A Forum Membership Fee

[boputnam]

Geez! I was thinking ten...

OK.

10 it is...

[kingjames]

I think this thread would have been a lot shorter had it taken the PM route for the individuals involved because now we are all wondering exactly what the hell is going on.

[scott fitlin]

"coprophagous"

Now theres a $50.00 word!

Got your Merriam Webster out, do ya?

[4313B]

now we are all wondering exactly what the hell is going on.

Seriously? Just forum spamming and increasing post count. Nothing much else.

Now theres a $50.00 word!

Got your Merriam Webster out, do ya?

I actually learned it here Scott!
It wasn't in any spelling bee I was ever a part of.

[Thom]

I've been away to long to understand the problem you are attempting to fix although I can speak from experience about how easy it is to get distracted from donating. What has gone on that every body wants to be exclusionary all of a sudden? Also is it now assumed that within the current group lays all there is to know about JBL speakers and history? I haven't been around, so maybe there really ts a problem that needs this drastic of a change but I really think going from free to paid membership or any other exclusionary rule is a major change, will change the fell of this thing and probably deprive some of us who don't quite know everything yet of some valuable info. Yes it will deprive us of tons of nonsense also. Some of these posts look like there is more than just a bit of anger behind them. I read the whole thread but I didn't catch the event that started all of this rolling. Would like to know more. Have missed being here but have been working 60 to 75 hrs and it hasn't been practical.

[4313B]

I've been away to long to understand the problem you are attempting to fix

Weening off the now defunct OT forum...
It got canned so we started a half dozen new threads in this Feedback Forum to compensate.

I read the whole thread

Oh geez! I never do that unless Don McRitchie starts the thread. Skim dude, speed read.

[scott fitlin]

I actually learned it here Scott!
It wasn't in any spelling bee I was ever a part of.

Excellent.

And, in actuality, it does describe quite well, much of what goes on here.

Carry on, mate!

[hjames]

What "75% off-topic threads of 200 posts" need are judicious editing. Someone who would go through the thread and delete the extraneous posts, edit a few others to maintain continuity, and still keep the main concept prevalent in the thread. Not just a moderator, but a topic editor -
knowledgable about the subject, no ax to grind, yet the ability to steer a thread back on topic and trim the chaff. Maybe a second set of mods with lesser powers - dedicated to specific areas of the site.

Just the way I see it - maybe not what's wanted - but I'm not sure how else to approach it

Hello Zilch

The Valencia thread is a half a dozen guys having fun and enjoying the hobby. It’s fine for the moments in time but when it’s done how do you get the useful information out of it without slogging through the whole thread?? Do an index like the QD 4430 thread???

That would work but how about trying to keep it shorter more on topic and concise from the get go???

I was trying to come up with a definition of Bloging that would work on the site. All DIY threads are subject to what can be abrupt changes in direction and content depending on what works. You could start one with a defined driver set and end up with a different set at the end. That’s just the nature of the beast.

One way to keep them more concise is not to post the day by day details of the whole process. We don’t need a daily diary of the project.

Daily posting like that for all intents and purposes is a blog. Running the same thread on 2 forums with links back to here??? Daily updates??? All the links to you own posts between the Forums???

When you post like that you have the usual daily comments and before you know it , it’s a 200 post thread with 75% dead content. What's important is what works. Can we just keep the threads more concise. If it takes a day or a couple of days to work something out we don’t need to see every stage of the work up to the solution on a daily basis. If you feel it’s important to post the "How you got there", do it in a single post with the solution. That way we end up with shorter easier to read and search threads.

You are saying that it's all in one thread??? More like 2 seperate threads on 2 seperate forums. Are you going to add a summary there as well or link to the summary here when your done???



Rob

[Zilch]

I actually learned it here Scott!
It wasn't in any spelling bee I was ever a part of.

[4313B]

You're a good egg Zilch.
You most assuredly piss me the hell off, and you know it; And perhaps like it.
A wee bit eccentric and decidely weird but whatever.

Now that that's out of the way have a nice evening.

[boputnam]

...have a nice evening.

What a great place to meet new friends!!

[Zilch]

[sourceoneaudio]

Now theres a $50.00 word!

Got your Merriam Webster out, do ya?

On Topic: I could not resist.

Main Entry: co·proph·a·gous
Pronunciation: k&-'prä-f&-g&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek koprophagos, from kopr- + -phagos -phagous
: feeding on dung
- co·proph·a·gy

coprophagy
eating of dung, or feces, considered abnormal among human beings but apparently instinctive among certain members of the order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) and in at least one leaf-eating primate ..


J/S-S1A You guys kill me!!!!!!!!!

[sourceoneaudio]

What a great place to meet new friends!!

O.T.
The question is, how much fun would we all have meeting in person?

Jeff
J/S-S1A

[scott fitlin]

On Topic: I could not resist.

Main Entry: co·proph·a·gous
Pronunciation: k&-'prä-f&-g&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek koprophagos, from kopr- + -phagos -phagous
: feeding on dung
- co·proph·a·gy

coprophagy
eating of dung, or feces, considered abnormal among human beings but apparently instinctive among certain members of the order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) and in at least one leaf-eating primate ..


J/S-S1A You guys kill me!!!!!!!!!

Ah, gotta love Google!