DSSA
Supporting Vendor
- 724
- 677
- Jul 26, 2002
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Hatfield,
Pennsylvania
Jeebus...how did I ever miss this thread??
NABR was AWESOME back in the day. No, not for everyone, but it was where a lot of people who fueled this industry at the time, bounced ideas around with peers who could be trusted to NOT screw them afterwards. There was a code of conduct that you adhered to, and if you didn't, you got booted---it didn't matter WHO you were. Many people who thought that they were beyond reproach found out quickly that if you were shady--you were gone. It didn't matter who you THINK you were. People who were thought to be a "DSM God" by the masses were booted out the door after being found guilty of F&^%ery.
It was ruled with an iron fist, and BS wasn't tolerated. I can see why in today's world it can be seen as "mean" or "toxic". There was no coddling, there was no "Oh, here's the answer to your question that took you 5x longer to type out as a post than it would have taken you to type "how do I "X" on "Y"" on Google with 10K+ results".
That said, a lot of people who were long-time, core members on there also (to this day) can call on one another at 9pm on a Sunday night after not being in contact with one another in years, and BS as if they were still great friends.
No, it wasn't for everyone, but it was fantastic for many years.
The downfall was both the OG members leaving the market segment, and the attempt at integrating new blood into the forum to keep it alive. Towards the end, there was a drive by the admins to open up membership, and it didn't work out well as a lot of the newer members couldn't toe the line, and quickly got booted.
Chris now has probably the closest thing that exists today, in comparison to the black hole for information that is social media. Be thankful that he's "a benevolent god" in this realm, and keep supporting this site.
On a side note, I went out with the guy who has the NABR data a couple of months ago while he was in the area. I'm not sure that releasing that data from the restricted forums would be possible (it wasn't just "tech", but a lot of personal stuff as well, between members). It's been a bit, so I should probably reach out to him again in the near future and see if there's even a chance some of that stuff can be used in an archive once pruned. It's sad to see all of the good info go to waste entirely, but I'm not sure it's possible to prune out the things that were shared in confidence at the time.
NABR was AWESOME back in the day. No, not for everyone, but it was where a lot of people who fueled this industry at the time, bounced ideas around with peers who could be trusted to NOT screw them afterwards. There was a code of conduct that you adhered to, and if you didn't, you got booted---it didn't matter WHO you were. Many people who thought that they were beyond reproach found out quickly that if you were shady--you were gone. It didn't matter who you THINK you were. People who were thought to be a "DSM God" by the masses were booted out the door after being found guilty of F&^%ery.
It was ruled with an iron fist, and BS wasn't tolerated. I can see why in today's world it can be seen as "mean" or "toxic". There was no coddling, there was no "Oh, here's the answer to your question that took you 5x longer to type out as a post than it would have taken you to type "how do I "X" on "Y"" on Google with 10K+ results".
That said, a lot of people who were long-time, core members on there also (to this day) can call on one another at 9pm on a Sunday night after not being in contact with one another in years, and BS as if they were still great friends.
No, it wasn't for everyone, but it was fantastic for many years.
The downfall was both the OG members leaving the market segment, and the attempt at integrating new blood into the forum to keep it alive. Towards the end, there was a drive by the admins to open up membership, and it didn't work out well as a lot of the newer members couldn't toe the line, and quickly got booted.
Chris now has probably the closest thing that exists today, in comparison to the black hole for information that is social media. Be thankful that he's "a benevolent god" in this realm, and keep supporting this site.
On a side note, I went out with the guy who has the NABR data a couple of months ago while he was in the area. I'm not sure that releasing that data from the restricted forums would be possible (it wasn't just "tech", but a lot of personal stuff as well, between members). It's been a bit, so I should probably reach out to him again in the near future and see if there's even a chance some of that stuff can be used in an archive once pruned. It's sad to see all of the good info go to waste entirely, but I'm not sure it's possible to prune out the things that were shared in confidence at the time.