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why do so many discussions turn contentious?

just venting....why do so many discussion posts need to turn  contenious and nasty?  do you guys find that constructive and/or enjoyable?  I have no clue who or how this forum is moderated, but I sure would love to see a stop to that...it makes me feel like this hobby is dominated by total jerks.

Can't we play nice, share OPINIONS and OBSERVATIONS, realizing that  they often are subjective and biased.  
"if you dont have anything nice to say, say nothing"?  If you wish to disagree, do it in a constructive and mature fashion, no need for "argument ad hominem"...

with all the chaff, one must waste so much time finding the wheat, figuratively speaking.  

I doubt my writing this will change anything, but, like most social media, people writing to others without facing them does not bring out the best, sadly......



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the other, rather interesting (if not unexpected) consequence of this thread is that the worst offenders are in effect ’self identifying’ right here...

some great advice has been given here, the best of which is simply ’ignore the trolls’ -- what they seek, sadly, is to call attention to themselves and get a rise...

@danager

Here is a person who understands the hobby and has direct knowledge about the questions that I’m interested in. Where else can someone get that hands on experience regarding HIFI regarding my specific questions and maybe if I haven’t alienated him be able to provide even more detail upon request.

ha ha i didn’t take earlier your comment as offensive, just in jest... as you may know, we have a bad drought here in california, my lawn is mostly pebbles and gravel at this point, so one day, i may come sit on yours and have a cold one to enjoy ... 😄😄

happy to answer any additional q’s you may have the dacs, i just asked you to search out my prior posts on the topic so i wouldn’t need to repeat that info, which i took some time and care to write - feel free to pm me

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+1 jjss49

pauly
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" Honestly @arcticdeth are you suggesting that we embrace a platform of obnoxious,"

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I don't think that's what arctic is saying. Speaking under correction, I think he was responding to the post prior to his.
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There are many really great threads going on right now that it does give me hope.  The discussion on SUTs with @jcarr participating and even the interestingly helpful thread that's been evolving on Tektons (as the discussion has focused on speaker loads and the interaction with amps).  These discussions have been nearly devoid of animosity over the past couple of days and I'm hopeful that perhaps we are on a better trajectory of mutual comradery and friendliness.  Perhaps we are emerging from the Dark Ages?....which did take centuries ;-)
johnto
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Too many think they know it all and insist their equipment is the best, interjecting it into every conversation and everyone should follow, if that were the case we would only have one company making amps, speakers and other audio products.
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