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Had he genuine concerns he would not posture publicly, but would have sent a PM.
In retrospect, I agree with you on that. I'm not into the habit of sending PMs but should do it more. I usually take the public route because if others read "Hmmm, it seems that people who don't make an effort to find out things for themselves before posting gets some folks upset, so maybe that's not cool to do here" then maybe more people will understand the protocols of these forums.
More important is the issue of troll protection. FWIW I'm not the only one who saw you as having the
outward manifestations of previous posters who were, in fact, trollers - apparent arrogance (I'm not saying you
are arrogant, but reduced to pixels on a white screen, your statements came across as such to me and others), complaints about how Sonar has bugs and problems, and how great another program is. But if you were troller, you would have left by now, and you wouldn't have bought the software. So, it certainly seems I was wrong about your motives for coming here. Again in retrospect, your mentioning Samplitude instead of Reaper should have been a clue
Reaper is the usual "This great program does
all these things Sonar doesn't do" choice of trolls.
I see right through the "big fish in a small pond" schtick and think we are all equal here.
Again, I agree but ironically that was the source of our problems. It sure seemed to me like you were coming in here saying "I'm important, my time is more valuable than yours, so do my homework for me." I didn't feel you were treating the people here with respect or as equals but were taking up their time to do things you could have done easily by yourself.
We ARE all equal here, and there are protocols that were in place before I joined or you showed up. One of them is that the forum is a place to contribute information to the community, and another is that people generally don't come in to ask obvious questions where the answers can literally be found in 30 seconds on the web, but come here for difficult issues that require the experience of other users. I'm not saying the forum is always the court of last resort, but that's how the majority of people use it if they have problems.
To give you two more examples that don't involve you, people here often get irked when someone posts a thread asking a question about a subject for which there was already a thread on the first or second page, and already an answer. It means they didn't have the courtesy to at least look at the forum before posting. They also don't like thread titles that give no idea what the topic is about. It indicates that the person is not putting any effort into truly communicating, but just expects people to read the thread and answer.
This forum is a finite resource and people don't have the time to scroll past threads asking obvious questions to get to subjects that might interest them. Also, it's good practice to confirm if a post has solved a problem, and edit the title to say [solved]. The result of this is that if someone searches "Sonar forum [solved]," they're presented with a huge list of solutions to problems. This is
pure gold if you encounter an issue and need an immediate solution. That's why I thanked you in a post for circling back and confirming that a solution I suggested worked.
I'm not going to supplicate to Anderton just because he knows more about this software package.
I don't expect, nor do I want or ask, anyone to supplicate to me. I do suggest that they supplicate to, and respect, the community and the rules of conduct here.
If he doesn't like the way I ask a question, then he doesn't have to respond. Certainly he shouldn't scold or chide someone who has a different communication style.
I started off by responding to a lot of your questions and responding to your posts in a totally non-judgmental manner, and actually spent a lot of time on a Friday night on your behalf. I was trying very much to help initially, but when you didn't answer questions, ignored my initially polite suggestions to search the forum and web for answers, and kept blaming Sonar for issues that were due to your lack of understanding of the program and in the process belittled some forum members who were only trying to help, to me it became not about how you asked questions but about how you responded to answers.
Again, maybe you didn't feel you were belittling anyone but please remember that only you know what you
meant. All I have are the words you
typed. I've certainly gotten into trouble when making a flippant remark intended to inject humor but I forget to put a smiley afterward.
Certainly someone with such a thin skin and argumentative nature is not qualified to police the forum, but I see he an "administrator" and not sure if that means "moderator", so fully expecting a ban hammer.
This also underlines what caused our difficulties. You're not paying attention to what I'm saying, which is frustrating. I stated very clearly I don't ban people because this is not my forum, it's Cakewalk's. I have no desire or need to ban you. And I would never ban someone just because I felt they were being arrogant, everyone here has the right to be human from time to time.
But just know this was not trolling, but just me standing up to a forum bully.
I'll let the other forum members, who have seen my behavior on this forum for several years, decide the merits of that statement. I have over 2700 posts here, and you are only the second person to whom I've reacted in this manner, and the other one also exhibited heavy troll behavior symptoms.
I am very protective of this forum, because I've been moderating forums since 1995 and have seen several forums get damaged by toxic people and trolls if the moderation didn't err on the side of vigilance. Given how busy the Cakewalk staff is, they need someone who can be on the lookout for those who want to exploit this forum for their own agendas.
I was more than willing to help you when you first got here, and I am more than willing to help in the future. I'm also more than willing to move on, so it's up to you to decide whether you want to carry a grudge. I would also appreciate it if you reviewed your actions here, and try to see it from my perspective.
Again, all I have to go by are the words you type and how you respond to what others type. I realize you feel you don't have the time required to polish what you post to be unambiguous, but that can, and sometimes does, lead to problems.