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RE: Where has everyone gone?
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xirdneH_imiJ
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From: Budapest, now in Southampton
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 RE: Where has everyone gone? (in reply to Dudnote)
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There used to be a +2 +1 -1 -2 option here (similar to like and dislike). Unfortunately some people who received minuses ran off, so the function was removed.
A like button would be nice I think (or just let's bring the +1 back).
I'm also guilty, I was never a very intense poster, and I still visit the foro daily, but I have much less time and less to say.
But true, the foro was a fun place to visit when the likes of Todd, Florian, Doitsujin and especially Ron were around and more involved. There were fights all the time of course, but it has really slowed down recently. I hope it catches up, we need some new blood here!
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Date Dec. 8 2015 14:18:58
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: Where has everyone gone? (in reply to Stu)
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I remember coming back to the foro after a while and found myself yearning for a "like" button .....so I could just click like when someone made a decent point. (does that promote laziness? just click like, no need to actually converse with people?)
If some here think the Foro is diminished, with fewer posters and interesting comments, think how much more barren it would be if the occasional comment or upload merited simple "likes," and "dislikes," or "thumbs up" and "thumbs down." There would be little conversation and, in my opinion, it would be far less interesting. A forum, by definition, promotes conversation, debate, and different points of view, whether it's about flamenco or off-topic. Otherwise you might as well have a poll to register "like," "dislike," or "maybe."
By the way, among others mentioned as not posting on the Foro anymore, two of the most interesting old-timers whose informative and erudite posts I miss are Kate and Giacomo (GJ Michelob). They always had something interesting to add to the conversation.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
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Date Dec. 8 2015 15:19:44
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: Where has everyone gone? (in reply to keith)
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Over the years I have read several "good bye" posts and the level of animosity got pretty extreme. Maybe a survey might help?
I think most of those who no longer post on the Foro have moved on for all the reasons listed in the various comments in this thread: marriage and kids; day jobs that take up their time when not playing and practicing; boredom with the same questions posed regarding technique and guitars; etc. But along with the absence of old-timers who might be missed, there is a constant churning, with newer members posting and uploading.
Regarding the comment that several members left with a high level of animosity surrounding their leave-taking, I can think of only one in the last couple of years. We had an engaging conversation during the period August-September 2015 in the Off-Topic thread, "Do the Classics Suppress Contemporary, Creative Works of Music? Literature? Art?," in which one Foro member was flogging a 50-year old book that was supposed to be the key to understanding why no musical genre was dominant today or would be in the future. Several members took issue with the author's thesis and there were some rather heated exchanges. Nevertheless, as far as I know the gentleman in question is still an active member.
The one member who appears to have left in a snit was also the most vocal in his claim that the classics have suppressed the creation of modern, classical music. After much debate, he accused those who disagreed with him of "cognitive dissonance." When called out on this and asked to explain just how disagreement equaled "cognitive dissonance," he apparently stopped posting. At least I have not seen anything by him since that episode. Nevertheless, he is the only one I am aware of over the last several years who apparently left the Foro out of animosity or "hurt feelings."
I don't know what good a survey would do, other than allow members to post reasons they think members have departed the Foro that have already been posted in this thread.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Jan. 1 2016 17:39:56
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: Where has everyone gone? (in reply to Leñador)
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Prominent critic/Ramon left under some bad circumstances, over falsetas beginning on 7 and farruca compas if I recall. It was kinda ridiculous.
That was about three years ago, wasn't it Lenny? Another one who left about the same time was GuitarBuddha. Both seemed to me to enjoy getting into contentious arguments, although GuitarBuddha had some interesting things to say when he wasn't being argumentative.
The one I was thinking of in my comment above was Miguel, who ended on the note of accusing those with whom he disagreed of suffering from "cognitive dissidence." When asked to explain, he simply ceased posting. His was more a case of being "thin skinned" in my opinion; that and a sort of congenital dislike of dead, white, European males.
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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