whatsbestforum - what's going on

The sideways bend this thread took into non resolving snake oil and  psycho acoustic whatever illustrates the difference in the culture of the two cites. I enjoy and learn from both. Fewer personal insults or endlessly redundant posts on WBF and more focus on more expensive gear. But people can post what they want, or at least what the moderators allow, so all good. I'll admit though, that I don't understand the need to post messages completely unrelated to the topic of the thread-you could always start a new thread-but each to their own, its an internet forum. As Lincoln said, the world will little note nor long remember what we say here. Except for the part about cables.

Glad the login issues were resolved. 

All, so we do not take up more space on AudioGon, we will be implementing a new system (along with an appropriate email address) to contact the WBF, for cases that have been outlined in this thread. 

Spammers have made it into a professional business to constantly learn new techniques to infiltrate all forums on the internet, and we try our best to thwart them at every level. But apparently, this has caused unintended issues. Expect to see an announcement on the WBF as soon as the new contact information is made public and implemented. We are currently working on getting this right and we also apologize for any inconvenience this has caused members that would like to join the What's Best Forum. 

Stay tuned and hang loose. In the meantime, feel free to reach out to me here via PM if you are having any issues. Thanks for your patience in this matter. 

Also, many thanks to the team at AudioGon for allowing us to right the ship on your forum. That is also much appreciated. 

Tom

“That is not the case and it is an incorrect assumption, @jwillox 

The WBF is not a typical money hungry site (at all)and we would never do something like that. This all has to do with spammers and keeping them from infiltrating the site. Nothing more, nothing less.”

Thank you for the follow-up 👍

Treitz3 — “The use of VPN’s and multiple accounts when registering will result in an instant and automatic ban”.

As a 30-yr tech industry veteran, all I can say is what a great idea….lets vilify VPN’s (one of today’s most basic and necessary privacy/security tools that not enough people use)…let’s force people to forego their primary privacy/security tools because we’re so bad at security management.    Let’s make it ILLEGAL to use that tool on our little audio platform.   Hire a different IT Director than whoever you have today and get with the 21st century.   Jeezus, just utterly ridiculous.

If you want to remain private, you can remain a guest. It’s as simple as that.

Tom