It says that the sub was saved for TheBuddha, if you don't know. In other words, someone set it up and held onto it for me, and I was invited here - by a number of people, but only one made the sub.
At times, I feel kinda like a spammer - even though I'm pretty sure my content is appreciated and I know some of you click through. (It tells me the referrer - it's right in the header you send to my server.)
You're a bit cliquish and I try to meander out of the guitar sub so that I can interact with the rest of you - but I don't really have time and seldom comment unless I also have time to respond to any replies to my comment. (I consider hit and run forum posting to be pretty much on par with a war crime!)
When I first showed up, I got some (legitimate) questions about why I was here - and that appears to be the end of it. Everyone kinda shrugged and went back to what they were doing and nobody has complained. Which is pretty cool, actually but I've always wondered if I'd have to explain it again.
Currently, I can point to the 'saved for TheBuddha' bit and say, "I was asked to share my content here on Phuks."
But, I still get that icky spammer feeling. I dislike spam as much as anyone else.
My question is, have we moved past that or do I seem like a spammer? I don't actually have any ulterior motives that aren't disclosed.
My ulterior motive is to interest you in spending ungodly hours learning to play a guitar, realize that the greatest factory-issued electric guitar is a Les Paul after years of study, and start a collection of them! For this, Gibson pays me zero dollars. However, it's a start that might get you interested in classical guitar and my absolute ulterior motivation lies there. I'm a shill for the Classical Guitar Cabal. They don't pay me and it's a labor of love/addiction!
I guess my question is, do I appear to be a spammer? I'm really just passionate about music and feel that I should have started this project a long time ago. It's such wonderful passion that I'd like everyone to understand it and decide if they want to take part in it.
But...
I do pretty much just submit links to my site, unless I have free time and gumption.
I welcome your feedback, 'cause I've been pondering this for quite a while now.
I'll keep it in mind. I have had some great experiences and I do like to share 'em with people. I've even met a few goats, but I'm not really sure I have enough content to keep a more generic sub going. Hmm...
I'm actually cutting back on some of my Voat posting, largely due to time and (this is gonna make me sound really pompous perhaps) largely because you can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. Which is a polite way of saying that it's pretty futile to explain political science to someone who believes the apex of debate is calling the other person a Jew and saying that they know now you eat babies.
I can only bang my head against a wall for so long before I get bored. It's pretty much reached the point where I don't even visit their science subs. I had pretty high hopes for Voat, and I legitimately like many of the users, and have an undying love for free speech. I'd go on, but I suspect I'd be preaching to the choir.
And, as I've been pretty busy lately, that's meant cutting back.
Which makes me think of something...
I am not sure how much time I can devote to it, but would there be enough activity for a "Weekly Musician Hang-out" (or similar) on Phuks? I probably can't commit to starting it weekly, personally - but I'd try to help provide content when time did allow. I do know that it's brought quite a few people together, and been a net-positive, on Voat - but this is definitely not Voat.
Until Voat dies, I'm pretty obligated to continue the thread there. I don't even get to attend all of those threads anymore.
Hmm...