[quote name='GreeneKing' post='108131' date='Dec 22 2007, 01:48 PM']but for me the 'soul' has gone.[/quote]
I whole heartedly agree.
[quote name='thumbo' post='108139' date='Dec 22 2007, 02:07 PM']I personally don't find this forum half as friendly as it was back in the bassworld days.[/quote]
+1
[quote name='Tinman' post='108186' date='Dec 22 2007, 03:45 PM']I agree with Greeneking, this place has lost some of it's soul.
As for heavy moderation, I feel it would be a shame if it became necessary but there have been times recently, when I have felt it to be warranted.
Healthy discussion yes, vitriol for the sake of getting a reaction no.[/quote]
I think that sometimes the moderation is uneven. If you compare the "I Hate Jazz" thread with the "I Hate Jamiroquai" thread a very different tack was taken by the mods. In the first one the obvious trolling was tolerated and I felt that the negative and incendiary tone taken was [i]almost[/i] supported by the mods whereas with the latter Machines took a different approach and rightfully, I think, alerted everyone to the fact that this was in fact trolling. I think that this approach works in knocking the wind out of the sails of the antagonists.
One answer, I suppose is, ignore it and move on but we never used to have it; it's something that seems to have crept in over the last couple of months.
I don't post as much as I used to but as I've met some great people and even made some good friends and one really special one through here, I'll be sticking around for quite a while to come.
This is a horribly stressful time of the year for some of us and we should be getting away from all the crap when we log in here not spreading it around.
Happy Hannukah or Merry Christmas to all.