Chopping off their own feet....
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Although since I left the secret society, people avoided me anyway. I'm only there to help IT pros, not to be a part of that mess if drama. So people were already upset with me.
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@Minion-Queen said:
The fanboy mentality is going strong for many. But eventually I am sure people will wise up and get smart
I dont think so. The fanboy mentality is kind of built in to the whole geek culture.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
There are a few Spicy Peppers that avoid me now because of my participation on here. Anyone else on Mangolassi experience this?
Yes. Some less. Some much less. Some more. It's clear that many people treat it like a cult and you must drink the Koolaid or else. They forget or don't understand that it is the support forum for a specific vendor and not something magical. The community reactions to a lot if things are very weird. Very fanboy over there.
There are some that are very cult-like and I think we know who those people are.
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@IRJ said:
@Minion-Queen said:
The fanboy mentality is going strong for many. But eventually I am sure people will wise up and get smart
I dont think so. The fanboy mentality is kind of built in to the whole geek culture.
Consumer geek tech yes, I don't see it at all in serious IT.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@Minion-Queen said:
The fanboy mentality is going strong for many. But eventually I am sure people will wise up and get smart
I dont think so. The fanboy mentality is kind of built in to the whole geek culture.
Consumer geek tech yes, I don't see it at all in serious IT.
Well at least half of the other website's users arent serious IT
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@Minion-Queen said:
The fanboy mentality is going strong for many. But eventually I am sure people will wise up and get smart
I dont think so. The fanboy mentality is kind of built in to the whole geek culture.
Consumer geek tech yes, I don't see it at all in serious IT.
Well at least half of the other website's users arent serious IT
VERY true!
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It always surprises me how much more I know then some of them and I while I am in IT I am no where near the level of my team. It is crazy how not IT many of them are.
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At least one of the SPs is watching this thread and reporting back to the OGs
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that's okay. seems to be the culture in forums. Get to the top (or close) of the mountain, get big britches, start upsetting the very folks that carried you to the top...branch off, small new forum with a high density of originals, tech talent, etc. Heck, this is going on in one of my automotive forums as we speak! it's funny the similarities, just the parts/pieces/lingo are different.
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@Hubtech said:
that's okay. seems to be the culture in forums. Get to the top (or close) of the mountain, get big britches, start upsetting the very folks that carried you to the top...branch off, small new forum with a high density of originals, tech talent, etc. Heck, this is going on in one of my automotive forums as we speak! it's funny the similarities, just the parts/pieces/lingo are different.
Fishing forums are the worst. A bunch of lying secretive bastards haha
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People post pictures of their fish with everything completely blurred out except them and the fish. What is the point of even posting a picture. I can understand not wanting to give your spots away but grow up
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haha. my wife makes fun of me for being on so many forums. my most "obscure" forum is ThisONE
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@IRJ said:
At least one of the SPs is watching this thread and reporting back to the OGs
sure as hell a'int me, after my rant the other day on Mango, it kind of solidified my stance on most of whats going on over there.
Is there a mentality of fanboyism over there? I doubt it'll degrade any time soon. I mean in all honesty my use of the site, my goal of the sites for the longest time was to solve problems, and learn. Many other IT folks joined in and we learned together, we as a whole taught and learned from one another (another shout out to @IRJ and @scottalanmiller ). It was very comforting that I had a safe place to learn. A very "politically correct" feel began to take over the site, vendors started to march in, and the serious nature has begun to turn into a gaming forum. For every 10 serious questions, there are easily 100 water cooler, gaming, and random posts. Its not a place for IT anymore, its becoming a place for the lowest common denominator in IT, people who say they like computers, get jobs doing it, but don't know a damn thing about 'em.
But I can't say I looked at Mango in a high light when I first heard about it either. It came off as a "we're better than you, look at us" kind of feel. Which as I'm looking at it now and discard my blind ignorance, I see that's not true. Mango is the original people from the other site that helped me, and that I liked, tired of the same stuff I am.
You guys are all very awesome :-). Shout out time @PSX_Defector @Nic @Aaron-Studer @Minion-Queen . Literally no point to these shout outs, just wanted to do 'em.
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@RAM.
I never doubted you, buddy.
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SW is still valuable and I dont see myself going away from it completely.
My only complaint about Mangolassi is the lack of questions, which of course stems from a lack of users.
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@IRJ said:
At least one of the SPs is watching this thread and reporting back to the OGs
They all read this sight. They officially are very aware of the activity here. We link to SW a bit too although linking to here is not allowed.
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@Hubtech said:
that's okay. seems to be the culture in forums. Get to the top (or close) of the mountain, get big britches, start upsetting the very folks that carried you to the top...branch off, small new forum with a high density of originals, tech talent, etc. Heck, this is going on in one of my automotive forums as we speak! it's funny the similarities, just the parts/pieces/lingo are different.
Agreed. Which begs the question, how do we guardrail ML from doing the same?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Hubtech said:
that's okay. seems to be the culture in forums. Get to the top (or close) of the mountain, get big britches, start upsetting the very folks that carried you to the top...branch off, small new forum with a high density of originals, tech talent, etc. Heck, this is going on in one of my automotive forums as we speak! it's funny the similarities, just the parts/pieces/lingo are different.
Agreed. Which begs the question, how do we guardrail ML from doing the same?
Well, we are starting this forum off intentionally avoiding such behavior. I'm not sure who the mods are here. maybe each sub forum should have its own community appointed mods? not that there is really a whole lot of need for moderation right now. but as it grows, will be needed. ML seems to have quite the open door policy which is cool.
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@IRJ said:
SW is still valuable and I dont see myself going away from it completely.
My only complaint about Mangolassi is the lack of questions, which of course stems from a lack of users.
Yes. That is the struggle now. ML is strong in experts. SW is strong in newbies. They have a funnel to get those people in (the app does that) which is ingenious.
Word of mouth is critical right now.
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There are only 2 mods here: @steve and myself. We want to keep it fun and beneficial to the IT Pro's. Do we hope to get Vendors in here? YES and I know we have a few now such as Webroot, Unitrends, Server Monkey and Xbyte to name a few. Will we have paid advertising at some point ? Yes! But the community as it grows will be more and more for the IT pros.
@IRJ If you have questions ask them!! We need those questions. NTG has been great in helping get started and we want to continue the upward trend.
I spoke with @Minion-Queen today regarding the generating of more questions and her team will be helping out more and more with that. I am hearing about the NTG lab and the interns that will be working in it all summer. Since they are all newbies I am sure they will be bringing you all lots of questions to answer.
