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Where have the long-time regulars gone?

With the holiday season here, I find myself thinking about friends and acquaintances, as well as the good people I have met here on Audiogon. Next month will mark the start of my fourth year of participation on Audiogon, so it is with regret that I note how many of the long-time "regulars" who began this forum are no longer making posts (at least not with any regularity).

I miss the spirited exchange and occasionally sharp differences of opinion that were aired here (although I don't miss the nastiness that sometimes crept into some posts). I always enjoyed and/or learned from the posts by folks such as Albertporter, Cornfedboy , Garfish, Bob Bundus, Tireguy, Trelja, Sc53, and others, and the forum section is the poorer for their absence.

So, I pose a 2-part question: where have the long-time regulars gone, and what will it take for them to return so that this forum section regains its vitality of old?
sdcampbell
unsound
6,115 posts
 
Asa, could you dumb it down for me? I'm not a lawyer or fluent in Latin. "Nunc pro tunc culpabiltiy"? My chafed response was due to the rejection of a question. I can understand a liableous statement, but not an open ended question. Was it just an effort to prempt the answer? Am I really that naive to believe that Audiogon would be cleany free from legal obligation under the concepts of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Are these rights only available to those who can afford to buy and maintain them?
I find the whole thing truly disturbing.
asa
626 posts
 
What question was rejected? I am not aware of this, so you will have to help and be more specific.

Yes, the law is for sale, as a tacit dynamic. Its an aristocratic transient oligarchy run as an imperialistic capitalist empire; socio-economic status significantly effects outcome. I thought everyone knew that...You see no latin up my sleeve, so percieved.

Nunc pro tunc means retroactive effectiveness, in this context, retroactive responsibility.
subaruguru
1,353 posts
 
After the several incredibly vulgar, threatening personal emails my family received after a minor technical disagreement with Carl I stayed away from Agon until the coast was clear. It was no fun to have my 14yr old daughter open said emails before I could delete them. Phew....
Yet Audiogons censors seem overly active when manufacturers are fairly criticized. For example, they closed an important thread re Electrocompaniet just when their goodwill gesture was coming in to vindicate them! Now THAT's shortsighted, eh?
I've now become somewhat active around here, and hope I'm not seen as one of the boring newcomers. Life's too short, and believe me, there aren't too many places to go and vent when my system just doesn't sound right, or when cruel naive visitors laugh at the funny cables (SPM and my bright red DIY PCs) swim across the floor. Good night folks.
psychicanimal
1,738 posts
 
Yet Audiogons censors seem overly active when manufacturers are fairly criticized. For example, they closed an important thread re Electrocompaniet just when their goodwill gesture was coming in to vindicate them! Now THAT's shortsighted, eh?

The Voodoo at work!
unsound
6,115 posts
 
Asa, I tried to answer your question, but they did it again.
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