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[Peter DeLegge]

On locrian said

I too like and own many drum VIs but, to my ears, these sound awful.

For anyone wondering, the WOW! reaction wasn’t from me. I’m completely cool — and even want — people expressing their honest opinions about sample libraries, plugins, and gears. It’s one of the things that forums are censoring more and more. I know directly that Mike Greene does that with VI-Control when someone shares a negative experience with one of a developer that pays for a presence there or advertisers (he even uses some of his pals to bully people who criticize advertising and subscription-paying developers, as Mike has explained to me, negative criticism of developers that pay to be on VI-Control is not what his forum is about; on the other hand, Mike encourages attacks on his competitors that don’t advertise with VI-Control; I’ve discussed these practices directly with Mike, BTW; he admitted freely to them to me or even explained them to me, and didn’t deny that the ethics of these practices aren’t great). There’s someone else in this community who’s a successful music journalist (I don’t know if he’s okay with me sharing who he is), who told me that GearSpace censored him for criticizing an advertiser.

That’s a reality for the big forums. That will NEVER be a reality at LinkedMusicians. The non-toxic policy is about how we treat one another, not censorship for expressing a negative opinion of a product or service or a negative experience you’ve had with a developer or manufacturer. The latter is really important to share. Positive opinions and experiences are great, but people are more hesitant to share negative opinions and experiences, especially if the consensus is very positive towards a product or brand. This community will always have the backs of members to express positive or negative experiences with products and the companies who make them without having to worry about repercussions from other community members or angry business owners.

And, FTR, Steven is a friend. But he has a business, and when you have a business, criticism of what you make and the services you provide is all fair game and I’m certain Steven agrees.

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