This has been happening for the last several months more frequently than ever, and it only appears for a split second:



Given the way things have been going lately here, I figured it would pop up again very soon so I was prepared to grab a quick screen shot.

The only thing constant on watch forums is their identical evolution. What goes up must come down.

 

what's watchuseek?

 

Another watch forum that was once the greatest place on the internet to discuss watches, until it got popular and the douches and assholes came out of the woodwork to ruin that little corner of Utopia.

 

It's been going this way for a good year or so.

The constant;

"should I buy this *insert eBay link to shitty redialled Geneve*".
"Which strap goes best with this Speedmaster"
"Is rolex better than omega"
"Has anyone else noticed how wearing a Speedmaster Grail makes you more attractive to the opposit sex".

 

oh how stupid me. dint know that, maybe for being a lazy reader. im not a member of any watchforums except OF.

 

Enquiring minds want to know: please elaborate on these parallels...

 

-TRF- random mod temper tantrums
-WUS- best place to ask what watch to wear in a zombie apocalypse if you can ever find your thread again inside the 100's of sub forums..
-OF- still a decent enthusiast site.

 

That's not lazy, it's smart. A lot of us made the mistake of going to Watchuseek (WUS) first, and came here later asking for asylum from the insanity.

Truth.

I sure hope we aren't going down that road at OF. I don't see as many signs of it here, other than a strange infatuation with Ebay, and a suspiciously high number of "I just inherited this watch, tell me about it" threads. Informative posts by @Archer , the watch sales section, and even watch facts posted by the squirrel himself more than make up for the weird idiosyncrasies, and make this a much more valuable place to be than WUS.

...plus where else could I find so many threads about the Speedmaster in one place?

 

The floodgates are open now!

What the fuck is it with people saying "which watch should I buy", "which strap/bracelet should I put on this watch"?!

Buy/wear the one you like the bloody most you moron!!!

If you like both buy both. Or buy one and save up for the other.

Who in their right mind needs to ask a bunch of strangers on the internet what to buy or wear???

 

I love you man!

.... and I mean that in a brotherly fashion.

 

When we have threads like this

https://omegaforums.net/threads/sei...is-it-too-good-to-be-true.78773/#post-1003711

There was a watch a compass and a motorbike in the description
From a no feedback English lady that used to sell dresses two years ago.

With members with hundreds of posts buying

Members buying a easy pick scam and relying on PayPal and eBay to keep them safe .

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Give me a uncle watch like the old days over most of the stuff lately.

 

Damn. I may have been guilty of one or two of those over time. I beg the forgiveness of my fellow OF members- I didn't know better.

 

Fully agree with that.

Question : would those treads disappear if we simply ignored them and such questions got no single reply? Atm, replies keep coming.

 

Too late - we already are a few miles down that highway. This place was Nirvana for years, starting right after the first migration of good members (invited by some savvy squirrel) sometime in 2012 up to that same squirrel's temporary banning for continually calling out the ever-growing influx of putzes. That was around the time you joined, actually.

Guys and gals, I'm really trying to ignore it, but the signal to noise meter is leaning WAY towards the noise side again. I don't know if I'll be able to keep myself in check much longer. I really don't want to be banned again under the guise of "taking a break", but I fear it's inevitable.

 

I'm relatively new to the "watch world", found this site and stopped looking.

I've been through various fourms (fora?) over the years, some constants and common themes; seems as though the watch world has it's own variations of "themes". Yes, i appreciate the very informative posts, and ignore the rest

a. Trombone forums (I have at times dabbled in that hobby) - which mouthpiece does "X" play, what type of case works best, etc, etc, etc....it goes on and on
b. Cars (only looked at BMW fora) - which tires are best, which wax/treatment/spit whatever works best, why does my car do "X"....and on and on

 

Ouch. Point taken. In my defense, I have learned a lot here.

 

I wasn't making any inferences about you. Just pointing out that you joined while I was on my "sanctioned hiatus".

 

It has been some time since we have had a "my uncle gave me this watch" post.

Guilty (at times)

It is a balance, some of these types of threads work out okay here, but a majority do not and all of a sudden a thread like this pops up to try and tone it down. I left WUS specifically because I did not have the patience to sort though all BS threads that Dennis is talking about in his original post.

I mod a group facebook page and I don't like the idea of deleting posts, but certainly one can change the tone with deleting a few threads/posts.

 

David, can I bring you a hot beverage? Some herbal tea maybe?

(and because I’m not good at conveying nuance on the internet: I’m empathizing)

I’m glad I joined a couple of years before the rift, so I don’t take too much of the blame for ruining the neighborhood, but it’s an unfortunate effect of being popular, and being popular is a side effect of being good. I actually think this forum and its mods have done quite a good job at self-preservation, but at some point the numbers just get hrs to manage.

I do still enjoy the expertise and knowledge (and banter) shared here, and I try to ignore the noise and the Speedmasters.