And on cue, some jerk "asks a question" and acts all "curious" about why Mark Tremonti "sucks". Much trolling ensues.
What’s a Facebook?
THIS. That's my problem with the PGOW pages. While there are a bunch of good guys, there are also quite a number of D-bags trolls. It's astonishing to me that some people will go out of their way to say something nasty and negative (when it's unsolicited). I remember a dealer, who is an active participant here, posting pictures one of his beautiful new PS creations once, and getting negative comments from a few (and it was a beauty, BTW). What happened to respect and manners?!!
Markie and I had this discussion years ago, and agreed: If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything. Thumper had it right.
Right there with you. I used to be willing to go back and forth on some things on certain discussion forums (not all music), but I quickly realized some of the people weren't there for a discussion, just to spout their views and bask in all the 'I agree' comments. I had a guy argue with me on a sports forum that I wasn't posting the NHL rule for interference, but the US Hockey or some such thing. After I'd cut and pasted it from the NHL site. That was one of the turning points. Another was a discussion w/Sergio and Rob at Experience a few years ago. I wasn't a fan of the Ignore/Block button, and Sergio said, "Dude - it makes life so much happier when you don't have to see the a$$holes." Converted me completely. I love the block button now. It's my second-favorite button.
We've had a few threads trend towards the contentious here, but very few lately. Level-headedness seems to prevail. That's why this is my favorite.
Counterpoint: May be better, because I’m not doing it.Can’t be that great if I’m not doing it.
I was briefly on Facebook because my kids live in other cities and I wanted to see what they were up to on the platform.
But at some point during the 2016 election cycle, all this horrible stuff started showing up when I logged on, so I shut down my account.
I decided I’d rather hate my friends for their personalities than their politics.
Counterpoint: May be better, because I’m not doing it.
I was briefly on Facebook because my kids live in other cities and I wanted to see what they were up to on the platform.
But at some point during the 2016 election cycle, all this horrible stuff started showing up when I logged on, so I shut down my account.
I decided I’d rather hate my friends for their personalities than their politics.
Exactly.I just took a look at it.
Its a police state.
This forum though is the mothership of guitar porn. Cataclysmic climaxes occur regularly, especially on fridays.Lotsa porn!
WooHOO!
i use Facebook alot because I am 800km from home and it is the easiest way to keep in contact with my friends over there and have some informations what's going on. But the groups are another case, often it's just spam/out-of-topic/garbage promotions/braggers that show off even on ''official pages'' - the page admins rarely can keep up cleaning out all the trash and as they want a max members those are not closed groups with admin approval... anyone can join and that's the trap. I am member of the official PRS page, I think some time i also was on the ''owners worldwide'' but got insultet by all names because my PRS actually shows wear! In their opinion I have to hang it either on the wall without touching it or secure it in a safe. Wtf - such a guitar is made to play and wear over the years is normal and makes it a personal relic! I don't know what those ''collectors'' have in their heads, some don't even know to actually play it, they just have enough money to buy whatever they want! Come on - I'm thinking about having my personal ''Private Stock'' one day, I almost know what I want, but I swear whatever the price tag will be it will be played, it will have wear over the years and I will love it even more for every personal scratch! If i want to invest for money purposes I'd buy some gold bars
PS: Attending a gig of Molly Hatchet some years ago (I think it was in 2006) I was soooooo happy to see a Dragon actually PLAYED!!!