Missing Members

[Harry]

The Missing persons thread is providing us with much needed humor and a few laughs, not in a derogatory way towards our esteemed members on GMG I might add. The world is gloomy as it is, and as long as we keep this thread clean from all negatives we will continue to have fun.

[Que]

I fully respect people's decision to leave, but the whole thing of continuously going back and forth just confuses me... 

What intrigues me, in line with previous comments, is that the habit of frequently leaving or changing user names indicates that the aim of participating on the forum is not to socially interact with people in a normal way, building social relations and getting to know each other at least to some extent.

What you then get is anonymous interaction with people - or rather just account names and pictures - that are here today and gone tomorrow.

I mean, it's a choice everybody makes for themselves. But it makes it harder for me personally to interact in a satisfying way.

[Harry]

I fully respect people's decision to leave, but the whole thing of continuously going back and forth just confuses me... 

What intrigues, in line with previous comments, is that the habit of frequently leaving or changing user names indicates that the aim of participating on the forum is not to socially interact with people in a normal way, building social relations and getting to know each other at least to some extent.

What you then get is anonymous interaction with people - or rather just account names and pictures - that are here today and gone tomorrow.

I mean, it's a choice everybody makes for themselves. But it makes it harder for me personally to interact in a satisfying way.

True also, and I must admit that this is an aspect bothering me excessively also. To build up a musical friendship is almost impossible when people appear and disappear at will.

[Florestan]

What intrigues, in line with previous comments, is that the habit of frequently leaving or changing user names indicates that the aim of participating on the forum is not to socially interact with people in a normal way, building social relations and getting to know each other at least to some extent.

It must be added, though, that continuous membership and consistency in username and avatar is no guarantee for sociability, either: witness the laconic solipsism and complete indifference to others manifested by a certain member --- and I think you all know who I'm referring to. 

[ChamberNut]

I do like to change my avatar now and again and will continue to do so.

[Harry]

I do like to change my avatar now and again and will continue to do so.

But...but Dvorak, ERROR, it is Taneyev, so he is such a good looking guy    

[Madiel]

But...but Dvorak is such a good looking guy    

We need a thread for rating the attractiveness of composers.

[ChamberNut]

But...but Dvorak is such a good looking guy    

You realize my avatar currently is Taneyev, yes?

[Brian]

We need a thread for rating the attractiveness of composers.

My grandmother used to have a little framed portrait of the young, clean-shaven Brahms!

[Harry]

You realize my avatar currently is Taneyev, yes?

Strangely enough they all look the same to me, with those beards and all that. I am primarily fixed on Tchaikovsky and Dvorak, so be not offended, will you?    
Okay Taneyev it is

[ChamberNut]

Strangely enough they all look the same to me, with those beards and all that. I am primarily fixed on Tchaikovsky and Dvorak, so be not offended, will you?    
Okay Taneyev it is

Oh not offended Harry!! Truth be told, I probably should have a Dvorak avatar, since he is a co-favourite composer of mine. 

[ChamberNut]

Back to actual missing members, I miss @mc ukrneal

He had a most substantial survey of the Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony.

[Harry]

Back to actual missing members, I miss @mc ukrneal

He had a most substantial survey of the Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony.

Yes me too, Ukrneal was one of those members I appreciated enormously, but he suddenly disappeared, as so many others. We should have a reinvite button on GMG. And then Spam those guys every day until they return!    

[ChamberNut]

We should have a reinvite button on GMG. And then Spam those guys every day until they return!    

That is a tremendously wonderful idea, Harry! 

[vandermolen]

I've never cancelled my GMG membership but have been ejected on several occasions:

'sorry vandermolen you are banned from using this forum'

What's that all about?     

[Szykneij]

I'm not sure exactly when I joined, but I do remember I was using my Gateway on dial-up, so my time here is in the decades range. While I'm not always particularly active, I check in pretty regularly and have never changed my user name, avatar, or quit. I appreciate this place.

[Florestan]

I've never cancelled my GMG membership but have been ejected on several occasions:

'sorry vandermolen you are banned from using this forum'

What's that all about?     

It's about your being suggested several times it was high time you left the forum voluntarily, or else!     

(Sorry, Jeffrey, couldn't resist. In reality it's about a software bug I encountered several times as well)

[DavidW]

I've never cancelled my GMG membership but have been ejected on several occasions:

'sorry vandermolen you are banned from using this forum'

What's that all about?     

Oh, you bought too many CDs. It was an intervention.

[Spotted Horses]

I've never cancelled my GMG membership but have been ejected on several occasions:

'sorry vandermolen you are banned from using this forum'

What's that all about?     

Your wife must have infiltrated the forum software.

[Florestan]

You wife must have infiltrated the forum software.