Bass4real Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 I'm not a fan of social media , I did join talkbass , I liked it at first , I've been playing Bass since I was 15 yrs. old , I'm 62 now , I've seen alot , done alot , been alot of places , had alot done to me , good and bad , played 1000s of shows with different bands , and like to share the good , the bad , the ugly . and the funny every word of every story I post is truth and that is the truth. Soon after I joined TALKBASS moderators started censoring some of my posts , I the first post of mine TALKBASS censored was.2 paragraphs I made up in like 15 minutes off the top of my head about an evil ( New world order) banning music, all musical instruments will be confiscated , which one of your BASSES would you try to hide and keep. a TALK B ASS moderator took the post down , censored a FICTIONAL story. REALLY ? I mean reeallllyyy. why ? I mentioned NEW WORLD ORDER, and that could cause other bass players on TALK B ASS undue stress . LOL 1 comment I posted to someones post Judging Angus Young of ( AC/DC ) having horrible teeth when he was young I commented exactly what I thought. I quote " This is a site mainly FOR BASS PLAYERS and All things BASS, NOT for making your idiotic and disrespectful comment about ANGUS YOUNGS teeth when he was much younger. TALK B ASS MODERATOR censored my reply " saying" I was TROLLING " 😂 I didn't know passing Judgement on someone else's lack of teeth on A BASS SITE was perfectly fine with TALK B ASS moderators. Well it wasn't fine with me , So I replied what I thought about his post. my reply wasn't trolling , it was truth According to a moderator , I'm a bad person and must be silenced and banned from TALK B ASS. I guess the right to say and post anything is only for the judgemental and " the I'm better than U . Thankyou TALK B ASS for banning me. BASSCHAT is so much better for a BASS PLAYER. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 After they banned BassmanPaul I thought I better leave it alone for a bit before I got the ban hammer too. B.P. is the most mild mannered gent you could hope to meet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Welcome to our humble abode...you will be made welcome here...not banned! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Their loss is our gain, I’m sure… 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass4real Posted December 15 Author Share Posted December 15 30 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said: After they banned BassmanPaul I thought I better leave it alone for a bit before I got the ban hammer too. B.P. is the most mild mannered gent you could hope to meet. 30 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said: After they banned BassmanPaul I thought I better leave it alone for a bit before I got the ban hammer too. B.P. is the most mild mannered gent you could hope to meet. TB moderators are the kind of people that have an issue with anyone or anything that doesn't care what they think about or their lack of common sense.😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 I used to have a mooch on TB mainly becasue there was a decent Spector group on there and a few guys going on the same amp/bass journey as me. Loads of real hillbillies on there though and the recent facelift totally ruined it in my opinion. Its very clunky now and I can't be bottomed with it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 I think (correct me if I'm wrong) Talkbass is American. With no disrespect intended to our US members (who, having elected to join BC, must all be sensible people with excellent taste), that might explain the worthy, censorious attitudes you encountered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDelores Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 4 hours ago, Bass4real said: I'm not a fan of social media , I did join talkbass , I liked it at first , I've been playing Bass since I was 15 yrs. old , I'm 62 now , I've seen alot , done alot , been alot of places , had alot done to me , good and bad , played 1000s of shows with different bands , and like to share the good , the bad , the ugly . and the funny every word of every story I post is truth and that is the truth. Soon after I joined TALKBASS moderators started censoring some of my posts , I the first post of mine TALKBASS censored was.2 paragraphs I made up in like 15 minutes off the top of my head about an evil ( New world order) banning music, all musical instruments will be confiscated , which one of your BASSES would you try to hide and keep. a TALK B ASS moderator took the post down , censored a FICTIONAL story. REALLY ? I mean reeallllyyy. why ? I mentioned NEW WORLD ORDER, and that could cause other bass players on TALK B ASS undue stress . LOL 1 comment I posted to someones post Judging Angus Young of ( AC/DC ) having horrible teeth when he was young I commented exactly what I thought. I quote " This is a site mainly FOR BASS PLAYERS and All things BASS, NOT for making your idiotic and disrespectful comment about ANGUS YOUNGS teeth when he was much younger. TALK B ASS MODERATOR censored my reply " saying" I was TROLLING " 😂 I didn't know passing Judgement on someone else's lack of teeth on A BASS SITE was perfectly fine with TALK B ASS moderators. Well it wasn't fine with me , So I replied what I thought about his post. my reply wasn't trolling , it was truth According to a moderator , I'm a bad person and must be silenced and banned from TALK B ASS. I guess the right to say and post anything is only for the judgemental and " the I'm better than U . Thankyou TALK B ASS for banning me. BASSCHAT is so much better for a BASS PLAYER. I’ve never been a member of TB. But, in their defense. Angus Young wasn’t a bass player 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 5 hours ago, Bass4real said: I'm not a fan of social media , I did join talkbass , I liked it at first , I've been playing Bass since I was 15 yrs. old , I'm 62 now , I've seen alot , done alot , been alot of places , had alot done to me , good and bad , played 1000s of shows with different bands , and like to share the good , the bad , the ugly . and the funny every word of every story I post is truth and that is the truth. Soon after I joined TALKBASS moderators started censoring some of my posts , I the first post of mine TALKBASS censored was.2 paragraphs I made up in like 15 minutes off the top of my head about an evil ( New world order) banning music, all musical instruments will be confiscated , which one of your BASSES would you try to hide and keep. a TALK B ASS moderator took the post down , censored a FICTIONAL story. REALLY ? I mean reeallllyyy. why ? I mentioned NEW WORLD ORDER, and that could cause other bass players on TALK B ASS undue stress . LOL 1 comment I posted to someones post Judging Angus Young of ( AC/DC ) having horrible teeth when he was young I commented exactly what I thought. I quote " This is a site mainly FOR BASS PLAYERS and All things BASS, NOT for making your idiotic and disrespectful comment about ANGUS YOUNGS teeth when he was much younger. TALK B ASS MODERATOR censored my reply " saying" I was TROLLING " 😂 I didn't know passing Judgement on someone else's lack of teeth on A BASS SITE was perfectly fine with TALK B ASS moderators. Well it wasn't fine with me , So I replied what I thought about his post. my reply wasn't trolling , it was truth According to a moderator , I'm a bad person and must be silenced and banned from TALK B ASS. I guess the right to say and post anything is only for the judgemental and " the I'm better than U . Thankyou TALK B ASS for banning me. BASSCHAT is so much better for a BASS PLAYER. that’s a bold statement 😉 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 I've not been banned, but I was blackguarded by one of the big-shots as an incompetent and a racist for not liking a particular sub-genre ... which I had said I enjoyed listening to earlier in the thread. There was a lot of miscommunication in that discussion and the mods deleted a lot of it. They have changed the design making it harder navigate and so I visit less often now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 1 hour ago, Dan Dare said: I think (correct me if I'm wrong) Talkbass is American. With no disrespect intended to our US members (who, having elected to join BC, must all be sensible people with excellent taste), that might explain the worthy, censorious attitudes you encountered. It's US-based and most of its users are American. There is a decent number of non-US folk on there though, who sometimes have to remind the US-ians of strangely obvious things like how, elsewhere in the world, US Fenders are the foreign imports... little things like that don't occur to them! I'd strongly advise anyone from overseas to stay out of the TB Lounge section of the site if they're a paying member... some of the discussion in there gets ugly, is very US-centric, and some of them don't seem to like hearing from foriegners. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 I mostly visit BC (of course), but I've been on TB at least once a day since 2007. I only frequent the Basses, Amps and Technique sections, and I haven't come close to being hassled, shouted at or banned. I've had chats with bassists from around the world. It's always been a positive experience. I'm also an infrequent visitor to Ozbassforum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 16 minutes ago, Russ said: is very US-centric, and some of them don't seem to like hearing from foriegners. No Sh*t Good few years back some bright spark started a thread titled " Opinions on US guitars/basses. Replies from Non-US Citizens only please" Result was 99.9% of replies came from Americans outraged that nobody wanted to hear their opinion🤣 There's small group of decent folk on TB but mostly it's a $ sign pissing contest, " Bedroom player. Which $10k bass should I but ?" or folk seeking validation for their consumer choices . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass4real Posted December 16 Author Share Posted December 16 3 hours ago, ped said: Their loss is our gain, I’m sure… I'm sure about this , when it comes to TALK B ASS moderators they are the people that should be banned. For being TALK B ASS ****s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass4real Posted December 16 Author Share Posted December 16 58 minutes ago, kodiakblair said: No Sh*t Good few years back some bright spark started a thread titled " Opinions on US guitars/basses. Replies from Non-US Citizens only please" Result was 99.9% of replies came from Americans outraged that nobody wanted to hear their opinion🤣 There's small group of decent folk on TB but mostly it's a $ sign pissing contest, " Bedroom player. Which $10k bass should I but ?" or folk seeking validation for their consumer choices . There's Absolutely good people on TB They are BASS PLAYERS after all :?) Free speech is a god given right , at least it was before Biden Harris and their d .e .i cronies did everything they could think of to destroy the U.S.A. our constitution , and everything Normal Americans citizens believe in and love about our country. I know the normal citizens in the u.k. are dealing with the same kind of BS we are . Don't stop pushing back ! 1 3 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 7 minutes ago, Bass4real said: There's Absolutely good people on TB They are BASS PLAYERS after all :?) Free speech is a god given right , at least it was before Biden Harris and their d .e .i cronies did everything they could think of to destroy the U.S.A. our constitution , and everything Normal Americans citizens believe in and love about our country. I know the normal citizens in the u.k. are dealing with the same kind of BS we are . Don't stop pushing back ! Oh dear. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass4real Posted December 16 Author Share Posted December 16 4 hours ago, Oopsdabassist said: Welcome to our humble abode...you will be made welcome here...not banned! That's good to hear and I appreciate the welcome to your humble abode sentiment I honestly couldn't care less about being banned by TALK B ASS. moderators who are under the impression they possess the power to matter . 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 12 minutes ago, tauzero said: Oh dear. 'Report' button working overtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 17 minutes ago, Bass4real said: There's Absolutely good people on TB They are BASS PLAYERS after all :?) Free speech is a god given right , at least it was before Biden Harris and their d .e .i cronies did everything they could think of to destroy the U.S.A. our constitution , and everything Normal Americans citizens believe in and love about our country. I know the normal citizens in the u.k. are dealing with the same kind of BS we are . Don't stop pushing back ! I think you’ll find the vast majority of Brits here on Basschat (as well as most of the rest of the world) are utterly appalled with the results of the recent election in the US. And, as a Brit currently living in the US, I’ll add my name to that list. As well as the names of pretty much everyone I know here (all of whom are “normal” Americans). 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowB_FTW Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 32 minutes ago, Bass4real said: Free speech is a god given right Whilst yes, you are perfectly free to say what you want, internet boards and forums don't necessarily have to be the medium in which you say it. You still have to abide by the rules within the boards and forums you use. Mark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 5 hours ago, LowB_FTW said: Whilst yes, you are perfectly free to say what you want, internet boards and forums don't necessarily have to be the medium in which you say it. You still have to abide by the rules within the boards and forums you use. Mark This. @Bass4real I’m glad you’ve got that off your chest but you might like to consider that we have rules too. 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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