Has censorship come to this board?

[Chris]

There is a lot more to life than audio cables and the culture of this message board has been that people feel free to discuss more than just this one narrow topic. That is one of the reasons why it is so successful. Don't try to fix it if it ain't broke.

I've been with the company for over 4 years now and have watched the AudioReview forum participation drop significantly over the past couple of years. I'd say there's a little room for improvement. Yes, I agree that is successful overall, but it needs a little help to regain its old form.

"Don't try to fix it if it ain't broke" .

This statement would have carried more weight if the quality of discussions and the traffic levels hadn't proven otherwise. We have specific forums for specific subject matter in hopes to group similar discussions together. We now have a forum dedicated to non-related topics for those who want to go off topic. I'm hoping that will satisfy people who need to talk about other topics. That should keep the technical forums more focused.

Overall, I think we're on the same page.

[skeptic]

Yes, I agree that is successful overall, but it needs a little help to regain its old form.

This statement would have carried more weight if the quality of discussions and the traffic levels hadn't proven otherwise.

I'd bet that of all the forums on this site, the cable forum has generated more traffic than any of the others. I know, I've posted on them too. Some threads here are viewed by nearly two thousand different people and that doesn't count the multiple hits from the same people who are following a thread. Some threads in the past have consisted of dozens and dozens of entries by dozens of participants.

Believe me, I don't enjoy the discussions about the other message board or about the moderator of it. It does not please me when that subject comes up and although I may have been the first to brint it up over a year ago, I haven't been the one to start new threads about it since or at least not for a long time. But there are things that need to be said and times in life when compromise is not an option. People who come here as complete beginners looking for advice on how to spend their money go there too not knowing what to believe. They get a very different message here than they get at the other board. They hear both sides of a story. And sometimes helping them decide who to believe means telling them why they get both sides here and only one side there. Putting this topic of discussion off this message board and into another category means most of those people will probably never see it. I do not see why protecting that message board from discussion and well deserved criticism here is of any value unless someone here is doing a favor for someone there. Why would that be? It doesn't smell right to me.