Dealers hijacking the discussions

Is it me or has anyone else noticed that the tone of a lot of posts and threads bear more than a passing resemblance to a scripted reality show? And a bad one at that? It's getting to be almost predictable.

I dispair for my fellow man.

All the best,
Nonoise

Tangents. It's all about tangents.

@dlcockrum , I was kind of riffing off what @teo_audio was saying. I think that once societal standards are lowered, boundaries that used to be respected, aren't.

I remember when if anyone volunteered that they had something to sell on a thread, all the participants would chime in and ask them not to do it. That's what the 'for sale' section was there for. There was a self policing aspect here that didn't require the mods to step in unless someone got really out of hand. God, I'm starting to sound old.

All the best,
Nonoise 

The fish rots from the head down. The bar has lowered, if not eliminated.  All of this is like a slow motion version of the demise of the Krell in the movie, Forbidden Planet.

For those who haven't seen the movie, the premise goes something like this: an advanced culture creates the ultimate device that allows everyone to link in with their minds and create a more beautiful world.

What they got instead were 'creatures from the id'. They simply forgot that there is an unconscious side to their thoughts that once unleashed, destroyed them.

Sounds a lot like what fakebook and twiddle did, doesn't it?

All the best,
Nonoise