Clique Bait

[One Brow]

Uh oh, a @One Brow endorsement. Now you are completely screwed. No way the cool kids will like you now.

I could never stand the supposed cool kids. I hung out with the supposed weirdos; they were a lot more interesting.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

The general discussion forum has become A LOT more user friendly. I say that as someone who might be a bit cliquey and I'll say "aggressive" towards posters I don't agree with, but there was a small group of posters who worked as nothing short of agitators who worked to irritate and increase hostility and they have mostly been dealt with while not just banning them forever outright. I think the mod team has done a really good job on that. Maybe it's just a matter of moving the attention to the Jazz forum, which means that posts have to be reported if they violate the community guidelines.

Really hadn’t noticed you to be like that Gameface. I mean the fact that you took the time to comment here tells me that you’re a people person. I guess my biggest gripe with this whole social media thing is it often becomes more of a popularity contest than an actual platform for the exchange of ideas. I mean I kind of detest these threads where some Kingpin declares that player x is our problem then everyone goes out of their way to agree with him. And then that attitude and venom carries over to other threads and so it becomes cool to hate said player. Lynch mob mentality basically.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

I want to join in with those saying that, to the degree there are cliques, I would consider you a part of whichever clique was near the top.

A man after my own heart. Actually, as a kid my family moved every two years on average and then I started to like being a lone wolf.

 

[Gameface]

Really hadn’t noticed you to be like that Gameface. I mean the fact that you took the time to comment here tells me that you’re a people person. I guess my biggest gripe with this whole social media thing is it often becomes more of a popularity contest than an actual platform for the exchange of ideas. I mean I kind of detest these threads where some Kingpin declares that player x is our problem then everyone goes out of their way to agree with him. And then that attitude and venom carries over to other threads and so it becomes cool to hate said player. Lynch mob mentality basically.

Oh IRL I'm downright shy.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

Oh IRL I'm downright shy.

Introverts are introspective which I think is the right place to start. I don’t know but I’m much like you in that respect. Some of my best moments are spent alone with my guitar. My wife doesn’t understand.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

Okay so I think I got this thing figured out. I’ve been on the wrong side all this time. This is where folks can actually be themselves. This is actually the first thread I think I’ve started all year that had any traction.

Anyway probably just a case of the Holiday blues. Thanks for weighing in cause honestly, I’ve always regarded you guys as heavyweights around here! And please understand that if I ever disagree with you, it’s just my way, and I respect you and your reasoning capabilities that much. Doesn’t mean I don’t like you.

 

[Hekate]

Introverts are introspective which I think is the right place to start. I don’t know but I’m much like you in that respect. Some of my best moments are spent alone with my guitar. My wife doesn’t understand.

It's a weird contrast with my gf. I look downright sullen in social situations watching her get more and more energetic and when she has to spend some time alone, she always asks me how I don't get bored.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

It's a weird contrast with my gf. I look downright sullen in social situations watching her get more and more energetic and when she has to spend some time alone, she always asks me how I don't get bored.

Yep sounds a lot like my wife in that respect.

 

[One Brow]

And please understand that if I ever disagree with you, it’s just my way, and I respect you and your reasoning capabilities that much. Doesn’t mean I don’t like you.

I learn much more from reasoned disagreement, so I try to encourage it.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

It's a weird contrast with my gf. I look downright sullen in social situations watching her get more and more energetic and when she has to spend some time alone, she always asks me how I don't get bored.

I think it comes down to personality. I am perfectly content to be alone and at times prefer it to medium to large numbers of people around me. Strangely enough I can feel more alone in a crowded room than in a room with one other person. I do better in small groups or one on one situations... or even on my own. Maybe it is that I can appreciate some quiet solitude and introspection, and flourish.
Other people I know flourish in a crowd or with attention. I guess they get nutrients from attention and interaction while I don't. I guess I do care what a few people think, but for the most part I just don't care what others think of me so I don't seek them out.
I do think both and/or all personalities need at least one person to fundamentally hear them, understand them, acknowledge their view, and ultimately accept them flaws and all.
We just get there different ways. Some are snipers while others use a shotgun.

@Release the Kraken
Lately I think I'm a semi active mod that logs in mostly to chime in on moderator duties, and every once in a while check the Jazz forum and read the Jazz Avenues thread.
If I don't seek out and find posts that need reported it's because I don't intentionally go to the general forum now. I do agree that it tends to be more argumentative and verbally violent than real discussion. People tend to want to be right rather than discuss and/or understand.
I will every few years indulge myself in a little back and forth when I'm bored it seems, but nothing really comes of it.

Log is right, sometimes a break is what we need. We can't take ourselves too seriously here, but at the same time we can't take anyone else too seriously here.
When people are really dealing with stuff and allow themselves to share, its really nice to see how many of these same posters show some real class and genuinely care about the other posters.
I think it's those times that keep people coming despite the waves of idiocy we see here from time to time.
Stick around Mr Kraken.

 

[Gameface]

I think it comes down to personality. I am perfectly content to be alone and at times prefer it to medium to large numbers of people around me. Strangely enough I can feel more alone in a crowded room than in a room with one other person. I do better in small groups or one on one situations... or even on my own. Maybe it is that I can appreciate some quiet solitude and introspection, and flourish.
Other people I know flourish in a crowd or with attention. I guess they get nutrients from attention and interaction while I don't. I guess I do care what a few people think, but for the most part I just don't care what others think of me so I don't seek them out.
I do think both and/or all personalities need at least one person to fundamentally hear them, understand them, acknowledge their view, and ultimately accept them flaws and all.
We just get there different ways. Some are snipers while others use a shotgun.

@Release the Kraken
Lately I think I'm a semi active mod that logs in mostly to chime in on moderator duties, and every once in a while check the Jazz forum and read the Jazz Avenues thread.
If I don't seek out and find posts that need reported it's because I don't intentionally go to the general forum now. I do agree that it tends to be more argumentative and verbally violent than real discussion. People tend to want to be right rather than discuss and/or understand.
I will every few years indulge myself in a little back and forth when I'm bored it seems, but nothing really comes of it.

Log is right, sometimes a break is what we need. We can't take ourselves too seriously here, but at the same time we can't take anyone else too seriously here.
When people are really dealing with stuff and allow themselves to share, its really nice to see how many of these same posters show some real class and genuinely care about the other posters.
I think it's those times that keep people coming despite the waves of idiocy we see here from time to time.
Stick around Mr Kraken.

I do miss you in the general forum. We disagreed fairly often but I always considered you someone that helped me understand the disagreement more than just someone who wanted to spar over politics.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

I learn much more from reasoned disagreement, so I try to encourage it.

Unfortunately most folks don’t look at it like that I’ve discovered. What a world it might be if multinational corporations or governments considered the greater good and the Socratic method ahead of individual profits.