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Discussion in 'Tales from the Bully Pulpit' started by purr1n, Oct 21, 2016.

  1. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    New member registrations will be disabled when I get back to El Lay tonight. Yes, it's El Lay, not El Ai. I wanted to give people fair warning. I have no idea when registrations will be reopen.

    In short, the forum has been looking more like HF and less like how I envision SuperBAF to be. I haven't posted any real content lately, and as I take a step back, the forum is almost unrecognizable to me. Too many shit posts, including many from me.

    It would be too easy to blame the massive influx of newcomers. I haven't written a guide on SuperBAF culture, or plastered big red signs READ THIS, or even bothered with telling people to introduce themselves first. I kind of expected people to get a clue. The fact is 98% of newcomers are not a problem and end up as excellent contributors. However, it's the 2% that are too use to HF styles or feel awfully entitled to believe that posting on SuperBAF is an unalienable right as opposed to a privilege.

    So I think it's time that we pull up the drawbridge and try to integrate everyone into the community; and yes, there is a very real community here with deep friendships beneath what most outsiders see on the surface.

    I mean, Jude even built a wall, and they still come!
     
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  2. OJneg

    OJneg The Most Insufferable

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    We do need a Wall.
     
  3. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    I'm closing the wormhole to the Gamma quadrant tonight.
     
  4. Skyline

    Skyline Double-blindly done with this hobby

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    And we'll make Head-Fi pay for it! |\/|
     
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    I dunno how well I've done at showing it, but personally, I think SBAF culture is fairly easy to comprehend if you just lurk and dip your toes. Like with any other community, patience in, patience out. That's why I mostly lurk when I know I don't have anything of value to add. Maybe it's just that I'm not invested in the internet audio community as a whole to begin with, though. The ways and motives of people in other communities are alien to me.

    I guess this is just another case of a few idiots ruining it for everybody else... ...it's been getting annoying, though I still think the quality shines through pretty well. Fortunately, the bullshit has been fairly self-contained.

    Glad I got in when I did. This is a cool place. I can understand wanting to keep it sacred.
     
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    I propose a form of "Extreme Vetting" that hinges upon knowledge of TNG and DS9.
     
  7. sorrodje

    sorrodje Carla Bruni's other lover - Friend

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    Holy crap, You just fucked my Superdupont business.... LOL !
     
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    Deep Funk Deep thoughts - Friend

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    I appreciate the community and the push for a strong signal to noise ratio. The benefits to the newcomers are still available . They are able to witness the exchanges, benefit from the info and wisdom and have the time to consider their meaningful contribution when time allows.
    I spent quite some time at head-case and consider those folks friends. I rarely posted but spent time in their chat room conversating. Would SBAF every consider a place to chat in real time (obviously heavily privileged ) ?
     
  10. PoochZag

    PoochZag The Shadow knows - Friend

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    There's an SBAF Discord already, I don't remember exactly where the info is to join as I just did it once a year ago and my discord remembers
     
  11. k4rstar

    k4rstar Britney fan club president

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    This started out as a spicy meme and I lost motivation half-way through.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Kunlun cat-alyzes cat-aclysmic cat-erwauling - Friend

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    Okay, but why is there a bouncer for your linen closet?

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    Hands Overzealous Auto Flusher - Measurbator

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    Very large, walk in closet with an orgy going on?
     
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    Deep Funk Deep thoughts - Friend

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    Where is the "Golden Schlong"?
     
  15. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    Last call. Will do so in a few hours.
     
  16. zerodeefex

    zerodeefex SBAF's Imelda Marcos

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    Marv and I discussed this together. Neither of us has been as active as previously and it seems like every time one of us has jumped in lately, we've complained to the other about how bad it's getting.

    Strategically managing growth is an important part of any community. We want tons of immigrants, we just don't have the infrastructure and time to successfully maintain quality with such a large influx of new members. Once thing stabilize we can reopen the doors. If we want to maintain a high signal to noise ratio, this is necessary.

    For reference, we're WAY bigger than Chang ever was just a year in. Hell, we're 25% of the active users and traffic of the biggest personal audio site and our growth curve is accelerating. Average session length is bonkers good and engagement is better than any marketer's dream.

    Edit: sharing one tidbit of data with you guys.
     
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    I suggest maybe for new applicants to join, they need to provide their head-fi/computeraudiophile/other forum member id for SBAF staff to perform some kind of background check/vetting. Second option allowing registration of new members basing on recommendation/vouching from existing SBAF members.

    I think this will stop plenty of trolls from entering the heavenly gates of SBAF.
     
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  18. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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  19. zerodeefex

    zerodeefex SBAF's Imelda Marcos

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    This is a dumbass idea. How f'ing labor intensive is that? Why in the holy hell would we sign up for that?

    Why wouldn't we close the doors for a bit, strengthen the community and culture, then decide to open them again if we feel comfortable? Marv, Ojan, Gilberto, Chris, Christian, who knows who else I'm forgetting and I can't police everything all the time. We have lives and jobs and people we care about. We can't be in every thread all the time and we're not going to vet every new member.
     
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    hello,

    this is kinda sad, but also necessary. some of the first posts have been a bit... inflammatory. and jumping in with something to sell is (more than) a bit... dickish.

    this is a safe place. folks here have opinions, have disagreements even, but are to a very great degree respectful of others. (all the while giving and taking a whole Schitt load of Schitt.)

    if you are charged to introduce yourself, take some time to learn the culture, and not start posting random bile, is that so difficult?

    thanks to the admins and mods for taking this action.
     

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