Audiogon still has many good people left. Yes, the numbers of loud snake oil screechers have increased quite a bit lately, but, you can just ignore them. Not that many of these a-holes, it sounds like many as they are very loud.
Those who seek to deny access to information
Like many/most here, one of the main reasons I frequent audiogon is to gather information. I am looking for ways to enhance the enjoyment I get from listening to music on my system. The information most valuable to me comes from those who share their actual experience with products that I am interested in, but have not heard in my system.
The audio community is a diverse one, with many opinions, ideas and perspectives. Many of them differ from mine, and that is fine. Those who disagree with me are free to make posts and start threads about whatever they choose. This doesn’t bother me, I am free to choose what I read, and what I don’t.
What does rile me up up is deliberate attempts to deny me (and others) access to the information that I value. There are some here who repeatedly seek to disrupt, sidetrack, derail, and shut down conversations about topics and products that trigger them. They do not contribute any useful information or experience to the discussion, and make disparaging comments about things they have zero experience with. They are bullies who mock, ridicule and provoke those who use, make and sell certain products. They seek to stifle any discussions about, and especially positive opinions of, the products and people they clearly have a vendetta against.
They can start their own threads, and talk about what a fool I am all day long, I don’t care. Their deliberate and repeated attempts to deny myself and others access to the information we value, however, are intolerable.
Showing 12 responses by thyname
OP @tommylion : it looks like your thread went sideways, attracting exactly the people you were referring to. They immediately flocked to this thread. The usual snake oil screechers, and general purpose mentally unstable derranged psychopaths & internet trolls. And this:
From the snarkiest of them all, from the dude proudly and defyingly displaying lamp cord as speaker wire on his GoodWill® Pro MKIII speakers on the very profile picture --- That is their ultimate goal. Burn it to the ground. I can assure you it was not a typo. It was deliberate, in a snarky way.
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This is very funny! That does not prevent you one bit from posting non-stop for things you never heard.
Are you sure? Please define "factual post". Does sharing one’s experience of owning and using a product count? Also, nobody is here to convince you or anybody on anything. I for one couldn’t care less about convincing you.
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Nothing wrong. It does the job. What is wrong is going after the people who post about their experience with something more than a lamp cord, only to get ridiculed by you know who, the very lamp cord crowd, and be called stupid, gullible, audiophools, a "fool and his money departed" etc. etc.
I do not have to show it to you. I can only post my experiences for ME. You figure it out for yourself, or don’t, and keep posting why it does not work, cannot possible work. You see, this is a hobbyist forum, people share their experiences, their own experiences. Freely. With no fear of being ridiculed. They don’t have to prove anything to YOU.
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It is not. Pretty sure. And you call "ridiculed" me calling you Dow Jones? I did not realize that. I thought you liked it. Remember when we discussed the stock market and the Dow Jones Industrials going through the roof? If you were offended, I won't call you that again. And I apologize (unless you like it?)
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@ozzy :
Only if both following conditions are met for said product: 1) You have measurements as well as blind test results certified by a third party to back up your experience. Otherwise you are just hallucinating (placebo, gullibility, and such) or outright shilling 2) It’s very cheap. Preferably free. Otherwise, you are a phool to pay so much money for something other than something else that can measure just as good and is much cheaper. Only then you can share any experiences. 😜😬 You know: nobody is interested in your experiences. I request and demand PROOF! 😫🙄😡😤🤬😠😖
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I fully agree with this. There was a dude not a long time ago who literally came back with a dozen usernames. A few times the same day the previous username was banned. Ridiculous
Another feature I would like to see added is to be able to block a user. So that they would be unable to see my posts, and me unable to see their posts. Facebook has this, and many other sites.
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@jji666 :
Spot on! How did you figure this out? My favorite Maiden track since I was a teenager many years ago:
Edit: I just noticed your username. 666. I should have thought about this, and how you guessed "thyname" handle 😀 |
@t_ramey : +1 |