Introspective of this forum: "Does the Audiophile Community Have a Promlem?" I Say yes!!!

@mahgister : don't mind this guy. It's the same dude with multiple previous banned usernames. He is posting with the username he specifically created to harass me, as it sounds like his "cindy" username may have banned again. Avoid / ignore. Don't engage. It can get a lot worse / uglier 

Great post!

I concur with my friend the mechanic who could repair Santa Claus sleigh better than me...

I consider moderation here almost perfectly well done betwwen freedom fine line and censorship...

I wish to my friend and to the moderators here the best Christmas ever....

How many moderators do you think AG has? Volunteers? This isn't a church social club it's a business. I'm pretty sure they have a VERY small staff. 1-3 moderators at the most and they wear their hats 15 more ways. I can tell when a different moderator is in the drivers seat for sure.. Like the weekends. I got hammered by the mods.. I probably deserved it.. LOL

If you don’t like the forum LEAVE! For the most part we are music lovers looking for opinions and help on music systems. Yes like everything in todays world the forum has been infected with trolls who serve no purpose on the site or in life. Rule number one is do not acknowledge them or engage with them. That is what they want. When no one confirms their existence they will move on to a forum that will. Yes there will always be more coming but I am sure just like know we all know who they are and just skip over their post (@jasonborne).

You are right! i am less wise than you indeed...

I wish you the best Christmast ever...

Thanks....

@mahgister : don't mind this guy. It's the same dude with multiple previous banned usernames. He is posting with the username he specifically created to harass me, as it sounds like his "cindy" username may have banned again. Avoid / ignore. Don't engage. It can get a lot worse / uglier 

From the ancient Stoics:

For Marcus Aurelius, becoming powerful was not a measure of success. Neither was defeating invading tribes, or even becoming a philosophical genius.

To him, the criteria for success were simple: displaying good character and doing good works. The fruit of this life, the fruit of the study of philosophy, he said, was just that: “good character and acts for the common good.”

This is a wonderful mantra worth repeating to ourselves always. It’s so easy to get distracted by other things, by other definitions of success. We see other people getting recognition and we want it. We see them making money and suddenly what we have is not enough. We see them getting away with things and think, maybe we should try that too.

Oh, how this leads us astray! Making money, getting recognition, getting away with things? These require things outside your control to go right. And even when they do, they still won’t matter.

What matters, always, is whether we’re cultivating our character. What matters is whether, by our actions, we are part of the solution rather than part of the problem. Are we helping, contributing, being a positive difference maker, even if only in the tiniest way?

Good character and good deeds.  Those are up to you, always. And you can do it right, right now. We all can, always.

Regards,

barts