I believe that a bit of diplomacy would be a useful ingredient. Posters with low knowledge on a topic can be brought along. I agree that its a balance. Plus some tolerance of differing subjective views on product appearance, enormous differences in price-sensitivity, and what are, in effect, lifestyle decisions would help a lot. Not everyone here is chasing the SOTA.
Who? Me?That said, we have quite a few ankle biters who seem to relish pushing buttons in ways that may be less than helpful. Those members can cause more grief than the occasional troll to be honest...
Oh I'm definitely not a fan of the "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge" mindset.Or, they aren't used to debating people with actual knowledge on a subject, as opposed to information based primarily on sales propaganda.
I don't think many newcomers realize the level of expertise represented by the members of this forum, and can't handle the deep end as well as they had hoped.
It's a balancing act as moderator...and we definitely rely on the membership to keep it from getting out of hand.
It’s been worse at points, but never that bad even when things have been at their spiciest. It’s normally just a bit of idiotic trolling or someone having a hissy fit because someone laughs when they say they can hear a dac with an snr of 130 db.I have noticed an increase in combative and insulting posts on ASR over the last couple of months--mostly, but not always, by new members. The posters definitely have not seemed to heed the message at the top of every forum page to Come here to have fun, be ready to be teased and not take online life too seriously. For those of you that have been here longer than I have, is this normal, or is it truly getting worse? I have been a member and sometimes moderator on a lot of Internet forums on many different subjects over the last 25 years. This behavior is not at all uncommon--except here. I have seen it destroy other sites by driving off the posters that had genuine knowledge to share. One thing I really like about this site is that the members generally do a very good job of leveling their disagreements at ideas, not at people, and are usually open minded and ready to learn. Is the site's popularity starting to attract a different kind of poster, or have these types always come, flamed out, and then slunk away? Or am I just reading the site more and seeing posts I might would have missed in the past?
Note to moderators: If this is the wrong forum for this, please move it. If it is unacceptable for any reason, please delete it.
I'm all for freedom to discuss opinion' but lately there has been a proliferation of "opinion threads" on subjects that aren't related to ASR and audio related things and it's getting a bit tedious to see those threads get attention.It's worse lately. The EV thread isn't helping any.
I should add, there is correlation to seeing trolls drop in whenever there is an expensive headphone or an expensive audio gear reviewed at ASR.I've noticed a slightly increasing number of trollish posts over the past year. As others have stated, this is expected given the increase in traffic. It's nothing to be concerned about in my opinion as most trolls only drop in to get a rise before moving on to spread discord elsewhere.
Also when a test results in a bad review. That seems to annoy some peeps.I should add, there is correlation to seeing trolls drop in whenever there is an expensive headphone or an expensive audio gear reviewed at ASR.
Help me out with this one of you will.Amir must really be raking in the advertising dollars.
Oh, wait...
I'm all for freedom to discuss opinion' but lately there has been a proliferation of "opinion threads" on subjects that aren't related to ASR and audio related things and it's getting a bit tedious to see those threads get attention.
EV?It's worse lately. The EV thread isn't helping any.
Help me out with this one of you will.
This forum runs on donations and Amir' personal investment in ASR, he reaps no monetary gain from it.Help me out with this one of you will.
Hehe. My first few minutes on ASR I was gabbing on about a Ruby DIN phono cable that I converted to RCA and found it to have sharper sounding top end. The only cable I ever found to sound different. Peeps where firm but decent about it.I've been attacked myself early on for saying that I conducted subjective tests