I post a picture (two days ago) taken with my Minolta 7i and ask
for opinions... Guess I wasn't popular enough to get more than one
reply as of last night. Then today the thread is gone... Do you
have to be part of someone's inner circle to be part of this board?
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I've noticed over the past few months, this forum has attracted too
many GURU's. People who love atttention and develope a "following".
Now
many of them , who think the forum can't live without them are trying
to make it a sub branch of the CANON forum. Looking in here is almost
like a religious CANON D-10 crusade, with everyone saying "AMEN".
Almost no room for those who want to talk MINOLTA. What toys they
buy or what they do with them borders on "trolling" for converts.
IMHO!!
You are full of $hit, and I can prove it.
For starters, here's a breakdown of the threads on the first page:
12 threads directly Minolta related
6 about what is or is not appropriate to post on this forum
4 about pictures
3 about general photography-related things
2 about relative merits of DSLR's of various makes versus Minolta 7
series
3 about other miscellaneous topics
"Almost no room for those who want to talk MINOLTA," eh?
Ol' Clifford might be a bit of a n00bie when it comes to Internet
forums, so here's something you might want to know: 12/30 = 40%,
which is an
amazingly high S/N ratio for an unmoderated forum --
and here the S/N ratio is calculated the strictest possible way.
You may not consider my photography experience worth much, but I do
know a thing or two about Internet forums: I've been around them
since 1992, starting with rec.arts.books.tolkien on the Usenet.
Now, let's see what ol' cranky Cliff has been up to, since he says
he's so keen to talk MINOLTA [sic].
So, here's a breakdown of Cliffy's postings made in the past month:
3 affirming faith in the D7UG (with no substantive comment)
3 miscellaneous (it's "moderator," by the way, not "modulater.")
2 bitching about the supposed "Canonization" of this forum
2 Minolta-related (1 of which an answer to a direct question from
yrs trly)
1 general photography related
So, 2 out of 11 posts with actual substantive comment about Minolta
cameras. That puts Cliff's S/N ratio at 18.1%.
Recall that the forum's overall S/N ratio was 40%.
Oo, Cliff -- looks like
YOU'VE been degrading the S/N ratio here.
The very message to which I'm responding is a good example: someone
posts a question with a technical answer, and you reply with a
gratuituous tirade of bitching and moaning about how the forum is
going to pot.
Your "religious crusade" language is also starting to look pretty
telling, in light of your obvious need to testify to your faith in
the D7UG and bash anyone so much as mentioning alternatives to it,
not to mention your capitalization of MINOLTA. I've seen that usage
before, and not with a camera brand. (At least you don't go so far
as to asterisk out the O.)
You know, Clifford -- it's quite classic, externalizing stuff like
that. Makes you wonder about your disparaging talk about GURUS,
attention, and followings, doesn't it? Could it be that ol' cranky
Clifford is... JEALOUS?
Hey, Clifford -- you're among the most senior, knowledgeable, and
experienced people on this board. Why don't you actually SHARE some
of the knowledge, and you could be a guru too! Start by answering
the occasional newbie question about Minolta D7's, and then maybe
one or two general photography related. Before you know it, you'll
be giving lessons and building up a "following" of your own!
Finally: Please substantiate your allegation about a pattern of
forum regulars wanting to turn this into a 10D evangelist
convention (yes, it's 10D, not D-10: looks like you can't read any
better than you can count). It ought to be simple: just look up the
threads where you've seen people going AMEN at Canon. If you can't
do this, I expect you to be a man and post a public apology.
In other words, Clifford, I'm not putting up with $hit like this.
Prove your allegations, or take your snide comments somewhere else.
And do try to contribute something of substance every once in a
while: we all know you have the knowledge.
Cheers, Petteri
PS. Why not stand up and be counted in the vote I called? Or do you
prefer to continue taking bitching and moaning and taking
pot-shots, hiding behind supposedly justified responses to other
threads?
PPS. And DON'T hit enter after every line -- it's unnecessary and
makes you very annoying to quote.
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