'Why should I join Geekhack?'

[Michael]

Wanted to hear what people thought, maybe from the perspective of a potential new member coming from reddit or another forum.


So, why should someone be compelled to join Geekhack?

[azhdar]

Community.

EDIT : And Taylor Swift gif battles.

[FrostyToast]

If you have lots of disposable income and don't have a wife who will beat you for buying too much crap.... this is perfect!
Also, it's great if you like posting a bunch of GIFs everywhere while feeling like you will piss off the moderation team and get banned....

[Signature]

The best way to become an elitist

[iri]

to be able to buy keycaps for ridiculous prices and throw money and stuff at people only to never see it back.

[demik]

piss off the moderation team and get banned....

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[MAR82]

To not see Poker 2 (Corsair RGBs, Razer BWs, ...)  posts, to not hear Ripster talk BS all most of the time, and to get away from post like "what is best keyboard?" type of questions!  )

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

we're better than ripster

[FrostyToast]

piss off the moderation team and get banned....

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[demik]

piss off the moderation team and get banned....

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[jdcarpe]

we're better than ripster

so much better

[Fire Brand]

Because it's were most of the keyboard related items come from or start out I came to geekhack and it was the first on Google when trying to find nyan cat keycaps I think it was photoelectrics board that drew me in, and it turns out geekhack is the birth place of pretty much everything keyboard related came for the nyan cat stayed for the community.

TLDR you are all loveable goofballs

[slip84]

It's an interesting community once you make it out of the classified section. I know the meetup I did in Nashville really, really changed my perception of the group that exists here. Meeting Halverson, CPTBadAss, tj... everyone. It was pretty keen.

Anyway, community. It's not reddit where you're basically nameless and hidden behind imgur links.

[Synjin]

we're better than ripster

Watch it mate, Ripster has a mod account here remember? Perhaps you have forgotten....

[jdcarpe]

geekhack is the birth place of pretty much everything

yeeeeee

[whentheclouds]

i find the idea of ripster having a mod account here hilarious. reminds me of that ****ty horror movie where the calls come from inside the house

[plegnic]

Well considering I just joined after being a part of /r/mk for a while I can say it's partly because a forum is often a better format for 'enthusiast' communities. Reddit naturally encourages everyone to make a separate post for everything which gets annoying. Forums have better organization for sub-topics which helps for filtering stuff that you do/don't care to see.

(I'm sure there are just as many "i <3 my poker/razer/k70" posts around here, but they're all in one or two threads so everyone else doesn't have to deal with them )

[azhdar]

(I'm sure there are just as many "i <3 my poker/razer/k70" posts around here, but they're all in one or two threads so everyone else doesn't have to deal with them )

You'll hardly see Razer/Corsair on here.

[jdcarpe]

i find the idea of ripster having a mod account here hilarious. reminds me of that ****ty horror movie where the calls come from inside the house

I personally don't find it hilarious. I think the joke is in poor taste. He doesn't have a mod account here.

Some people don't find him funny or amusing AT ALL.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

we're better than ripster

Watch it mate, Ripster has a mod account here remember? Perhaps you have forgotten....

BAN ME RIPSTER MOD ACCOUNT. I TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU.

[Synjin]

I wonder why Computer-Lab in Basement isn't replying. Did he get shadowbanned?

[jdcarpe]

Can we stop saying that name please? I was in a good mood...

[Lurch]

surely you mean gifhack....

[azhdar]

"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"

[digi]

we take whats on imgur and post it here.

[demik]

geekhack is the birth place of pretty much everything keyboard related

i like gh as much as the next person but cmon. thats reaching.

gold springs
lubing
stickers
"vintage" switches
custom keyboards

everything gh loves is mostly thanks to the koreans.

now keycaps, you can thank gh.

[MAR82]

now keycaps, you can thank gh.

Home of the Clacks and Bro caps

[Ngt]

geekhack is the birth place of pretty much everything keyboard related

i like gh as much as the next person but cmon. thats reaching.

gold springs
lubing
stickers
"vintage" switches
custom keyboards

everything gh loves is mostly thanks to the koreans.

now keycaps, you can thank gh.

You took the words out of my mouth. For once I agree with a post of yours.

[Ngt]

I wonder why Computer-Lab in Basement isn't replying. Did he get shadowbanned?

Who's "computer labs"?

[jdcarpe]

gold springs
lubing
stickers
"vintage" switches
custom keyboards

everything gh loves is mostly thanks to the koreans.

True, but how accessible were those things outside Korea, before GH got involved?

[exitfire401]

we're better than ripster

Watch it mate, Ripster has a mod account here remember? Perhaps you have forgotten....

BAN ME RIPSTER MOD ACCOUNT. I TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU.

Done.

[digi]

True, but how accessible were those things outside Korea, before GH got involved?

[Michael]

True, but how accessible were those things outside Korea, before GH got involved?

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[digi]

True, but how accessible were those things outside Korea, before GH got involved?

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[Synjin]

So this is where clacks originated then? I never really know how it all started.

[demik]

gold springs
lubing
stickers
"vintage" switches
custom keyboards

everything gh loves is mostly thanks to the koreans.

True, but how accessible were those things outside Korea, before GH got involved?

thats not what fire said. you can argue that gh popularized it, sure. but gh didnt start it.

[SpAmRaY]

So this is where clacks originated then? I never really know how it all started.

You should read this https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=24463.0 and this https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=24462.0

[Michael]

Is geekhack where ripster started, or was he a part of any other forums previously?

[HoffmanMyster]

You should join geekhack because you want to.  A lot of people (myself included) love the community here.  Perhaps that's reason enough.  But no matter how "great" a community is, not everyone will like it, so maybe it's not for you.  But I can tell you that, without a doubt, I have met more awesome people here than anywhere else on the internet.  Is that not reason enough? 

[digi]

"Q: Where are your keys made?
A: 100% in the U.S.A.  Believe it or not that includes everything! My materials are also 100% made and sourced in the U.S.A as well as my equipment (fabricated and/or sourced)."

When I think of ClickClack, I think of Metallica's lead singer at a show in Oakland, CA wearing a red, white, and blue shirt on that say's "I piss excellence".

[Lurch]

You should join geekhack because you want to.  A lot of people (myself included) love the community here.  Perhaps that's reason enough.  But no matter how "great" a community is, not everyone will like it, so maybe it's not for you.  But I can tell you that, without a doubt, I have met more awesome people here than anywhere else on the internet.  Is that not reason enough? 

The Hoff has spoken.

[cooldiscretion]

For a while before I joined GeekHack, I would search all questions out on Google.  Low and behold every time I found the answer
it seemed to be located here on GH.  So, I joined.  After that, I discovered all the wonderful little things GH has to offer.  GeekHack
seems to take topics further into depth and I love the topic focused threads.  There are many people here who have a ton of
experience, are incredibly friendly, and just seem to want to help. Plus, it seems like all the hard-to-find items that I end up in the
GH classifieds at some point or another, but you have to be quick to grab them. And then of course there are all the people here
who create & sell artisanal keycaps, cases, etc.

[Lain1911]

Everybody needs somebody sometimes

[nubbinator]

There's something for everyone here, be it more technical stuff with the making things together sub, random pictures with the media sub, buying and selling in the classifieds, group buys, shooting the **** in off-topic (and reading tp's insanity or the stuff from our conspiracy theorist), and so on.


And if you play nice, Hoffman may even let you cuddle.


But mainly I'm here to be told I'm a little ***** who's softer than Drake by demik.

[demik]

There's something for everyone here, be it more technical stuff with the making things together sub, random pictures with the media sub, buying and selling in the classifieds, group buys, shooting the **** in off-topic (and reading tp's insanity or the stuff from our conspiracy theorist), and so on.


And if you play nice, Hoffman may even let you cuddle.


But mainly I'm here to be told I'm a little ***** who's softer than Drake by demik.

and dont you forget it.

[digi]

There's something for everyone here, be it more technical stuff with the making things together sub, random pictures with the media sub, buying and selling in the classifieds, group buys, shooting the **** in off-topic (and reading tp's insanity or the stuff from our conspiracy theorist), and so on.


And if you play nice, Hoffman may even let you cuddle.


But mainly I'm here to be told I'm a little ***** who's softer than Drake by demik.

and dont you forget it.

damn son, he went way too far...Drake is hella soft.

[SpAmRaY]

I think more people should move beyond joining geekhack and actually participate.

[demik]

There's something for everyone here, be it more technical stuff with the making things together sub, random pictures with the media sub, buying and selling in the classifieds, group buys, shooting the **** in off-topic (and reading tp's insanity or the stuff from our conspiracy theorist), and so on.


And if you play nice, Hoffman may even let you cuddle.


But mainly I'm here to be told I'm a little ***** who's softer than Drake by demik.

and dont you forget it.

damn son, he went way too far...Drake is hella soft.

nubs doesnt care. being OC drake gets him laid.

sure he has to cry before, during, and after. but it gets him women.

bbw!

[digi]

There's something for everyone here, be it more technical stuff with the making things together sub, random pictures with the media sub, buying and selling in the classifieds, group buys, shooting the **** in off-topic (and reading tp's insanity or the stuff from our conspiracy theorist), and so on.


And if you play nice, Hoffman may even let you cuddle.


But mainly I'm here to be told I'm a little ***** who's softer than Drake by demik.

and dont you forget it.

damn son, he went way too far...Drake is hella soft.

nubs doesnt care. being OC drake gets him laid.

sure he has to cry before, during, and after. but it gets him women.

bbw!

lmfao

[Puddsy]

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