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Can we stop with the "Game Changer...Bang for buck" threads please

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nero1701nero1701 Frets: 1815
edited November 2024 in Digital & Modelling
It's best kept on sensationalist pointless youtube !
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  • jamesguitarjamesguitar Frets: 244
    edited November 2024
    nero1701 said:
    It's best kept on sensationalist pointless youtube !
    You could just tag / message me directly instead of being passive aggressive lol
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  • nero1701nero1701 Frets: 1815
    nero1701 said:
    It's best kept on sensationalist pointless youtube !
    You could just tag / message me directly instead of being passive aggressive lol
    There was nothing passive about it.
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  • Yes
    No
    Maybe?
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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 34662
    Can we change it about a bit?

    'Buck Changer.... Bang for the Game'

    'Buck Banger ... Change for the Game'

    etc...
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  • NelsonPNelsonP Frets: 3580
    Game changing thread, this
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  • I get that terms like ‘game changer’ get thrown around a lot, especially by YouTubers. But I don’t subscribe to the idea that this means we can’t still use them meaningfully when discussing gear that genuinely stands out.

    In the case of the new Paint Audio product, I was asking whether it could be a game changer because it’s doing something very different that could have a big impact on many musicians’ gigs. I think it has the potential to change the way I approach things live, but I’m really interested to hear what others think and how they might implement it.

    This is a great place to discuss new tools and ideas openly and in good faith, without obsessing over the semantics of how certain words are used elsewhere.

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  • @jamesguitar regardless, the clickbait titles feel more than a bit unnecessary, no? This place isn’t YouTube or The Daily Mail… 
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  • jamesguitarjamesguitar Frets: 244
    edited November 2024

    I understand your perspective, but I don’t agree using descriptive, colloquial terminology in a post title constitutes ‘unnecessary clickbait’. The Daily Mail comparison also comes across as ad hominem and doesn't contribute constructively to the conversation.


    I don’t think we’re advancing the discussion here, but I invite you to either engage with the substance of my posts or ignore them. Otherwise, let’s focus on good faith, substantive discussions and avoid debating which words are acceptable.

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  • SporkySporky Frets: 32599
    Engaging with the posts would be easier without the clichéd hyperbole. 
    Never forget that you are wearing your invisible tiara. 
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  • GoldenEraGuitarsGoldenEraGuitars Frets: 9606
    tFB Trader
    I think Lee already changed one of the thread titles for this reason. It’s not worth getting wound up about 
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 8550
    edited November 2024

    I understand your perspective, but I don’t agree using descriptive, colloquial terminology in a post title constitutes ‘unnecessary clickbait’. The Daily Mail comparison also comes across as ad hominem and doesn't contribute constructively to the conversation.


    I don’t think we’re advancing the discussion here, but I invite you to either engage with the substance of my posts or ignore them. Otherwise, let’s focus on good faith, substantive discussions and avoid debating which words are acceptable.

    Respectfully, I think you’re missing the point, or that we’re not quite making it well enough:

    As you say, this is a good forum - made that way by a combination of the people who post on it and the information and insights that produces.

    Other article sites used to be good. YouTube used to be less awful. Both alienate a large part of their (previous) users with a slide in to templated, hyperbolic, misleading, clickbaity (take your pick from a combination of any or all) content.

    There are whole websites on topics that genuinely interest me (F1, Rugby, news) that I straight up no longer go to or click on headlines for. 

    There are YouTubers who I used to subscribe to but now completely ignore because it became impossible to tell what parts of their vastly increasing output were going to be of interest (or stay on the topic of the title) without wasting time I didn’t want to spare - all because of the slide toward creator-speak.

    Personally, as a result my defences are on high alert - I don’t want that slide here. I don’t think I’m alone. 

    I’m genuinely sorry if that seems hurtful, I’m laying it out in a genuine effort to explain why there are a few of us calling it out lately. It’s not personal - it’s protective of the forums culture. 
    Red ones are better. 
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  • BlueStratBlueStrat Frets: 1073
    Sporky said:
    Engaging with the posts would be easier without the clichéd hyperbole. 
    If you’re looking to avoid cliche and hyperbole you’ve come to the wrong place
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 32599
    BlueStrat said:
    Sporky said:
    Engaging with the posts would be easier without the clichéd hyperbole. 
    If you’re looking to avoid cliche and hyperbole you’ve come to the wrong place
    This post is more evidence that we need WizLols. 
    Never forget that you are wearing your invisible tiara. 
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  • SeshSesh Frets: 2021
    Does anyone want to know my cheap tricks for avoiding clichés and hyperbole?
    Number 6 will amaze you! 
    Can't sing, can't dance, can handle a guitar a little.
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 32599
    "Internet forum says NO to clickbaity titles! One member's response will shock you (and melt away belly fat)" 
    Never forget that you are wearing your invisible tiara. 
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  • BillDLBillDL Frets: 10624
    I was going to post a "10 Things You Didn't Know About The Guitar That Will Astound You" article / thread, but in view of this I have decided not to.
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  • topdog91topdog91 Frets: 944
    edited November 2024

    I understand your perspective, but I don’t agree using descriptive, colloquial terminology in a post title constitutes ‘unnecessary clickbait’. The Daily Mail comparison also comes across as ad hominem and doesn't contribute constructively to the conversation.


    I don’t think we’re advancing the discussion here, but I invite you to either engage with the substance of my posts or ignore them. Otherwise, let’s focus on good faith, substantive discussions and avoid debating which words are acceptable.

    You "invite us to engage"? This is a forum, no invite needed. It is not a debate about "which words are acceptable ", it's about whether the hyped up nature of the posts fits in with the honest nature of the forum.

    You've had feedback that these posts are a bit off and you're tone deaf.

    Mostly on the ads for years then suddenly a few posts that look like influencer bait. Are you being paid or otherwise compensated for these?
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  • DefaultMDefaultM Frets: 8106
    While we’re at it can we stop with the New Guitar Day threads with 57 words abbreviated in the title?
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 32599
    DefaultM said:
    While we’re at it can we stop with the New Guitar Day threads with 57 words abbreviated in the title?
    Ah - like NGDBINRANGBINTMSTCAIBD? 

    New Guitar Day But It's Not Really A New Guitar But It's New To Me So That Counts And It's Blue Day? 
    Never forget that you are wearing your invisible tiara. 
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  • DefaultMDefaultM Frets: 8106
    That’s the one.
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