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| Specmaster:
--- Quote from: Vince on August 24, 2022, 07:26:55 pm --- --- Quote from: Specmaster on August 24, 2022, 07:13:39 pm --- --- Quote from: gnif on August 23, 2022, 04:41:39 pm --- --- Quote from: Zoli on August 23, 2022, 04:38:11 pm --- --- Quote from: gnif on August 23, 2022, 04:08:39 pm ---In hindsight this thread should not be locked yet, discussion needs to be open for suggestions on how weto proceed with the TEA thread here. Unlocked :) --- End quote --- Options which I see: 1. Held in place, try to keep on topic - it will lose a lot of the current spirit. 2. Move to general technical chat, and leave a link in the sticky place - this way I see a better chance to keep the original/current spirit. 3.-x... Once the choices are clear, maybe put up to vote? --- End quote --- I personally like #2 --- End quote --- The problem here is, that the same people who are currently dragging you into the fray, will still be there, where ever you put the thread as for some of those folk just seem to enjoy being killjoys, you come across them in every walk of life and their day is not complete until they have reported someone or something, they are the equivalent of a nosy parker neighbour, with not enough to occupy their minds, so they hide behind net curtains and become the neighbourhood whistleblower, the neighbour from hell, who is very often despised by the other neighbours. Those people need to remember that when they point a finger at someone, they have 3 of their own fingers pointing back at them. --- End quote --- I disagree Spec ! As I said earlier, once the thread is moved to wherever the OT stuff is allowed... then whoever complains about OT stuff can just go get lost ! :popcorn: They can report whatever OT stuff they like to the moderators, they won't have a "case"... rather the moderators would ban them in retaliation for spamming them with unfounded reports... Have a bit of faith spec ! :-+ If anything, it's well worth giving it a try ! Nothing to lose, and everything to win ! :popcorn: --- End quote --- Sorry, but as one of the early members, this thread was intentionally OT as well discussing TE gear it was also a venting hole, where members could discuss things and get them off their chest, particularly those that are married and SWMBO does not understand our addiction to rescuing vintage test gear. Better to let off steam among others who share similar problems, far better than kicking the cat or worse. The title of this thread and it's there for all to see under the Test Equipment general heading, "Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread", I would have thought that the word therapy would have explained it all, but it seems not to be the case because nobody seems to be able to read anything after the first 2 words "Test Equipment". If people are looking for anything specific, say anything to do with a Tek 485 for instance, then there are other threads (488 of them also in the Test Equipment section) that might well contain the information that they seek, or there is the "Repair" section with 374 threads where can either share their repairs (and many TEA members have done just that so the information is there fore others benefit with all the posts in chronological order. Plus there is also another section called "Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff" with a further 727 threads of information and requests for assistance. Those I mention above are where the full on technical information on dedicated subjects is to be found and Google really is your friend if looking for things. This thread was set up to be and always has been the thread where the OT stuff was allowed and hence why there has been so much opposition to the recent moderators actions. If we all posting OT stuff in the middle of a dedicated thread like "The Siglent SDG2042X Thread" then fair enough, the moderators actions and also those of the people who reported the OT would have been 1000% justified and I suspect not a single negative comment would have been made, we would have taken the wrist slapping because we deserved it. How many people in the TEA thread have actually taken the trouble to visit page 1 of the thread and seen all the information there about it, I know of no other thread that has such info about it. |
| pcprogrammer:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on August 25, 2022, 03:15:26 pm ---The title of this thread and it's there for all to see under the Test Equipment general heading, "Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread", I would have thought that the word therapy would have explained it all, but it seems not to be the case because nobody seems to be able to read anything after the first 2 words "Test Equipment". --- End quote --- I think you have a good point there. Lots of people don't read that well it seems. --- Quote from: Specmaster on August 25, 2022, 03:15:26 pm ---How many people in the TEA thread have actually taken the trouble to visit page 1 of the thread and seen all the information there about it, I know of no other thread that has such info about it. --- End quote --- That is most likely why what happened happened. People who just come by to watch only look at the last couple of pages and see loads of chatter that does not fit their perspective of Test Equipment, because that is probably why they frequent that section in the first place. How many of them put in a complaint we don't know, nor how many of the frequent contributors did. Fact is that some of the frequent contributors did express here that it was sliding towards more and more of the "therapeutic" chatter then they like. What I wonder about is why Dave has not expressed his feelings and point of view on it all here in this thread. |
| PlainName:
--- Quote ---why Dave has not expressed his feelings and point of view on it all here in this thread --- End quote --- Perhaps because it would be really bad management to undermine your mods. And by 'undermine' I mean 'say anything' since being pro or con would be seen as thinking your mod needs assistance. |
| Specmaster:
--- Quote from: pcprogrammer on August 25, 2022, 03:47:07 pm --- --- Quote from: Specmaster on August 25, 2022, 03:15:26 pm ---The title of this thread and it's there for all to see under the Test Equipment general heading, "Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread", I would have thought that the word therapy would have explained it all, but it seems not to be the case because nobody seems to be able to read anything after the first 2 words "Test Equipment". --- End quote --- I think you have a good point there. Lots of people don't read that well it seems. --- Quote from: Specmaster on August 25, 2022, 03:15:26 pm ---How many people in the TEA thread have actually taken the trouble to visit page 1 of the thread and seen all the information there about it, I know of no other thread that has such info about it. --- End quote --- That is most likely why what happened happened. People who just come by to watch only look at the last couple of pages and see loads of chatter that does not fit their perspective of Test Equipment, because that is probably why they frequent that section in the first place. How many of them put in a complaint we don't know, nor how many of the frequent contributors did. Fact is that some of the frequent contributors did express here that it was sliding towards more and more of the "therapeutic" chatter then they like. What I wonder about is why Dave has not expressed his feelings and point of view on it all here in this thread. --- End quote --- I expect you're right about some of the frequent contributors, but how many of those that did express negative opinions were not part of the thread of from the early days and so are not fully aware of the page contents or the of the thread's actual full title and what that says about the thread? I was actually invited to become part of this thread, before that I was to be seen lurking and taking part on some of the other threads here. That being said, however, I still think it was a bad choice of moderation style, I have nothing negative to say about any of the moderators here, but I still think that it would have paid huge dividends had the moderator taken a bit of time to get to know just what the thread was about, looked at the contributor's length of membership, and their participation record etc before coming to a conclusion that the complaints were justified and not just a knee-jerk reaction. |
| pcprogrammer:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on August 25, 2022, 04:17:23 pm --- --- Quote ---why Dave has not expressed his feelings and point of view on it all here in this thread --- End quote --- Perhaps because it would be really bad management to undermine your mods. And by 'undermine' I mean 'say anything' since being pro or con would be seen as thinking your mod needs assistance. --- End quote --- I meant more an after the fact thought on how he feels about the thread going forward based on some of the suggestions made here. Not to judge on what the moderators did in this case. gnif gave his idea on what to possibly do with it. |
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