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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: fossala on Sun, 29 April 2012, 15:04:24

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: fossala on Sun, 29 April 2012, 15:04:24

I tried to post this in "site news" but couldn't.
I am leaving geekhack, I'm sick of the childishness. I may see you over at DT.
I will be refunding the cherry blue GB tomorrow.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: REVENGE on Sun, 29 April 2012, 15:06:00

Quote from: fossala;585734

I tried to post this in "site news" but couldn't.
I am leaving geekhack, I'm sick of the childishness. I may see you over at DT.
I will be refunding the cherry blue GB tomorrow.

Sorry to see you leave, later man.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: Djuzuh on Sun, 29 April 2012, 15:06:38

Don't know what to respond.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: Glissant on Sun, 29 April 2012, 15:11:31

That's not funny, fossala. April 1 was almost a month ago now.

Do you mind taking the time to explain what got you in this mood? I see a lot of trolling and opinionated posting in the forums, but it shouldn't ruin the whole experience for you.

And just in case I got trolled.

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Title: Leaving GH
Post by: fossala on Sun, 29 April 2012, 15:17:36

Because the majority of people here just like to exploit others.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: mkawa on Sun, 29 April 2012, 15:24:18

people complain about stupid junk and do unreasonable things everywhere. taking a break is good for everyone but imo you're a big benefit to this forum and i hope you don't leave for too long.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: smknjoe on Sun, 29 April 2012, 15:33:54

Quote from: fossala;585743

Because the majority of people here just like to exploit others.

I was trolled on my 3rd post or so. This place seems to be overrun with kiddies, but I just take it with a grain of salt. It's been like that since the good ole BB days.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Sun, 29 April 2012, 15:44:57

**** im really sad to see you go man :(


Sent from my iPhone using an iPhone

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: Glissant on Sun, 29 April 2012, 15:58:02

Majority of people. Ok then. Take it easy.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: longweight on Sun, 29 April 2012, 16:01:01

I have no problem with people on here so far!

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 29 April 2012, 16:13:56

This seems kind of sudden.

Sure, there are idiots and *******s here, but, hey, welcome to the human race.

I have always had trouble seeing the reasoning behind the one or 2 dozen people here who seem to have a running insult flame war amongst themselves, but the rest of us are pretty much here for information about keyboards and entertainment.

PS - and I don't find members calling each other names to be entertaining

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: funxion on Sun, 29 April 2012, 16:26:24

I think you should reconsider man. For you to just leave like this doesn't really help the cause. You're a moderator and are one of the few chosen to put a halt to the trolling that goes on.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: silat on Sun, 29 April 2012, 16:47:22

DT?? LOL
They have some of the same children posting the same types of comments there.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: GeorgeStorm on Sun, 29 April 2012, 16:55:28

I would agree in terms of the trolling and attitude of various members here, however I wouldn't leave as a result, since you still no doubt can help new members etc, just do your best to ignore those who try to ruin things.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: tsangan on Sun, 29 April 2012, 17:01:07

Same thing on DT

http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/glow-keycaps-from-raptor-gaming-k1-t2386.html

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: whiskerBox on Sun, 29 April 2012, 17:23:25

I don't see why people get so emotional about prices of things. If you feel that something is overpriced then don't buy it.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: longweight on Sun, 29 April 2012, 17:39:14

People don't like to see things selling for more than they would pay for them and therefore feel the need to comment.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: Elissar on Sun, 29 April 2012, 17:45:12

If this is about pricing; A price is merely a currency of will. What you or others are 'willing' to pay for. For example; If you pay $100 for an item and find out a week later someone selling for $80. You didn't lose $20. You merely got an item for the price you were willing to pay.

As for trolls and immaturity someone in this thread stated it well. Welcome to the human race. Plain and simple. I'm not going to say deal with. Take the good parts, leave the bad. Don't take the bad and forget the good.

That's my 5 cents (Australia doesn't have 2 cents! and I'm not going to paypal or bank transfer for two XD)

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: reaper on Sun, 29 April 2012, 17:45:29

Quote from: fossala;585734

I am leaving geekhack, I'm sick of the childishness. I may see you over at DT.

Well, good luck and hope you find better things over at DT. =)

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: eth0s on Sun, 29 April 2012, 18:01:55

DT is not going to be any better:  same trolls, and same problems over there.  

IMO, leaving is the worst thing to do if you are really upset about the way things are going in this forum.  The better alternative is to stay and fight whatever "childishness" or "exploitation" you perceive is happening.  I'm not telling you there is no childishness or exploitation, but I just may be more inured to it than you, since I live and work in New York City, and I see nothing but childishness and exploitation every day.  The rich are getting vastly richer and they are exploiting the middle class more and more.  It's getting ridiculous.  Sales of homes worth more than $20 Million have hit another record peak.  So if you don't like it, you can do something about it.  You could join a protest movement, or the Communist Party, or you could just complain about it on this forum.   Being a complainer, may not make you a white male version of Rosa Parks, but at least you will be doing something.  Douchebags with too much money are everywhere, and they ruin everything (check out the gentrification of Harlem and even Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods in NYC).  It's the way of the world.  But running away and hiding is not the answer.  Standing up and denouncing them is a better way to go.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: Squelos on Sun, 29 April 2012, 18:09:26

Im kinda sad to see him say this, but then I dont believe DT is going to be any better than this here.
But then thats just my opinion.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: sth on Sun, 29 April 2012, 18:26:55

See you on irc bro

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: mbc on Sun, 29 April 2012, 18:40:25

@fossala don't let it get to you

Quote from: ripster;585881

I'm like Helvetica.  Ubiquitous.  Never changing.   I hang around all the keyboard sites.

Thanks man, you just opened my eyes. :)

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: smknjoe on Sun, 29 April 2012, 18:48:21

Quote from: ripster;585881

At least you can argue about clickclacks all you want with no fear of being banned:

http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/i-m-tired-of-the-damn-speculation-that-ruins-everything-t2563.html

Good to know. You should be able to speak freely. After all, information exchange was the whole idea (of the Internet) in the first place.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: smknjoe on Sun, 29 April 2012, 18:56:47

Same thing aren't they?

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: mr626 on Sun, 29 April 2012, 19:01:29

Quote from: fohat.digs;585775

This seems kind of sudden.

Sure, there are idiots and *******s here, but, hey, welcome to the human race.

I have always had trouble seeing the reasoning behind the one or 2 dozen people here who seem to have a running insult flame war amongst themselves, but the rest of us are pretty much here for information about keyboards and entertainment.

PS - and I don't find members calling each other names to be entertaining

Pretty much this. People are people, no matter where you go.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: ricercar on Sun, 29 April 2012, 19:26:29

Quote from: ripster;585890

I thought [the internet] was for national defence and porn?

Actually it was initially all about national defense (and porn). Defence is what they have in Britain.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: demik on Sun, 29 April 2012, 19:31:11

(http://zembla.cementhorizon.com/archives/d-fence.jpg)

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: keyboardlover on Sun, 29 April 2012, 19:32:29

Have fun at DT! I'm sure you will find it much less childish over there.

Also I believe naptime there starts at 3 PM.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: silat on Sun, 29 April 2012, 20:11:27

Quote from: ripster;585881

At least you can argue about clickclacks all you want with no fear of being banned:

http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/i-m-tired-of-the-damn-speculation-that-ruins-everything-t2563.html

I'm like Helvetica.  Ubiquitous.  Never changing.   I hang around all the keyboard sites.

Sent From Brother Ripster's iPad

LOL you have made it clear you want anarchy and rightly so you will not get it....

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: bootstrap on Mon, 30 April 2012, 01:36:09

@fossala - I'm sorry that you're leaving. See you at DH.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: Henry Allen Venture on Mon, 30 April 2012, 08:09:28

Unlucky fossala is leaving. I was never that familiar with him, but judging from the responses ITT, it seems like he was a valuable member of the community and will be missed, for those of us that aren't also over at DT already.

I have to agree with some of what he was saying, though. For a while there I stopped coming here, mostly because I was so busy, I didn't really want to spend my spare time reading people going out of their way to rip on Ducky keyboards for no reason (as an example), and/or just generally ****ting up what were otherwise decent threads.

I'm starting to force myself to have more time off, though, so I should be appearing a bit more around here again in the near future, though.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: flags on Mon, 30 April 2012, 17:49:20

People still get upset over stuff on the internet?

(Have fun at DT! You'll be missed.)

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 30 April 2012, 18:05:21

I only wanted to re-join to get some cherry greens.

Anyway, how can a post count go down? It's not like I was deleting my GH posts.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 30 April 2012, 18:26:46

They sure do talk about Geekhack a LOT at Deskthority.

http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/geekhack-hacked-again-t1931.html (http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/geekhack-hacked-again-t1931.html)

http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/deskthority-net-vs-geekhack-org-t405.html (http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/deskthority-net-vs-geekhack-org-t405.html)

Quote from: itlnstln

GH is pretty fail now. It's sad, too, because, IMO, it really helped open up the mechanical keyboard "scene" in the US.

Then the OCN crowd came along...

My take is that Deskthority is where haters go who can't handle the reality of Geekhack.

Quote from: itlnstln

Some complain about DT being too "vintage,"...

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B9zoCm1njRA/TLfouFtEhxI/AAAAAAAAAq8/Cll7yq1Fmgc/s1600/older-man-napping-in-cha.jpg)

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 30 April 2012, 18:37:52

Quote from: ripster;586762

DT great for keyboard science.

GLWNT (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?27325-Announcing-my-new-theory-the-Good-Luck-With-Nickels-Theory-AKA-GLWNT!).

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: itlnstln on Mon, 30 April 2012, 19:00:47

Quote from: keyboardlover;586760

They sure do talk about Geekhack a LOT at Deskthority.

http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/geekhack-hacked-again-t1931.html (http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/geekhack-hacked-again-t1931.html)

http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/deskthority-net-vs-geekhack-org-t405.html (http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/deskthority-net-vs-geekhack-org-t405.html)



My take is that Deskthority is where haters go who can't handle the reality of Geekhack.

Show Image

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B9zoCm1njRA/TLfouFtEhxI/AAAAAAAAAq8/Cll7yq1Fmgc/s1600/older-man-napping-in-cha.jpg)

And this is why fossala is leaving...

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 01 May 2012, 03:46:05

Quote from: ripster;586785

How's that ClickClack of yours?  Put it on a Topre yet?  I hope you still have one!

Yeah I doubt Webwit will ban auctions anytime soon.  After all, the Dutch Auction is named after his country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_auction

Kinda like my ClickClack sale thread but nobody ever bids!
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?22671-ClickClack-Keys

The Click Clack looks great on my Topre 103UB, thanks!  I'll try to get a pic today.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: Findecanor on Tue, 01 May 2012, 08:31:05

Sad to see you go. See you at DT!

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: kaen on Tue, 01 May 2012, 16:51:32

Too new here to really know you but wish you well wherever you end up.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: keyboardlover on Tue, 01 May 2012, 17:27:11

Quote from: itlnstln;586784

And this is why fossala is leaving...

He needs a nap?

Well Deskthority is the perfect place so I don't blame him.

Title: Leaving GH
Post by: captain on Sat, 12 May 2012, 04:52:34

Quote from: ripster;586777

Well, maybe not THAT great for Keyboard Science...but the wikis are improving.

Unlike here, where they just get deleted and/or rolled back into the ether....  :-/