Big Poppa
Well-known member
Hey Knuckleheads!
THought I would fire off a thread with some random thoughts and things Ive been wanting to talk about. This isnt really a discussion but an opportunity for me to vent!
The collection of people here is amazing. We help each other out and are involved in others lives way beyond guitars and basses. Our forum is still growing and like many things there are going to be things that you liked when it was tiny and some things that you dont like as well that come with growth. Aybody can say what they want but the fact is that we are growing at a very rapid pace. There are more comments about us both positive and negative because we are making an impact.
I love this place. Sometimes it gets sticky....sometimes testy...sometimes people mistake familiarity with the concept of entitlement. But bottom line what a great collection of wacko's!
Hijacking
I am comcerned with hijacking. It is really out of control, especially with the very frequent posters...Im not naming names but how many threads have started with one thing and eneded uptalking about Albert Lee's or bfrs..... I am guilty too but my sugestion is to make sure that we show the original poster the respect he or she deserves.
What others say......
The frequent knock on us at other forums is that we are Fanboys and cannot accept critisism. The Fanboy part is just cliche and stupid. They are Fanboys where ever you are. Tell me that you spend time on forums that you are not fans of....Fanboy is the epitome of redundancy.... Its like "Mammal" Homosapien!
The criticism part is partly correct. Just this morning there was someone with less than 10 posts that chose to start a thread about the 20th being ugly. Normally this would have gone straight into the dumper but it didnt. Usually the big flames that end up in banning and closing is the oiginal posters delivery.
Look at sevenstring.org and the issue of the bfrs.....several people used that as a chance to declare our quality was in decline. It got a lot of air time. There were regulars that felt that they could express themselves more there rather than here. There was one guy who is in purgatory here so that only he can see his posts that bashed away. I asked myself to take the emotions out of it and there is a perception, how do I fix it....I came up with the BFR sticky thread and the concept that dealers could only use our photos......
Two things came out of that......The delivery wasnt very nice but there was a problem in how the BFRs were being presented leading to misconception regarding quality. I fixed that. The second was the idea that regulars felt that they would be jumped on if they talked objectively....IF people only sugarcoat and never objectively discuss our stuff here how are we going to fix a problem?
I understand part of the strong defense is a sense of your loyalists of protecting me and the company, but lets allow opinions and discussions and work towards makig this place even better.
That being said obvious trolls will not be entertained and be deleted. I also wont engage anymore.........
Fanboys and girls go forward with a healthy dose of humor and tolerance and lets continue to have a blast
THought I would fire off a thread with some random thoughts and things Ive been wanting to talk about. This isnt really a discussion but an opportunity for me to vent!
The collection of people here is amazing. We help each other out and are involved in others lives way beyond guitars and basses. Our forum is still growing and like many things there are going to be things that you liked when it was tiny and some things that you dont like as well that come with growth. Aybody can say what they want but the fact is that we are growing at a very rapid pace. There are more comments about us both positive and negative because we are making an impact.
I love this place. Sometimes it gets sticky....sometimes testy...sometimes people mistake familiarity with the concept of entitlement. But bottom line what a great collection of wacko's!
Hijacking
I am comcerned with hijacking. It is really out of control, especially with the very frequent posters...Im not naming names but how many threads have started with one thing and eneded uptalking about Albert Lee's or bfrs..... I am guilty too but my sugestion is to make sure that we show the original poster the respect he or she deserves.
What others say......
The frequent knock on us at other forums is that we are Fanboys and cannot accept critisism. The Fanboy part is just cliche and stupid. They are Fanboys where ever you are. Tell me that you spend time on forums that you are not fans of....Fanboy is the epitome of redundancy.... Its like "Mammal" Homosapien!
The criticism part is partly correct. Just this morning there was someone with less than 10 posts that chose to start a thread about the 20th being ugly. Normally this would have gone straight into the dumper but it didnt. Usually the big flames that end up in banning and closing is the oiginal posters delivery.
Look at sevenstring.org and the issue of the bfrs.....several people used that as a chance to declare our quality was in decline. It got a lot of air time. There were regulars that felt that they could express themselves more there rather than here. There was one guy who is in purgatory here so that only he can see his posts that bashed away. I asked myself to take the emotions out of it and there is a perception, how do I fix it....I came up with the BFR sticky thread and the concept that dealers could only use our photos......
Two things came out of that......The delivery wasnt very nice but there was a problem in how the BFRs were being presented leading to misconception regarding quality. I fixed that. The second was the idea that regulars felt that they would be jumped on if they talked objectively....IF people only sugarcoat and never objectively discuss our stuff here how are we going to fix a problem?
I understand part of the strong defense is a sense of your loyalists of protecting me and the company, but lets allow opinions and discussions and work towards makig this place even better.
That being said obvious trolls will not be entertained and be deleted. I also wont engage anymore.........
Fanboys and girls go forward with a healthy dose of humor and tolerance and lets continue to have a blast
