OK I hate the new forum architecture

I never know where the few friends I have are anymore. They could be on other forums. And if I ask questions on hardware, Jinga never comes in with a snappy reply.

I am soo lonely.

I'm here and ain't going anywhere.

myolpal, that was creepy. I still love ya, but still...

How long before this thread gets moved to the DrivelHouse?

speak of the devil, eh?

I'd love to stay and play with you but I try not to hang around tedious, bitter failures in real life and I apply the same rules online, so bye for now. Have a nice day.

copied and pasted from another thread:

I wrote:

"...the problem with segregated conversations and segregated settings for conversations.

No chance for unanticipated cross pollination of ideas.

The premise that we should not speak out of turn in a certain environment because someone thinks it's unsuitable is the very reason we should continue to say what ever we want where ever we want.

Something about growing up in the U.S.A. I guess.

Segregation is bad policy."


I don't buy the living room analogy at all... I've heard it in detail. OVER AND OVER again.

I think the analogy is more like a restaurant. It's a commercial enterprise that invites the public in. OK that seems accurate.

So in the same way that I might stumble on an unanticipated topic of conversation in a privatized public setting I think healthy forums can provide this sort of cross pollination of ideas.

When the thought police say things like:

(big time paraphrase here)

"I come to this forum for what I want to read about and I don't appreciate having to scroll through what I don,t want to read about"

I shake my head and think "how did we as a society get this far with attitudes like that"...


I like to accept my scoldings for infractions of this policy of segregation with the understanding that it is Cakewalk's privilege to separate and divide us and make sure it's more difficult to stay abreast of the full range of topics that are being discussed.

FWIW, I have made a concerted effort to move from area to area so as to keep access to the broad range of discussions as well as to continue to provide assistance on the occasions I might have a suggestion.

I'm trying to be more polite with my actions, but I'm vehemently opposed to the concept that discussions should be segregated as if the priority is to retain some sense of law an order for the quasi librarians who need to manage their access to info in a regimented structure.

I think the priority should be to foster a rich broad based discussion that allows everyone to experience information as if by osmosis. Simply viewing the varied topics will enhance your imagination while, studiously avoiding a variety of topics by insisting on regimentation and SEGREGATION is a sure way to remain cloistered and insulated from what other people are thinking about.

Segregation is bad policy

very best regards,
mike

Gosh guys, you made me feel so good that I accidentally soiled my self.

Are stalkers like me considered friends?

ORIGINAL: Greybeard

ORIGINAL: space_cowboy

Gosh guys, you made me feel so good that I accidentally soiled my self.

Soiled or seeded?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

(except politics and religion, for very good reasons)

Yup, you could be a 'New Age Liberal' like me and suffer great prejudice...

While it is unfortunate that some threads get moved, for the reasons cited above, it is solely Cakewalk's business what is or isn't acceptable in their own forums.

But Cakewalk is pretty tolerant and fair compared to some of the forum users... some of the self-appointed censors and self-important buffoons who try to order others around while hanging out in forums, of which they themselves are guests, seem to believe they have the right to tell others what to say or not say. One fellow, in the Sonar forum, actually ordered a new user complaining about the lack of full default MP3 export to stop whining and move on today (then edited his post after critisisms, even though he'd been quoted), and then presumed to tell him that WE (evidently speaking for the whole forum) were sick of the topic. Talk about delusions of grandeur! I think some people genuinely think that their post counts give them the right to boss others around and treat new customers like annoying idiots, so be thankful Cakewalk does all the moderating themselves and doesn't hand the job off to some of the senior members out there, coz there's a small handful of them who'd be moving/deleting posts and banning members at the drop of a hat!

ORIGINAL: mcourter

Geezer, I agree: the self appointed forum monitors are more of a problem than the Mods

Mark I've warned you on more than one occasion about this kind of remark...one more strike and you're out!

So did I, but it was just too passive-agressive to bother with.

for me the issue is just that it didn't seem necessary. you had one area for non-cake products, and the forums were balanced enough. hardware and computers? kinda related, if you ask me.