robertw Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Thankfully not an issue for the majority of people here, but this came to mind today when I asked K-Tek's representative a simple question about a bag, of all things, and found myself the subject of one participant's persistent, bottomless condescension toward other people. And yes, I should have ignored him. From a new site called dailynous.com: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewest Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Reps and sales persons are there to promote and not listen. How many designs have we used that were put together in a laboratory and never tested in the field, I could put a list together. Monitor speakers are easy to demo despite the alien acoustic of the demo Boom microphones can only be tested in use as to talk 12 inches away from any good microphone and they tend to sound similar. I attended a DPA talk on their 5.1 microphone No demo so whats the point? I volunteered to record demo material and did so for 2 days Very interesting, Dolby'd onto a DVD by the local rep, I have a copy!! Hope DPA have a copy. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Not sure what Mike West is referring to, I suspect it is to another topic. As to civility here, there, and everywhere, the above example is certainly ok and maybe even useful as it pertains to discussion groups. I think the biggest culprit in the exchange sited was the written word way we communicate here. Add to that the over posting by some just to post something. Add to that the feeling of being put down somehow by a post and we end up with anger/hurt feelings/whatever. It can be fun to engage in a flame war or two but at the end of the day you're only burning yourself. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewest Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I agree OS that my comments were and adjuct! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Robertw quoted: " Okay, now try commenting... " well, alright... only you can determine if it works well for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McL Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Not related to the OP's particular situation, but rather the big communications picture. If you need to drill far down into details, audio works best and all that back and forth in real time that comes with. If you require asynchronous communication, record and send that. As many of you know, I'm a big fan of the video conference. G+ has a free way to do that. So does FB for that matter. If your knickers even begin to get twisted, try a phone call or video conference and see if the whole thing doesn't turn around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Spaeth Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Not sure what Mike West is referring to, I suspect it is to another topic. As to civility here, there, and everywhere, the above example is certainly ok and maybe even useful as it pertains to discussion groups. I think the biggest culprit in the exchange sited was the written word way we communicate here. Add to that the over posting by some just to post something. Add to that the feeling of being put down somehow by a post and we end up with anger/hurt feelings/whatever. It can be fun to engage in a flame war or two but at the end of the day you're only burning yourself. CrewC +1, well said Crew. I'll add that one should try not to take things personally if they're not in the same room with the person who is attacking them, on a forum or such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Watson Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 ... one participant's persistent, bottomless condescension toward other people. These unfortunates have a name. They are called "list bullies". Seems just about every discussion forum has a few. Most fora seem to have a filter mechanism that lets you hide posts from individuals you find annoying. I don't know if the JWSound forum has such a filter as I haven't felt the need to go looking for one yet. Which is itself rather remarkable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Ragon Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Bruce your right about the bullies.. seams like every forum has them.. I think Reddit has done an outstanding job for filtering out bullies. They have a system of reddit gold, and points. People who 'donate' their time with patients, are rewarded. People who don't, are voted out of obscurity, as far as the forum goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantin Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 I agree about the civility. I also think that in our job you're in the wrong place if you can't handle a tough room. Same goes for a forum. The other side of that civility medal is sensitivity. Some people can have too much of it and be quickly and needlessly offended by a simple and non-aggressive, albeit perhaps pointles post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriskellett Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 +1 +2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Thankfully not an issue for the majority of people here, but this came to mind today when I asked K-Tek's representative a simple question about a bag, of all things, and found myself the subject of one participant's persistent, bottomless condescension toward other people. And yes, I should have ignored him. Wait....What? Did I do something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkautzsch Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Wait....What? Did I do something? I think it wasn't you (or the "K-Tek representative") who did that remark, but a certain third party well known for coming across as condescending... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertw Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Wait....What? Did I do something? On the contrary. You were extremely helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCC Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Glad this thread was started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 On the contrary. You were extremely helpful. OH...ok. I was confused there for a second. I think I get what you are talking about now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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