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Post by davidf on Aug 6, 2018 9:47:57 GMT
What Hi-Fi? are closing their forum in a few weeks time. Shame it’s going as firstly it’s free for retailers to post, and there’s been plenty to get involved with. I do feel though that in the last few years, it lacked the ability to attract new members with genuine questions to ask. I partly feel that’s down to the behaviour of a small number of regulars (not necessarily still there). And this is why I’ve not hassled those that know me to get posting on this forum to build it up, as I’d like it to build naturally - it will either grow or it won’t - rather than it becoming a clique for a small number of people. Admittedly. I’ve not really posted interesting stuff up too regularly, but maybe with WHF going I’ll have a little more time on my hands to do so
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Post by nopiano on Aug 6, 2018 21:44:49 GMT
Hi David, I’d happily come here as a refugee from WHF if I could keep in touch with other regulars. But I realise it should not be a clique.
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Post by davidf on Aug 6, 2018 22:10:41 GMT
I just want a forum where people don’t feel afraid to join in and ask a question.
I know some from WHF will want tech talk, but I don’t larticularly want to scare people with that. This hobby should be enjoyable, something to share and talk about, rather than talking specs that most people don’t understand and don’t really care about - they just want something that suits their needs. And they want some help with that, rather than being bombarded with numbers and scientific tests that really aren’t that interesting.
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Post by nopiano on Aug 6, 2018 22:45:15 GMT
Well I’ve decided to register anyway. And I won’t be posting any weird YouTube videos with me in my shorts either!
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Post by davidf on Aug 6, 2018 22:49:26 GMT
I must’ve missed those!
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Post by nopiano on Aug 6, 2018 22:57:32 GMT
Well they weren’t me, of course, but another WHF regular.
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Post by plasticpenguin on Aug 7, 2018 23:47:41 GMT
TBH, I'm totally gutted they are closing the forum. A decade on one forum is a big period to write a load of drivel. I will miss it, I suppose nothing is forever.
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Post by davidf on Aug 7, 2018 23:59:58 GMT
Digital is supposed to be... It’s a shame as it’ll be so much information there that’ll be lost. I spent so much time replying to people, giving them advice, crafting replies to read as well as possible, and sometimes starting again if I wasn’t happy. All going. I sort of don’t feel too bad in some respects as the 14,000+ posts I made that were ‘claimed back’ by my ex employer will be something they’ll lose now. They’re probably not even aware the forum is closing - they haven’t used the profile since getting it back. Still, it’ll give me some more time to post here
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Post by plasticpenguin on Aug 8, 2018 0:32:55 GMT
Haven't been on there anywhere near as much due to work and school holidays etc, and although in the grand scheme of things total posts doesn't really bother me much, I feel a strange sense of pride in achieving over 20k (threads and replies). Perhaps I'm just an old sentimentalist at heart.
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Post by davidf on Aug 8, 2018 11:13:49 GMT
This has has to be my very favourite post on WHF that makes me laugh every time I read it, made by the one and only, the_Lhc. He sort of said what I wanted to say quite a few times!
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Post by nopiano on Aug 8, 2018 20:34:34 GMT
That’s brilliant, David, I’d never seen that. Vlad posted another one which cracked me up. It was unclear whether it was a spoof or not about someone who brushed the dust out of a one year old Pioneer plasma telly only for to expire in a puff of smoke.
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Post by davidf on Aug 8, 2018 21:38:38 GMT
This one makes me laugh every time. I had a good laugh while I was posting it up. Then I saw it about 10 mins later, and made me laugh again.
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Post by bigboss on Aug 8, 2018 21:59:37 GMT
Ok, I've joined too.
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Post by davidf on Aug 8, 2018 22:01:43 GMT
Welcome BB
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Post by nopiano on Aug 8, 2018 22:50:51 GMT
Hi from me too, BB! Will you be ok not moderating here? Or have you and David got a plan? ;-)
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