Yeah, I was never much of a mute/block guy, but I find myself doing it more and more.
I like to live in a world where I’m the most miserable git. Anyone north of me on the Meldrew scale is likely to have the thread they’re moaning on muted by yours truly, if not just to preserve my own self image.
Just muted my first topic. Felt dirty. Hopefully no one posts that one killer jam or nugget of gold that could change my life in that thread.
I muted nearly everything except No Gear New Year thread, and a few on techniques I want to try sometime. Motivation was slightly different (GAS reduction), but I do spend my time here more productively now.
Yeah I don’t know, it’s really kind of weird.
People constantly spitballing about that analog digital hybrid machine that does all sorts of things. Then a unit like that gets released – “Is Elektron losing its foucs?”
you can also mute a whole section of the forum.
Muting “other gear” is helpful if you’re suffering from GAS.
It’s funny. I posted a similar thread and was not welcomed as much as this one is. Perhaps I was a bit too cheeky with the title.
the main damage it does for me (as a staunch non muter) is that i just stop reading the festering threads, which means i miss out on the slithers of worthwhile discussion and any elektronauts zeitgeist memery.
We now have two active threads complaining about people complaining. I’m muting this with the rest of them.
How can this be an issue for anyone. Some like it, some don’t, so what. There are good insights from both sides.
Truth to be told, sounds a bit childish to me. If you don’t like, just ignore it.
New Elektron gear seems to bring out the crazy in some people. It’ll calm sooner than later.
This place is a little piece of heaven compared to other forums. Try a American football fan forum, it’s sad really.
Complaining about people complaining about something.
This forum is getting trippy
Ah, the internet.
Yeah, I hadn’t considered the irony. I guess I’ll have to use my new found muting skillz on my own topic before I descend in to a K-Hole of rinse-repeat .
Remember when the model:whatever came out.? It’s was an asylum.
I find all this complaining and meta-complaining entertaining and am not offended by it one bit. It’s all a necessary byproduct of activity on the social networking platforms we corral ourselves onto. Now is a good time to exercise your ability to not take other peoples opinions on gear personally.
I do! That griping made a change tho!
Now, no matter where you look- you’ll find no evidence that the model:whatever(aka discount OT3) was ever teased/released/sold.
I enjoyed the playfulness of the Syntakt speculation thread. I don’t want a Syntakt, but it’s not hard to imagine others might want one. I want to want the new TE mixer but have sworn off tiny gear like that. I generally feel that people who use “snowflake” to refer to things that aren’t snow are projecting.
I’m fine with people complaining in the spirit of being frustrated musicians, or wishing for something that’s not there (if only the TX 6 we’re larger….) but it’s sad when people mistake wants for needs, or get angry because companies don’t serve their personal vision of how something should work. Even with all the component shortages, we are luxuriating in choices for gear.
That said, we are more than 2 years into a pandemic and people aren’t at their best right now.
I’m so glad this box wasn’t another Model.
Not because of any way I feel about the Models. But as a moderator… ooooof.
No wrong opinions
lmao 