Suggestions for Guidelines

[gyzzzmo]

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You've been here only 3 days longer than me.  Just find it funny that, were you to have been here longer, it is only by three days.

Well, the fact that you used more accounts on this forum (obviously Skeptopotamus), didnt give you a hint that other people might also have used another account before?

[pianowolfi]

Of course there have been recordings that got eminently on my nerves, especially if the respective posters are resistent to any constructive criticism. But these cases are still relatively rare in my book.

I am not sure if this creative diversity will be the same after introducing new guidelines...

After the recent spamming by "slow-concert-pianist" I am actually rethinking my point of view.

[furtwaengler]

Of course there have been recordings that got eminently on my nerves, especially if the respective posters are resistent to any constructive criticism. But these cases are still relatively rare in my book.

After the recent spamming by "slow-concert-pianist" I am actually rethinking my point of view.

Oh...the thoughts of a man awake from 4 AM, a man who spent all day at NATS accompanying and listening to performances...I'll give it a go:

I don't like moderation. Less is better than more; it really depends on what the owners want the site to be; but most of these problems would be solve if we, who have control over our actions, moderate ourselves. There is no need, when met with a violent reaction to criticism, to respond in retaliation, escalating the situation into insanity. It has been my failing to even open certain threads to read them due to prior knowledge, but since I have I must express my regret and disappointment at the reaction of those whose criticism is rejected, that they are provoked to inappropriate behavior themselves.

My policy on this would then be, to give the critique and leave it. If the poster benefits from it, good! And proceed as long as it helps, but if he does not benefit do to his own failings, the work of critic has still been accomplished. There is no need to retaliate, no need to respond. The criticism speaks for itself as the initial poster's reaction to the criticism speaks for itself. Just leave it.

If there is a pattern of a poster posting recordings of a consistent heedlessness, and of replying maliciously to said criticism...DON'T COMMENT ON HIS RECORDINGS! Don't even open his threads. There is an expression, "Resist the devil and he'll flee from you." I wonder if in certain cases we label people "spammers" because we ourselves get caught in a frustrating spiral of attempting to expose the delusion of the delusional, and in the process slander our own image. A person who is delusional is delusional, and the more we respond, the more abounds the clogging of the board with post after post and thread after thread of the delusional's delusion. There is a cure for this...IGNORE THOSE POSTS! Avoid responding to them! TheY will disappear, and others' thoughtful and meaningful posts will not be lost in the flood. *We* can control *our* actions!

Well, I am exhausted. I hope this is respectful and that it makes sense!

Dave

[pianowolfi]

Yes Dave, it makes sense.
Either way I will get in trouble with my conscience. I take the audition room and commenting there very seriously, I wish we can avoid communicating the wrong messages, for instance if somebody doesn't get comments, they might think they are ignored or it's a bad rec which is not necessarily the case...

anyway, perhaps I'm thinking too much, as so often

[thalbergmad]

Think less, play more

[pianowolfi]

Think less, play more

Good advice. Though, good playing requires even more thinking

[thalbergmad]

Strange, when i am learning a piece i think a lot. When I have mastered it I don't.

Thal

[lostinidlewonder]

I used to be a part of a writers critique group, www.critters.org . To be able to post one of your works you had to write a critical response to other peoples works, I think it was like 5 critiques to 1 post. That might work good here on pianostreet too, perhaps it will stop people from constantly posting without bothering to consider other peoples recordings, it would promote more response to recordings as well which would benefit the forums as a whole and would also prevent people from posting whatever they like without thinking carefully what they want to share.