[The Killer Piglet]

Looked in the FAQ, but didn't find it there.

KP

[rkapadia@ROOP]

Well, that was a quick visit!

[The Killer Piglet]

Well, that was a quick visit!

Not intersted in sites that think so little of their members that said members are treated as miscreant children.

Never cared for hall monitors.

KP

[Sa-dono]

Please feel free to PM me if you have some problems or concerns. This forum is to be focused on 2-Channel Audio, and not purely socializing. If you would simply like to socialize with other audiophiles, try the chat we have available or The Sport's Bar. If you simply want to chat with your friends, there are plenty of programs for that such as AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, mirc, etc.

[The Killer Piglet]

Please feel free to PM me if you have some problems or concerns. This forum is to be focused on 2-Channel Audio, and not purely socializing. If you would simply like to socialize with other audiophiles, try the chat we have available or The Sport's Bar. If you simply want to chat with your friends, there are plenty of programs for that such as AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, mirc, etc.

I am not in any way questioning how you run your site, and as such I have no problems or concerns.
I have simply decided that it is not for me.

I say this with total respect, as it is very much within your rights to run the site as you see fit and would defend such rights against all who would have it otherwise.

KP

[theborg]

Your account will not be deleted.

Don't confuse the two-channel circle with the whole site. Facilitators of each circle have the freedom to manage their circle the way they see fit, within reason. The current team in the two-channel circle volunteered and was voted in by the members. They can be voted out again if somebody cares enough to mount a compaign to do that.

Finally, if you don't like the two-channel circle, try some of the others

[theborg]

Finally, if you don't like the two-channel circle, try some of the others

Or, start a new circle. It's all in the FAQ...

[bwkendall]

Let's start a new circle.  Now that we're here, we may as well make ourselves at home.

[eric the red]

nevermind

[Tonto Yoder]

... Facilitators of each circle have the freedom to manage their circle the way they see fit, within reason. The current team in the two-channel circle volunteered and was voted in by the members.

Closing KP's thread seemed a little extreme to me and runs counter to the FAQ statement  "Your primary job as Facilitator is to encourage discussion and activity in the relevant topic area. You may on occasion need to intervene in a thread to keep order."
I understand the motivation in trying to redirect discussion to actual audio topics, but these guys were just engaging in some understandable socialization.  In this forum's format, it's pretty easy to just skip a thread that's not of great audio relevance(heck, that's about half of MY posts!)

[JohnR]

Well, I think what it comes down to is that people who step up to do a job are allowed to decide for themselves how to do it.

[john curl]

Killer piglet, it's OK around here.  We just have to be 'nice' to each other.  How refreshing.  

[jackman]

Hey Piglet,

Quit your squeelin' (I couldn't resist ) and stick around.  The moderators are relatively new to the position and could benefit from your feedback.  None of us are perfect (as I have demonstrated several times on this very site!).  Give them a chance and help make this site a better and more fun place for everyone.  

It's not like we have to be concerned about looking stupid in front of any hot chicks (I wouldn't because I'm married but trying to make a point).   Everyone knows  it's a scientific fact that no woman has ever taken an interest in audio...not even bull dykes (no offense, this was merely a technical term used to describe a segment of the population whose rights I fully and unequivocably support)..er, "manly" women.  Forget about the moderation, let's talk about the REAL issues:  why don't women share our obsession with audio?  Yikes, I'm hyJACKing this thread.  Sorry, nevermind.  Let's just  chalk it up as another great mystery...like calculus or the popularity of the talentless J-Lo or Madonna....  

[The Killer Piglet]

I am very grateful and encouraged by the responses, both publicly and through other venues.
It'd be best to answer all in a single posts rather than reply to all emails individually (and thusly, with the grace of a hairy legged ballerina, I cut my work load by 90%).

Errors are part of our everyday life. We learn more from mistakes than from what is properly done. Or at least, we can, if we choose to. No error is final if it can be corrected. The beauty of computers is that we can undo and no harm is done. Don't you wish life was like that? Can you imagine reloading a "save" of your portfolio right before the market tanked?

Clearly, audio sites are more than just about audio. Heck, there's been enough posted about any subject that we could simply reduce it all into a FAQ and limit posts to gear that's no more than, let's say 60 days. That would give a generous 30 days for "break-in" and another 30 for "audition."

We share a rather unique hobby/pastime. It gives us a great excuse to talk silly. Ever have your friends/coworkers within earshot while you had an audio-related phone call? To most people, we kinda look like guys wearing moose hats. Our strangeness brought us together. First to talk about the gear. What to buy. How do I mix tubes and ss. Why does this hum.Why does that squeak. Why do these tickle. But soon after we start recognizing that there are some very intelligent and interesting people in this ungulate lodge.

We read and post because it gives an opportunity to share, however fleetingly, the wisp of another's consciousness.
Which is exactly the same reason why we listen to music, or read literature, or admire art, oh heck it's the main reason for the existence of the humanities.
To glimpse the world from another's perspective, however inexact our interpretation of such may be, and to share a bit of our own with others.

Like many of you, I have made friends that I have never met or spoken to. Does this make these friendships any less valuable? Well, maybe to some. To me it doesn't.
I value my communications with all of you, wether it's through very personal emails dealing with "real life" problems, stream of consciousness posts about a plotting cat or a majestic yak, silly one liners, music, or audio.

Now, there's no point nor shame in denying that you all share this to a certain degree. So, there's no need to continue having those nightmares about the nun with the army boots singing Guantanamera while the cast form Cats kick-steps in the background wearing stove top hats and brandishing giant salad forks and then Britney Spears and J-Lo drop out of a burro shaped piñata and then the nun produces a large ruler which she lubricates while Britney holds down J-Lo and... oh, heck, you all know how that goes. Why repeat it.

Personally,  don't feel that my time on the audio boards is wasted. It's not as if I don't have other things to do. I just happen to rank this one thing rather highly.

As do quite a bit of you. Otherwise, these sites would not exist.
So sing out loud, sing out clear: "I'm weird I'm here!" or perhaps: "I'm loud and I'm proud" or maybe: "Yakitty yak, I'm a yak!"

Wheter you are manly man, a womanly woman, a manly woman, or a womanly man, you're one of us.


Hiram

[eric the red]

That's perfect KP-what a sick little world we all frequent    

[EProvenzano]

What the... ?!

[Mad DOg]

What the... ?!

i believe this was kinda sa-dono's point in the first place if i am not mistaken...

[bwkendall]

What the... ?!

i believe this was kinda sa-dono's point in the first place if i am not mistaken...

We're new here.  We're getting to know you, and thought we'd introduce ourselves to you using the baptism by fire method.  We'll explore other baptismal methods for future use.