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Help Forum Helpers: Why Do They Do It?

Help Forum Helpers: Why Do They Do It?
Help forums . Despite the fact that their function is almost completely redundant to anyone with the ability to use Google properly, they co...

The Forum is Dead

The Forum is Dead
When I wrote Is the Forum Dying? back at the beginning of 2012, I didn’t really know how long it would be before I was adding a follow-up w...

How to Leave a Forum in Style

How to Leave a Forum in Style
Bored? Need some attention? Then why not leave an Internet forum ? It can be so much more fun than joining. You get to make a massive, long ...

How Much Does a Forum Know About You?

How Much Does a Forum Know About You?
The title of this piece looks like a question with a very obvious answer. What kind of information about you can the administrator(s) of an ...

How to Win Arguments on Forums

How to Win Arguments on Forums
I suppose I look quite pompous publishing an article explaining how to win arguments on forums and message boards. However, I’m not really ...

How to Get Forum Reputation Points

How to Get Forum Reputation Points
Reputation points , alternatively known as Karma points , or more universally as +1s , are used as a sort of ranking system for members on a...

Forum Sockpuppets and Rigged Discussion

Forum Sockpuppets and Rigged Discussion
It’s a bizarre feeling. You’re posting on a forum , and you know what you’re saying makes sense. It’s something you’ve spoken about offline ...

Keyboard Warriors in Close-Up

Keyboard Warriors in Close-Up
‘Keyboard warriors’ . Don’t you just love ‘em?… I dare say you’re not completely in the dark about what a keyboard warrior is and does. B...

Forum Excuses for the Badly Behaved

Forum Excuses for the Badly Behaved
It’s a fact. People behave like infants on forums, message boards and networking sites . No matter what anyone says, it’s really, really ...

Is The Forum Dying?

Is The Forum Dying?
Are you a member of a forum  or message board ? Have you noticed it getting quieter ? Have you noticed the administration getting evermore d...

Seven Deadly Forum Sins

Seven Deadly Forum Sins
Actually, they’re not deadly, and they’re not even the worst sins likely to be found on forums and message boards , to be honest. However, t...

Ridiculous Forum Comments

Ridiculous Forum Comments
I’m sure you won’t need me to tell you that lots of people make ridiculous comments on forums and message boards . There are, however, seve...

How to Use a Forum / Message Board

How to Use a Forum / Message Board
I thought tonight that I’d have a break from the silly stuff and try writing something vaguely serious for once. It’ll still be moderately...
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The Vintage Reissue Story

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Guitar Pickup Calibration

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The Birth of the Relic

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Get Great Tone With Poor Pickups

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Confusing History of Olympic White

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The Classic '80s Yamaha DX Synths

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Telecasters of the Late 1960s

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Free Tonewheel Organ VSTi

The Seductress tonewheel organ VSTi Direct download for this classic tonewheel organ simulator with built-in dual-spin rotor and twin-manual drawbar control - all splittable across a single input keyboard... Download page...

Stratocasters in the 1970s

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