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[MasterBlaster84]

I think some people may be reading to much into threads like this, it's simply feedback about S2G's new site with a little twist of personal feelings mixed in. Seems to me that expressing a choice of one site over another doesn't in itself indicate any hatred, animosity or otherwise. I know I for one prefer it here but that's just my choice and not because I harbor hatred or anything else for S2G, if any of you prefer it over there that's fine but I have limited time so I can't easily navigate both.

 

[Ken]

I think some people may be reading to much into threads like this, it's simply feedback about S2G's new site with a little twist of personal feelings mixed in. Seems to me that expressing a choice of one site over another doesn't in itself indicate any hatred, animosity or otherwise. I know I for one prefer it here but that's just my choice and not because I harbor hatred or anything else for S2G, if any of you prefer it over there that's fine but I have limited time so I can't easily navigate both.

Well said!

 

[Reli]

i think you are far wrong, hugo --
there are VERY few posts here that ever diss s2g --

Eh, I'm gonna have to disagree.........I've seen a ton of posts here talking about how S2G is lame because it doesn't have as many features, or how a certain moderator ruined it even though I've never seen him post much bla bla.......

And the funny thing is, a lot of those complaints were posted on S2G itself. And that's not really polite IMO, to visit someone's house and complain about it. By the way, most of those people used "aliases" to hide who they really were. That's pretty damn weak, creating a new username in order to criticize the board they used to post on before defecting to Boomboxery. That's what caused me to toss a couple comments back at them.

I haven't had time to figure out the new features on S2G yet, but I welcome the change.......... And if it's true that they now allow non-members to browse, I think that's great. It really pissed me off before I joined S2G that I couldn't read anything. That's not exactly conducive to attracting new members. I think it's a change Boomboxery should consider making as well.

 

[Superduper]

Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about how the guys here have "dissed" the other site, or vice versa. Like I said, I have seen an equal number of posts (if not more) at the other site dissing this site. Funny how memories can be so short. I would dig up and show all the threads if only S2G still had a search feature. But it no longer has it, so excuse me while I now say this site is better because we have a search feature.

As for guys here registering "aliases" for the purpose of crashing the party over there -- I have never heard such things before and it's news to me. Maybe it's true, maybe it's just suspicion or rumor. But when I visit the sites, I look for interesting boombox threads and basically skip over these irrelevant threads that serves no real purpose with respect to our boombox hobby.

Regardless.... what would you expect to hear inside the Giants locker room? High praise and admiration for the Dodgers? I fully expect the Toyota guys to say their cars are better the same way I expect the Honda guys to say the same things about their cars when I visit their showrooms.

So getting hung up on comments by guys singing the praises of the site they like best or tightly associated with simply isn't the same as throwing stones and if any such thread seems annoying or personally hurtful, just ignore avoid it and skip to the next thread. I stand by my previous post which I will quote below:

Well, I'm very much a neutral guy and try to post over there once in awhile but lemme just say that the animosity Patron and AO alludes to is not restricted to any one site. Both sites have exhibited these exact same sentiments from time to time so no one is guilt free here. Mostly, I just try to stay above the fray and the purpose of my thread here was simply to announce the seemingly very substantial changes at the old site (in case no one noticed) and how it was gonna take a lot of getting used to.

Yes, some folks have stated that they are happy here but the truth is that you can please some of the people all the time, or all the people some of the time, but you simply can't please all of the people all of the time. As individuals, it's human nature to have different likes/dislikes. And some folks like it here, some people prefer it there, nothing wrong with that. And yes, some folks might be vocal about their preference but I don't think any offense should be drawn from it either way. How someone saying that they like it here, could then be construed to be throwing stones is just plain silly and reading too much into an innocent comment. Perhaps I am naive and missing all the hidden meanings in these statements but I simply don't see it nor can I make that relationship. I happen to like Chevy's (or did before the Govt took it over). Doesn't mean I won't drive a Ford. All I can say is drop in here once in a while if you feel like it and many of us also drops over there for a comment or two also, from time to time.

'nuff said.

I vote to lock and close this thread. The announcement of new changes to other site really has served it's purpose.

 

[MasterBlaster84]

getting hung up on comments by guys singing the praises of the site they like best or tightly associated with simply isn't the same as throwing stones and if any such thread seems annoying or personally hurtful, just ignore avoid it and skip to the next thread. I stand by my previous post which I will quote below:

completely, seems like suggesting a preference is being equated to bashing and that's not true.

I love boomboxes, the culture, and the people who share that passion and it doesn't matter to me where they choose to spend their time. We really need to move on from this he said she said kind of finger pointing, it won't get us anywhere but down.