Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2019 21:50:55 GMT
Do some take it all too seriously? And if so, is because it's an extension of their ego?
When I was younger I was pretty committed. Really enthusiastic. I did take it pretty seriously. But - and it's a big But - apart from one experience with trying to help a mate, there wasn't anything of a negative nature to it. Forums didn't exist of course then of course. You just did you're own thing and that was it. Maybe share your interest with a mate.
Different these days with social media. There's both positive and negative aspects. On the positive side you can get help from others with knowledge greater than your own. Possibility of snapping up a bargain from someone, as I did with my Audioromy amp recently. Form friendships with like-minded individuals. Equally on the negative side, you can have being somewhat less than free to express opinions. Encountering the willy-waver individual. Individuals that take a jaundiced view of you when you say something they don't like. It can be a queer old world out there in forum land. I suppose one simply has to take the positive aspects which suits you best and just avoid the negative ones as best you can.
One sort of interesting aspect (can be) is the nature of postings of some individuals. I suppose all human life is here would cover it. And it would be somewhat boring if everyone posted in the same way, I suppose. It's here though that some can seem to take it all oh so very seriously. Sometimes I do fast forward them on 20 years and wonder if they might still be posting in the same fashion. Hopefully not.
But enough of my waffle.
When I was younger I was pretty committed. Really enthusiastic. I did take it pretty seriously. But - and it's a big But - apart from one experience with trying to help a mate, there wasn't anything of a negative nature to it. Forums didn't exist of course then of course. You just did you're own thing and that was it. Maybe share your interest with a mate.
Different these days with social media. There's both positive and negative aspects. On the positive side you can get help from others with knowledge greater than your own. Possibility of snapping up a bargain from someone, as I did with my Audioromy amp recently. Form friendships with like-minded individuals. Equally on the negative side, you can have being somewhat less than free to express opinions. Encountering the willy-waver individual. Individuals that take a jaundiced view of you when you say something they don't like. It can be a queer old world out there in forum land. I suppose one simply has to take the positive aspects which suits you best and just avoid the negative ones as best you can.
One sort of interesting aspect (can be) is the nature of postings of some individuals. I suppose all human life is here would cover it. And it would be somewhat boring if everyone posted in the same way, I suppose. It's here though that some can seem to take it all oh so very seriously. Sometimes I do fast forward them on 20 years and wonder if they might still be posting in the same fashion. Hopefully not.
But enough of my waffle.
