that we used to have. A lot of us want to show others how much smarter than we are than them. In addition to that there seems to be an attitude that if you are a dealer you gotta be shilling instead of just telling the truth. More importantly there seems to be an attitude that audio is the only thing you do. I have a firm in my professional life that I have ran for 25 years. I’m smart enough to know you never know who you are talking to. I just think audiogoners have repeatedly started to step over the line and become HABITUAL LINE STEPPERS and not engage with the necessary level of respect. A lot of us in the hobby just want to meet and have positive audio and music experiences. Not rage debate! WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS EVERYONE?
@devinplombier - I thought it was Rupert Murdoch and his son who enable FN to be what it is? While it might not be THE source of the problem, I believe that it is a large contributing factor, as it is where a large number of people get most, if not all of their information from; they don't have a lot of competition. I don't remember the 70's as being particularly 'respectful' - I was in my 20's - but everybody has their own experiences.
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Sorry @hilde45 , I guess not when those things include the words that rhyme with convicted melons. When the snowflakes read that word, they automatically think of you-know-who. |
I have always lived in small towns. Like, thats John because he is driving "A". People are way more polite and considerate when both you and John don’t pass each other like a jerk on the hiway and end up at the same work parking lot, store whatever. Even face to face interactions between strangers are typically civil most places. Although I have never been to AXOMA... Nastiness is way easier to express as has been pointed out. Unhappy folks pissy posts for sure. But people have always been opinionated illogical, well, people. About 8 billion versions of the truth on the planet by my last count. Reading the Summer of 1927, all about the world that year. To read some of the official policies and public opinions of the time make today look tame. So nothing new under the sun. Just read this quote yesterday : Comparison is the thief of joy. Peace
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@calvinj - 25 years here for me. What was previously a welcome escape and a place to learn stuff has too often become a disappointing waste of time, sort of like watching a train wreck on Groundhog Day. Conflict is good when it leads to a positive resolution but a lot of what I read here lately is just scab picking. Unfortunately, spending time here needs to drop lower on my priority list. |
