Lately there have been a series events on Lighting Gallery, that took not one, but multiple connected cases of poisonous behavior from multiple members, some of which are amongst the ones we trust the very most to not support such behavior
I have been in this site for 8 years and seen some of the bad times it went through in the past, but never yet something "out of the Blue" like this. And since it is to some extent a mass phenomena i think the right thing to do would be to bring this in the light
We are a board of people who take interest in lighting, and sometimes in other stuff too. Each of us see and appreciates lighting differently. It is great that we can be here together, and while at that, think, like and want not all the same things
We have proven to be able to share here things that interest many of us, and things that interest only a few. Sometimes very eccentric things were posted by somebody to see if anyone else is interested. We have always appreciated it. We have gone through different luminaires, LEDs, favorite music, toilets and vacuums, and did not have a problem, of anyone coming into a discussion of something they are not interested in and ruining it just for the sake of
We do have such problem now.
This showed up when i raised quite eccentric proposition on a subject, that may or may not be possible to achieve, and will likely interest few members
Initially there were a few that pointed out that it's impossible
There may be others who dont think so with such certainity, and may be interested in evaluating the proposition further. In fact, i want to find out who may be interested, and this is why i posted the proposition in the first place
Several members, who think that the proposition is impossible,
forgot that as much as they are entitled to think so, I am and others are entitled to think otherwise. They
destroyed the discussion because it does not go in line with their opinions.
They
destroyed again the discussion after i tried to get a new start in it, to ensure that it can't advance anywhere.
Some of the comments placed to stop the discussion are
pretending to be mature. The only immature thing is, that there was
no reason for the members posting them to even enter the thread at this point. They entered it
only to try to stop it from possibly going somewhere without their
approvalEveryone aired their opinion and the topic was laid to rest. I don't think anyone is interested
Ash, this has been done to death. It is a laudable idea, but it just isn't feasible. Give it a rest, PLEASE.... Roll Eyes
And some were much less mature
AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH......!!!!!!
[Runs off into distance screaming wildly while tearing out hair.......]
Finally, they got a forum administrator to lock it because it became a
discussion going nowhere and they were
getting tired of it. After their best efforts to turn it into one
I opened a new discussion
I put this as a proposition, and am interested to see whether this can be done and how. I am looking for who might be interested in this happening, and would like to either 1. take part, or 2. point out possible problems and concerns
Please post your arguments for and against with appropriate reasoning, which can be discussed
I am asking to NOT do one thing in this thread : If you think this project can't succeed or there is a non-resolvable problem with it, don't force your opinion that it cannot be done. Present it and explain why, or just don't do anything
The new discussion seen its few first constructive posts.
And then, it started becoming one going nowhere
through the efforts of the same members AND A FORUM ADMINISTRATORWhile I won't lock this thread yet, if you keep beating a dead horse, I might have too, instead of just talking about it, try doing something about it? Singling out some members makes you unliked by the community.
Ash,
You have done this to death, and it's getting very monotonous. It is a nice idea, but at the end of the day we're collectors of lamps, not manufacturers.
As to presenting you with facts why it can't be done I refer you to James' post on the original thread, have a read of it here for yourself as you don't want to believe it.
Can we please put an end to this now.?
Yup, Ash, stop this, it's just getting annoying now, unless someone has contact with the person actually in control of this, I don't see the need to keep beating a dead horse.
Ash, why don't you go to the plant and talk to them yourself? As you seem to be the only one interested in this. I'm sure others are too, but give it a rest, please!
Thread closed
If we can :
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Destroy threads
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Politely ask to stop threads which pose
no problem other than not getting in line with our personal opinion
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Get tired of the mere existence of threads we were never required to participate in
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Get administrators to lock threads to satisfy the members who are the problem, instead of keeping them open for the members who respectfully participate in themThen the way is open for us to get rid of every single thread or picture post present in this website in exactly the same way, with exactly the same justifications
I hate your favorite lanterns.
I hate your favorite music which you posted in Off Topic.
I would like for that lamp to be smashed, so there is no chance of you getting it.
I think nobody is interested in your vacuum cleaner collection. Go vacuum with it elsewhere. We can lock this thread.
I am tired of seeing discussions about LEDs. All of them.
I am tired of seeing a pair of the same members seconding each other on every single post one of them make.
I am asking an administrator to remove all those things i hate because i hate them so much.