Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?

If posters knew they would be known by name and later meet the people they exchange with online, they would be more polite. Internet fora allow anonymity and the illusion of no consequences. For people of questionable character and poor impulse control, online life is their license to behave badly without consequence. For them, the categorical imperative has no meaning, nor does the notion of action and consequence.

This is an interesting read. In a way, it parallels the society we live in. People hiding behind screens, disagreements quickly becoming hostile or just feeling you have a sense of superiority or entitlement because you have been a member of a forum for an extended period of time. Unfortunately, like every day life, the people that need to read this thread don’t believe it pertains to them or believe it’s off topic and don’t care. In many cases, they have a low social IQ. The first time I posted a comment on the forum I was greeted by someone who was “protecting” the integrity of the forum. Since I recently rejoined the forum after a break with a new user name, he thought I didn’t have the right to comment on a thread regarding DACs for consideration. Since I owned the DAC, I recommended it for consideration. A pretty basic post. The “protector” assumed I was some sort of Russian bot trying to sell something. These type of people lurk around every forum. I’ve just learned to filter out all the noise. 

@thecarpathian said it perfectly … sadly it makes these forums tiresome

“Those of us who buy things - and want feedback from others who own similar equipment - are at a loss to find fellow users in all the bullshit of "power conditioners dont work"  "cables are a waste of money" bullshit form those who have never owned these things.”

What about the ones who have owned them? 

I think the Hoffman forums cater to what you are looking for in likeminded audiophiles 

@uberk exactly.  Man I would rather not deal with the cable naysayers and equipment don’t make a difference crowd.  I literally upgraded my power supply to my streamer and the difference is a big jump.  I would rather talk about that without people jumping in with no experience babbling on about nothing saying I can’t hear a difference when I’m sitting in my house with my system hearing a difference.