A more emotional forum?

[debussy symbolism]

Greetings

Laughter, pride, fear, hate, cries, lies, joy, friendship, name-calling, flame wars, divulging private secrets, love, what more could a forum have?

This forum has experienced so much emotion, both positive and negative, that I doubt that anyone could point out a forum that packs more than this one. This has got to be the most sensitive forum ever, and even though many of such contributers of joy were short lived and banned, we owe much to them for making this place what it is.

[Derek]

I dunno about that. I'm a member of a forum where many individuals' creativity is ruined on a regular basis by insensitive, arrogant pricks. I run a thread there trying to combat this fact; it has 300 replies of people telling me to stop bullying the bullies. I know of another one in which this happens as well.  This forum, by comparison, remains reasonably civil, even when debate becomes...interesting.

[penguinlover]

This is the only forum I belong to.  I enjoy the diversity of subjects, personalities, and problems we all have.  I am glad we are "open" with each other, at least to an extent.  But, as musicians, we are all a bit sensitive aren't we?  That's part of the beauty of music.

[maul]

nah mang this is possibly the mildest of forums I've been on, yet the only one I've been on in the past 2+ years.

[pianolearner]

Greetings

Laughter, pride, fear, hate, cries, lies, joy, friendship, name-calling, flame wars, divulging private secrets, love, what more could a forum have?

This forum has experienced so much emotion, both positive and negative, that I doubt that anyone could point out a forum that packs more than this one. This has got to be the most sensitive forum ever, and even though many of such contributers of joy were short lived and banned, we owe much to them for making this place what it is.

You get this in every forum, and every forum has one common characteristic: More than 90% of people posting on them are imbeciles.

[debussy symbolism]

You get this in every forum, and every forum has one common characteristic: More than 90% of people posting on them are imbeciles.

Actually, a forum has to possess certain attributes to it to make it possible for it to sustain such debates. A forum has to be the right size. If it is too small, then obviously, there is not going to be much impetus to fuel debates, and if a forum is too big, then no one will really get to know each other and there will be too many people to keep track of for anything serious to happen.

[soliloquy]

Don't forget about the drama llamas/instigators.

And yeah, I remember when this thread was posted debussy   Personally I think making a thread to whine about it is being a bit more sensitive than me being offended by your remarks.


Or is this just your way of asking to see my penis (again)?

[debussy symbolism]

Don't forget about the drama llamas/instigators.

And yeah, I remember when this thread was posted debussy   Personally I think making a thread to whine about it is being a bit more sensitive than me being offended by your remarks.


Or is this just your way of asking to see my penis (again)?

Actually this thread was in no way a response to the little chat we had earlier. I personally do not feel obliged to comment on that useless sherade we had.

I never meant to offend you, however, I do not take lightly offenses that are hurled at me.

I never asked to see your penis.

[maul]

Or is this just your way of asking to see my penis (again)?

AHAHHAHAHA. ownt

[pianolearner]

Actually, a forum has to possess certain attributes to it to make it possible for it to sustain such debates. A forum has to be the right size. If it is too small, then obviously, there is not going to be much impetus to fuel debates, and if a forum is too big, then no one will really get to know each other and there will be too many people to keep track of for anything serious to happen.

Not really. It only requires a few members to have a clash in views & opinions. One forum I use boasts 74000+ members but there are only a handful of active posters. Most just lurk or post occassionally when they are driven to say something. Out of these there is only 1 member that almost everyone knows and either likes or hates. He stirs up a frenzy whenever he posts.

[debussy symbolism]

Not really. It only requires a few members to have a clash in views & opinions. One forum I use boasts 74000+ members but there are only a handful of active posters. Most just lurk or post occassionally when they are driven to say something. Out of these there is only 1 member that almost everyone knows and either likes or hates. He stirs up a frenzy whenever he posts.

When a forum consists of a few active members, there is really no potential for debate due to a lack of mass support for the members. If there are only 10 people debating on an issue, it will get utterly boring after a while as there are no mass mediators who might otherwise lend in support to the topic or criticise the topic. When however too many members are posting it is very difficult to really know who is on who's side, as most members you don't know.

Oh yes, and a forum also needs such "antagonists" such as the 1 member you mentioned above. If the forum tensions aren't raised, not much excitement will arise out of visiting the forums and posting in them, not to mention having debates. That is why in my opinion this forum is so high in tension sometimes is because certain members are apt to start debates and question forum boundaries and conduct. In a really small forum or where there are little members or little active members, wreaking havoc will be boring, as the majority of the forum will not respond and those that do are very few in number. Delinquency in a large forum will also not have its merits as the people that complain are usually always different due to the huge size of the forum. Also it is alot easier to get banned in a much larger forum.