Great thread. I believe, as a whole, that society has lost a level of common civility...that simply being nice to one another is just not that important anymore. And that’s a shame.
My big beef with the forum is that there are many people who take themselves/this hobby way to seriously. A great example is any thread having to deal with MQA. While there are many of us here who are simply enjoying what amounts to a feature on our Tidal subscription, there are many who will turn that into a behavior that will cause musicians/artists to go bankrupt, cause record companies to line their vaults with cash, allowing them to lock the “crown jewels” in said vaults, cause the death of FLAC & other formats, etc., etc., etc...and that all this must reflect in someway on my character in general, because if I’m ok with the above, I must be ok with cheating on the SAT, cutting in the TSA line & killing stray puppies! (I condone NONE of these behaviors, for the record...)
I guess my point is to reinforce what others here have said: it’s ok & natural to disagree...we are, afterall, expressing our opinions. But if you disagree, limit it to the discussion at hand, don’t attack someone’s individual character. I’m pretty certain that enjoying music however you may is the real point to all this, and not stressing about how someone else is enjoying there music...
Just my $0.02 worth. Be nice to someone today, please...
Arvin
My big beef with the forum is that there are many people who take themselves/this hobby way to seriously. A great example is any thread having to deal with MQA. While there are many of us here who are simply enjoying what amounts to a feature on our Tidal subscription, there are many who will turn that into a behavior that will cause musicians/artists to go bankrupt, cause record companies to line their vaults with cash, allowing them to lock the “crown jewels” in said vaults, cause the death of FLAC & other formats, etc., etc., etc...and that all this must reflect in someway on my character in general, because if I’m ok with the above, I must be ok with cheating on the SAT, cutting in the TSA line & killing stray puppies! (I condone NONE of these behaviors, for the record...)
I guess my point is to reinforce what others here have said: it’s ok & natural to disagree...we are, afterall, expressing our opinions. But if you disagree, limit it to the discussion at hand, don’t attack someone’s individual character. I’m pretty certain that enjoying music however you may is the real point to all this, and not stressing about how someone else is enjoying there music...
Just my $0.02 worth. Be nice to someone today, please...
Arvin