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Why is abusive, negative content allowed?

There’s a certain member here, I think we all know who I am talking about, who continues to be little everyone else here with their rude and condescending remarks.  He continually tries to insult and creat strife and division.  It is not healthy for productive conversations or for the site.  
Why will the moderators allow this poison to ruin the site?  They are turning people off from coming here and trying to start positive, useful content.

It’s a cancer that should be removed otherwise it’s going to have detrimental effects on this site.  Is that so hard to understand for the moderators?


Tammy is so incredibly helpful but I don’t understand why this negative behavior is allowed to continue and fester...


b_limo
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gdnrbob
4,491 posts
 
Funny, but the person who I believe is the source of the OP's distaste seems to be oddly absent from this thread-considering he has chimed in on almost every new thread on Audiogon.
Perhaps his ears are burning...😈
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daveyf
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IME, this site seems refreshingly free of moderators and site owners who have an agenda. On another site, one that is frequented by a'philes, the owners and the mods have a favorite poster. This guy can throw any ad hominem at anybody with complete immunity. The same cannot be said for any other member. After awhile, I became aware that the site owners were receiving two things from this member..1) severely discounted prices on gear that they wanted and that he represented and 2) potentially more 'eye balls' on their site, as the 'ad hominem' attacks began to be noticed by others who posted in response to some of the rubbish that was allowed to escape moderation....
The site I am referring to has now sunk into a rather pathetic place, one that I have no further interest in contributing to.
oldhvymec
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I agree with many things you said; many valid points!  I agree that if you don’t like a post, don’t read it and move on.  The problem is when the individual posts on your thread, insulting you and everyone else, and derailing a constructive thread.

  If I don’t get banned from Audiogon (which I hope I don’t) I will move forward in a different way and do my best not to get wrapped up in all the negativity.

One thing for sure, words matter.  I know where your coming from, 100%
I've read some post that make me want to just, EXPLODE. Being polite and aware of others is an issue that just can't be understood by some.
Some folks have no empathy for others.  Sad but true.. They choose to be that way, whether, self induced, self imposed or just  to Fuc%ing stupid to care. I've read many brash comments by different individuals.
They just weren't taught or CHOOSE to be rude...

I'm an old mechanic, my job was to fix things...I would be cussed out for the machine being broke, and asked what took so long to get from CA to TX.  I would walk up on a site and hear everything, but the truth as to what's wrong, how it happened, how to fix it, how long it should take, Why didn't you bring the part? Full of answers, but a few, just a few good questions, went a long way... to get some good "how to fix it" data.

Get my point, some folks know everything... Just have to weed through the BS, and tell them when their a broken record, LOL or at least a BIG scratch, so to speak...

"Banned"  I don't think so...Agon is getting better. Best to hear it ALL and decide for yourself. Censorship and post deletion are never a good solution... EVER....

Thanks be it, your not that way....A better person for it too.. Ay..?

Better and Better every day....

Regards


david12
1,454 posts
 

Trolling is utterly pointless and I think it is too much to expect the moderators to jump in all the time to stop it. Rarely, I have had some very critical posts about me and it is unpleasant, but we are all big girls and boys, so suck it up.

It is a good idea if other people on the thread, who haven't
been trolled, tell the poster to put a sock in it, or get off the thread. Everyone has a right to be wrong headed, I am sure I am most of the time.

There was a great notice up in Richer Sounds, a budget UK electronics company, which said.

" The customer is always right, even when he is wrong, the customer is always right."

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