I've fallen a little out of love with the Roon forum 💔

[mikeb]

This thread seems to be slipping into “I’ve fallen a little out of love with Roon”…

[Michael_Harris]

Well if you are using mobile that’s probably all you read of the title

[Pogorowitz (Danny B.)]

The best threads are the ones that get derailed!

[Ted_Maul]

@James_I

My moment: I, and many others, were having issues with Roon’s resource “leak.” (Whatever it was/is). I had posted a mixed response to something (with both praise for Roon and references to this problem), and a Roon staffer, not a moderator, modified my post to take out references to the issues I was having, leaving it as an apparent totally positive post that then appeared to disagree with those having the issue. I removed my post entirely because I didn’t want what it now said to be under my name, and replaced it with a message that my post had been revised by Roon. Then my post disappeared. Then I started a new thread under the forum topic heading explaining what had happened and that Roon was editing and hiding posts, not moderators. Then the thread was hidden. So I said “goodbye” to the forum and decided never to post again except when I needed support.

Probably one of the most egregious and pernicious practises on this forum was the persistent modification of users’ posts. Far, far worse than deletions. It stemmed from over the top control freakery and a “do as I say, not as I do” attitude from senior staffers which trickled down in the moderation culture.

Whether you fell a little out love recently or many years earlier really depends on the level tolerance to swallow or even applaud that direction.

[Pogorowitz (Danny B.)]

Sheesh, what a fiasco.

[TuliaNonTroppo]

This seems to have increased. I had two posts move into newly-created (by mods) threads because they didn’t think they belonged or were off-topic. At my workplace, I worked for a department that really stifled diverse ways to express thought, discouraged organic conversation, and really made sure all employees towed a line. I left that department and am now in a more organic one and have watched that old department from the sideline for years now. It isn’t a happy place.

I appreciate what the mods do for no payment. It does seem like the most heavy handed approach out of the forums I frequent.

[DDPS]

And yet, overall, I do believe these are the forums are among the least annoying that I tend to frequent.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

Having two posts moved to a new thread because the very good moderators considered them off-topic for a particular thread doesn’t seem the end of the world.

[TuliaNonTroppo]

Oh I agree. It is not the end of the world. I can’t seem to find where I implied that.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

You seemed to equate it to the really poor practice of editing user posts without notice and to a workplace where they „stifled diverse ways to express thought, discouraged organic conversation, and really made sure all employees towed a line.“

I don’t think it’s remotely comparable to either.

[TuliaNonTroppo]

Yeah. It really doesn’t seem worth my time or energy to express myself here. I’m out.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

Not sure what was so terrible about my response. I thought you prefer more permissive forums, I suppose you’ve seen worse

[tripleCrotchet (Tony)]

@Suedkiez

Not sure what was so terrible about my response.

That’s what is terrible.

[DDPS]

@AMT that about sums it up. I get more from focusing on what’s best in these forums (a lot) than I do from focusing on what’s worst. Attention to what’s worst? Maybe a little. But focus? No.

“Anger is an energy.”

[garye]

Sometimes a bit of anarchy is good fun.

[mikeb]

I pee in the bushes, not directly on the flowers

[Womaz (Steve)]

I had a little rant this morning on another thread…and I feel a bit better for it

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

@tripleCrotchet

That’s what is terrible.

So what is it?

[Ted_Maul]

@AMT

This forum is Roon’s backyard/garden. We’re invited to participate, but there are rules to follow.

This premise is ok… to a point. The main issue I see is that Roon also run their product support from this platform. If users get banned or whatever, no more support.

Roon should really divest support off from the forum. They aren’t the cottage industry they were in 2015 and denial of support to paying punters because they copped a ban seems a sketchy model.

[Ted_Maul]

@AMT

I believe they can email Roon and I’d say (can’t confirm) Roon may accommodate a user if banned if they needed support.

You can email Roon and no, they will not accommodate you.

I am in regular contact with a banned user.

@AMT

Just don’t get banned

Wow yes, they probably never thought of that.

“Be a good little soldier on the forums or no more support for you.”