MIDIMINDS

Electric Falcon™


So does this mean that when someone doesn't agree with my "POSTED ANSWER" or "OPINION" that if I don't agree with them and call them "WRONG" that I am being a "CYBER BULLY"???

EF

Not at all!  Often the best ideas are spawned from alternate perspectives and healthy debate.  It's when you find a (usually) small, vocal lot who decide to turn the subject into something toxic or belittle the other posters that you're entering into the realm of cyber bullying.

As a rule, when an INDIVIDUAL chooses to 'act out' in a forum environment, he/she is labeled a troll and their posts/opinions are filtered.  But it is often the case around here that a few folks, clinging to some misguided, elitist mindset, simply shout down the OP (or other posters) with venomous, unhelpful commentary.

It is a shame, really.  I know that I've avoided certain threads in an effort to distance myself from the schoolyard antics of the folks in question.  I wonder how many others have done the same. (And how much more productive the forums would be if that wasn't the case.)

Yawn, Uh, your talking in the "FIRST PERSON AGAIN" and disregarding others here. YOU BULLY!

Remember, this is coffeehouse, and the gloves are never on! It's a place to let your hair down for the ladies and a place for us dude's to realize : "Hey, that chick had hair".

Don't take too much of anything I say in this thread or the other we've been chatting about as being too serious. This should be called the "LESS HAVE FUN FORUM" because I can't handle Coffee.

EF

Hey Craig -

I hear ya, loud and clear.  That's why I try to keep banter like this confined to a "Coffee House" type of environment. 

BTW - Thanks for many helpful and insightful posts.  Switching platforms can be arduous.  But a 'tip of the hat' to folks like you, brundlefly, ModBod, mike_mccue and many others who seem genuinely interested in being a helpful, knowledgeable resource to the forum.

Lot's more bullies here than there used to be...
Between the million-post boys and the system builders with an attitude, it's become a rather annoying place.

I think we should all race to 20,000 posts and show what "senior" means...
Or not.
Mention a Mac and watch them freak. It's sort of funny.

It's the politics that's particularly annoying: the anti-global-warming, pro-USSA folks... sick of them entirely. Grow up, please.

In the end, this is nothing compared to the Ableton forum.
Tame, by comparison.

- zevo

Hi,
 
There is way too much trolling all around ... and in the end, you have to get a bit more familiar with the folks that post regularly, and you will know right away if the information is worth checking/chasing or not.
 
I like the idea developing a thick skin ... but it's not any different than spyware or virus' ... the minute you get tough, they get tougher ... and sometimes it is like thinking that those folks are stupid ... and we know darn well they aren't!
 
The best way, of course ... is to be psychic! Then you can tell that person where to stuff it, and more than likely everyone will agree with you and help throw more dirt!
 

I've been on this forum for quite a long time.  I lurk WAY more than I log in.
I could probably count instances of bullying or realistic offensive behaviour on my fingers.  There are a few users that are brash and don't take a lot of care in the way they say what they say.  But I don't think they're bullying, just blunt.  And quite often correct to boot.
And it's far too easy to misread typeface - what we actually say is only 7% of human communication (according to my last uni course).  These forums block out the other 93% that could explain so much clearer.  And like Moshkiae inferred - if you're creating music/art that anyone will hear and/or critique, you'd better have a thick skin.

There have been a couple of users over the years that I've blocked or "forum-confronted".  But only a couple, and that's way less than in the real world...