Thanks for this but I think you have him confused with someone else, Vic never posted videos or music. He just loved to talk about music and really wanted to create topics to get to know everyone.Well, this is certainly a shame! He was one of the very few members who was actually posting music (and well done videos) he created, which I value more than what anyone has to say about gear, guitars, other artists, moon landings, politics or religion ;~)) Even if I do not like the music a forumite has created, I would still rather see/hear that than opinions on products and people (though of course, some music could be about those very things).
As for the cliques, I will say that they do exist here and on the other 2 forums I am a part of (but I believe it is true of any group of almost any size). And that is fine, some people thrive on exclusion and aggrandizing their value by being a part of a smaller group. That is their problem, not mine, even if they do decide to be condescending or ignore my input! I state my opinion when I think it is relevant to the topic, help when I can and make jokes as often as possible. Beyond that, I scroll away from anything I don't like and it is over ;~))
Victor, if you read this, I hope you come back! Steve, thanks for starting this thread to bring attention to this matter! Others, looking forward to hearing music you have created and decide to share with us ;~))
I am one who constantly posts videos from my YouTube but I haven't lately as I've been more present on another forum. However, I do not like discussing politics or religion either, usually it's brought into threads (and threads I create) by other members.
I'm confused at how many people are unaware about the cliques that we have here on the forum. I've been on this forum only for a couple months, it's had its ups and downs for me, it's not the best forum but it's not the worst. There are plenty of long time members that have made this forum seem like a joke and they're usuay backed by their forum friends. I am able to see this only being here a short time, Vic and others have also seen it.
Vic never said anything about anyone though, he just more-or-less said he wished everyone well and it just wasn't for him. He left gracefully and with a positive attitude. It's really something!