I watched this maliase happen on HMEM a while ago.
Now it seems to be infecting this forum.
ELITEISM.
BR
BR, unless I have been wearing the wrong glasses, I have never seen a single incident of elitism on here. Everyone who has asked a question, in my mind, has been given a fair answer without reverting to 'well you must go out and buy such and such to carry out the job'. I my opinion everyone (except in one case) has been shown what to do with the bits they have to hand with no malice or holier than thou thoughts showing through.
You might have confused elitism with a group of the same members doing all the posting on this site.
It is nothing to do with elitism, it is just a fact of life that a few core members are doing their level best to keep the site interesting, and the rest of the membership just sitting back on their ar**s and not responding to anything.
I can tell you now, those core members are spending most of their free time, making up posts, scratching around for ideas and articles that just might keep the members coming back. Not elitism at all, just a group of people dedicated to keeping the site interesting, FREE OF ELITISM, and where members can get assistance if they need it.
It is not our fault that the normal membership can't be bothered to write a short comment every now and again.
With regards to HMEM, that was recognised many moons ago, and was brought into public discussion by myself, and was shouted down and ignored. It seems exactly the same thing is happening here.
Bury your heads in the sand, and let natural progression take it's course was the order of the day.
You now have a HMEM that will never be able to revert to it's original goals, where 'holier than thou' and 'elitism' reigns.
So much for natural progression.
John
Is this recurring desire to chew on this same old bone a seasonal thing with or do you do it at random intervals. It's getting almost too predictable. Let the board be what it is and stop with the whining already.
I do love these open discussions Steve, unfortunatley you are totally wrong this time.
This time, I am just the gob on the front, the one who raised the issue.
A few of the 'elite' prolific posters have had a few private discussions in the background, I am sure you can find a way of making even that illegal, and have basically come to the same conclusion. We break our backs, like you do, making all sorts of things, and spend most of our waking lives making up posts to be shown on here. Only to have it all ignored by all and sundry.
Then why do it you may ask. We want to see the site survive and flourish, but it seems like the rest of the membership don't want that to happen.
If they just want information, then I suggest they go out and buy a book. This forum is about showing what we do, in a light hearted and informative way. If the membership can't be bothered to respond to what is being shown, then why should we even bother to make up the posts in the first place?
Without feedback, how are we to know what the membership thinks, and what they want to see. I don't think any of us who do technical posts are clairvoyant, it should be up to the members who are reading our ramblings to let us know what they want.
Let the board be what it is and stop with the whining already
I am very sorry but this just doesn't cut it this time Steve, please read the above reply to BR's statement.
I would just like to add a thank you to Foozer above, for taking a bit of time out to let us know what he gets out of the site, and any comments like that are deeply appreciated.
Keep up the good work Foozer.
Bogs