that's a good list of criteria to be a pro, because the last 2 lock me out from being a pro these days and otherwise I would squeak in even though I haven't done anything but the odd studio gig professionally for the last decade and despite some good press, my most popular band was a regional act at best.... I know better than to start my own pro page, but maybe when someone adds a new one you should require them to post some documentary evidence to justify the person as an EB-worthy pro so that accomplished amatures and failed pros will refrain from creating their own pro pages with the intent of usng EB to hype their projects? The forum is a great place to share your music, a phoney pro page is not.
the sorting algorithm is totally fascinating, I feel like a luddite for not knowing these things existed....
as for behavior? we can all be unintentionally rude sometimes (I mean, some of us are grimey punk rockers and many of us are opinionated, egotistical guitarists -- wait, did I need those 2 adjectives? there's no other kind of guitarist and in case you think I'm pointing the finger at anybody I am as bad as they come) BUT we all know how to blow eachother off and move on even in lieu of an actual apology. We don't get flame wars on here even when the forum's buzzing with activity. Its not gearslutz, thank god. A behavioral code? Pretty simple. If its something you would feel embarrassed to say at a family dinner party then you should consider keeping it to yourself or rephrasing it.... even on an internet forum (and unlike a dinner party its hard to just blurt something out and wish you could take it back because you have to TYPE it first ;-) Whenever a forum lays down rules, I head for the hills because that means its littered with people who think there is a different standard for polite conversation on the internet than there is at the bar (fear of getting punched in the face for saying something universally offensive keeps people in line in real life, the internet relies on common sense.... maybe the world needs an angry barfly app that drunkenly threatens people with violence when they cross the line j/k).
The name of this thread was potentially offensive, maybe even a little offensive TO ME before I reminded myself that the OP probably meant nothing by it and doesn't have any way of knowing that my beloved cousin Jenny is handicapped in this way. I don't think it was lost on anyone that the OP is a younger member, probably a highschool sophomore, so a little sophomoric language is par for the course. He's a kid and I am not a big fan of beating on kids, literally or metaphorically. Adolescence is about testing boundaries and we all did it and we all hurt some feelings in the process, probably without thinking twice about it. Most of us who are now adults probably do not even remember all the foolishness that came out of our teenaged mouths. Its always harder to point the finger at yourself than at someone else, right?
Rather than make a rule it's easier and more effective to point out that "retard" was being used in an inappropriate way for a public forum with a hit of comedy mixed in to keep it all friendly. You want to talk smack in private with your bandmates? That's your business (they probably know you mean nothing by it and that you are not really a knuckle dragging bigot... after all, there are a lot of potentially offensive pieces of slang that are still common parlance whether we like it or not), but you wouldn't use 'retard' this way in your bands' 1st rolling stone interview, would you? you would never get another scrap of press if you did and you would know that. If everyone would try to handle this sort of thing with some finesse on the off occasions that it happens? Well, we will all get on better and have a better time. In my experience, a little wit and wisdom go further in making the world a better place than all the laws and rules you can dream up. Tact opens minds, not a big stick. I hope we can avoid laying down any forum rules. We're all smarter than that here, even the youngsters.
now, in the spirit of humor that I wlaked into this thread with I am compelled to say that the new thread name, "Dummy" ??? potentially offensive to ventriloquists everywhere!
And before Narcy says anything, please excuse my piss-poor grammar and stream of consciousness sentence structure (or lack thereof). LOL
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