Groupthink:

From wiki:

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Cohesiveness, or the desire for cohesiveness, in a group may produce a tendency among its members to agree at all costs.

From M-W dictionary

: a pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics

I don't think the word groupthink is applicable.

why do you think andy calls us a cult in the pinned thread?

this isn't facebook. we're a community, for better or worse.

Gramsci wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:09 am

speedie wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 11:16 pm

seby wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 4:58 pm

AudioTruth!

I am sad that thread is lost forever.

Like tears in the rain…

That thread was comedy gold. I love how he (I’m assuming a he) never ever broke character, once. Every time I see some audiophile site with $500 record weights I think of Audiotruth.

But wait!!



Read the comments - he is still going strong : )

seby wrote: Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:40 am

Gramsci wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:09 am

speedie wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 11:16 pm

I am sad that thread is lost forever.

Like tears in the rain…

That thread was comedy gold. I love how he (I’m assuming a he) never ever broke character, once. Every time I see some audiophile site with $500 record weights I think of Audiotruth.

But wait!!



Read the comments - he is still going strong : )

Glorious

Frankie99 wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:42 pm From M-W dictionary

: a pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics

I don't think the word groupthink is applicable.

Call it what you like, I was using some stupid buzzwords for effect, but the idea is that you stop responding to people with differing opinions, further isolate yourself, and completely kill the idea of legitimate fora. But I think "self-deception" and "manufacture of consent" are appropriate descriptors. My biggest concern is really that this is how the lazy "upvote" and "like" culture works on mass media social sites, which I hate. This is where the slut-shaming comes in. Lets not even bother engaging with others...can I just press a button to register my disapproval, and drive agendas that then feed an algorithm, which show me the advertising that I need to better my life. It's Orwellian. In short...suck it up and deal with your fellow humans rather than let Big Brother hand-hold you through life. There are not that many mostly reasonable places that still allow for that, I rather not see it die completely.

Threads here back in the day used to turn into the same 3 or 4 people getting into the same arguments over and over. Maybe those people would have been better off finding their bubbles from the get go and sparing the rest of us.

@zorg - then you don't have to do it. See? Problem solved.

After that you're just telling others how to engage with the world as YOU see fit. Why would you care whether I interface with a couple of people I cannot stand to listen to?

enframed wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:39 pm

ChudFusk wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:43 pm
Foe-ing someone is an individual choice, not groupthink.

It borders on groupthink when "foes" are named and someone else says yeah fuck it I'm gonna add them to my foe list too.

It borders on censorship to say that people shouldn’t speak publicly about their experiences or decisions. It’s not like there’s a campaign to silence anyone, just individuals sharing how they feel about a mutual subject. Don’t act like people didn’t gang up on deep.btuz or any other trolls, with far greater vitriol then has ever been expressed in this thread. I don’t think anyone needs to wring their hands about the issue. Again, it’s a personal choice, and as has been stated in this thread, most people aren’t choosing to do so.

zorg wrote: Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:14 amMy biggest concern is really that this is how the lazy "upvote" and "like" culture works on mass media social sites, which I hate. This is where the slut-shaming comes in. Lets not even bother engaging with others...can I just press a button to register my disapproval, and drive agendas that then feed an algorithm, which show me the advertising that I need to better my life.

You’re projecting all your problems with contemporary internet culture onto a harmless phpbb message board. Melodramatic AF, dude.

Certainly when I'm looking for a wide variety of opinions on a diverse range of topics, my first thought is to join the messageboard of a niche music recording studio. Truly, this is the braintrust that will help mold and shape my worldview.

penningtron wrote: Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:23 am Maybe those people would have been better off finding their bubbles from the get go and sparing the rest of us.

I scrolled too fast and read this as "fingering their bubbies"