Wyldfire wrote:
A question...if there were something like this provided would you be more likely to stay? I read that you were going to take a break from here, that's why I ask.
Wyldfire, I am very touched by your concern, but I should clarify that my interest in taking a break from the forum is not based on any dissatisfaction with the DJ forum.
Every so often I like to completely disconnect from all on-line activities, typically for a few months at a time, because it frees me to dive more deeply into experiencing the world off-line, makes me feel more in touch with the world of the senses, and allows me to become more deeply immersed in various aspects of life in the "real" world.
I was actually about to take such a break right as I stumbled onto Sosuave. I immediately took a liking to the place, partly because I was/am impressed by how you all work together so nicely to create countless interesting discussion threads.
Despite your occasional bickering and tussles I feel like there is a certain bond of respect between you all that adds a warmth to the place. When you bicker with each other it reminds me of quarrelling between members of a family who ultimately still respect and care about each other.
That is what drew me into posting here even as I was winding down my involvement in other areas of the net such as email communications, ASF, and other discussion forums.
Wyldfire wrote:
what happened when you made the recent post about being realistic about nexting?
Instead of having a serious, thought provoking conversation about a topic you, as a DJ, feel is important it turned into a pissing contest
Yeah, but that's OK. I can piss farther.
True, there were some discussion threads recently where I got the feeling that I was wasting my ideas on an audience that isn't sophisticated enough to appreciate, or at least to intelligently argue about, the points I was making.
I wanted to throw out some challenging ideas for the group, because that's the sort of thing that leads to new breakthroughs in one's thinking. Unfortunately, it was probably just confusing for the newbies while those who actually stood to benefit were too caught up in their current way of seeing things to ponder its limitations.
So, in a way that did stir me out of my incipient addiction to the DJ Forum, and reminded me of my previous plan to take some time off from the net. But as I said, my taking time off should not be seen as a rejection of this place.
Sure, if a more advanced forum were created (like the one I described to Galactus in an earlier post to this thread) that would make it easier and more rewarding to discuss the types of things I enjoy discussing. But the creation of something like that is probably a tall order.
I've also been thinking that perhaps instead of taking a complete break from the net, I should just ration myself so I'm posting messages only once in a while--maybe once a week or something like that. Then again, that doesn't feel the same as a complete break, so I'll have to wait and see how that works out. For now I am obviously still here, off and on.
Take care,
DeepBlue