A complaint about Farkin in AMB magazine
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alpinestar12
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care to copy it down for us?
DJninja
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If your reading this, harden the f*ck up. Everyone gets ripped into every now and then. But you get over it. I partly agree though some people take it to far and don't remember what it was like when they were starting out.
This looks most likely to be the mentioned thread, it's the only one I could find that was semi abusive anyway.
http://www.farkin.net/forums/showthread.php?t=119343&highlight=sydney+jumps
This looks most likely to be the mentioned thread, it's the only one I could find that was semi abusive anyway.
http://www.farkin.net/forums/showthread.php?t=119343&highlight=sydney+jumps
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S.
ex offender
I think they're just sore because the admittedly poor average level of spelling on Farkin is still higher than anything in the Aus MTB media, and the "I heard fox 40s are the best you should buy them" posts in Parts n Stuff constitute a better product review than anything they've done. Oh well. Very kind of them to thank the site for its promotion of their magazine (and the rest of the Aussie MTB media) via our news section too.
Oh and if anyone from AMB is reading this, feel free to contact me personally about it if you feel I'm sticking a spoke in your eye.
Oh and if anyone from AMB is reading this, feel free to contact me personally about it if you feel I'm sticking a spoke in your eye.
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FR Drew
Not a custom title.
Hmm, most people seem to give props to Revolution and Clict around here. There is one overseas MTB magazine I'm a subscriber to (enough faith in them to purchase a 3 year subscription) and a second that I regularly buy every issue of, plus another 2 Australian ones (revolution and clict) that I also have nearly every issue of.
You never know, maybe the problem lies more with AMB than with Farkin?
(My own personal view, not one endorsed by the club I do volunteer trails advocacy work for)
You never know, maybe the problem lies more with AMB than with Farkin?
(My own personal view, not one endorsed by the club I do volunteer trails advocacy work for)
CGR
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AMB's dig at Farkin because of its ties to Revo maybe?
But i guess thats another story.
Still, i think its pretty petty and small of them to; 1. print a complaint about a website they have very little to do with, and as S. mentioned, one which actually features their magazine on the front page and 2. reply with a remark that is not only also small and petty, but could have been composed by a five year old.
If the thread posted by DJninja is the one mentioned in the letter, then i think it would be fair to say the guy was unnecessarily criticised but hardly an excptionally bad example.
Why can't we all just be friends?...........because that would make things boring
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Farkin.net has contributed to the Australian MTB scene over the years, so has AMB.
Farkin.net has objective and independent user and pro-rider product reviews.....
Farkin.net has instant news releases.....
Farkin.net provides an oportunity for riders to interact with riders, industry professionals and pro riders......
Farkin.net has global coverage.....
Farkin.net comes out every second of every day.....
Farkin.net is free......
Need I go on?
Now, I will be the first to admit Farkin is not devoid of internet heroes and keyboard tough guys. However, much of the time there is a a reason, as petty as that reason may sometimes be, why people react strongly to some threads posted. The first is that if the person had SEARCHED before they posted a new thread they more than likely would have found the info they were looking for. Secondly, simply lurking around the site and reading for a little while will give the average Joe/Josephine with an average IQ, an idea of how things work on internet forums. If people do this, they generally avoid any embarrassment. It's funny how tens of thousands of people can get along on this site with no issues but when one bloke/girl does have a problem it's anyone else's fault but their own!
Lastly, who the hell writes into a magazine to complain about copping a hard time on the internet. I mean seriously!
Farkin.net has objective and independent user and pro-rider product reviews.....
Farkin.net has instant news releases.....
Farkin.net provides an oportunity for riders to interact with riders, industry professionals and pro riders......
Farkin.net has global coverage.....
Farkin.net comes out every second of every day.....
Farkin.net is free......
Need I go on?
Now, I will be the first to admit Farkin is not devoid of internet heroes and keyboard tough guys. However, much of the time there is a a reason, as petty as that reason may sometimes be, why people react strongly to some threads posted. The first is that if the person had SEARCHED before they posted a new thread they more than likely would have found the info they were looking for. Secondly, simply lurking around the site and reading for a little while will give the average Joe/Josephine with an average IQ, an idea of how things work on internet forums. If people do this, they generally avoid any embarrassment. It's funny how tens of thousands of people can get along on this site with no issues but when one bloke/girl does have a problem it's anyone else's fault but their own!
Lastly, who the hell writes into a magazine to complain about copping a hard time on the internet. I mean seriously!
Rider15
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Yeh thats the thread that came to my mind.
What ever AMB, no body listens to them anyway.
DeBloot
Feeling old
Yep. I read the forums petty much every day now for the last few months, and while there are a few keyboard tough guys who need a cyber slap, it is far outweighed by good advice, interesting content and I'm even starting to ride with a few of the people on this site.Farkin.net has contributed to the Australian MTB scene over the years, so has AMB.
Farkin.net has objective and independent user and pro-rider product reviews.....
Farkin.net has instant news releases.....
Farkin.net provides an oportunity for riders to interact with riders, industry professionals and pro riders......
Farkin.net has global coverage.....
Farkin.net comes out every second of every day.....
Farkin.net is free......
Need I go on?
Now, I will be the first to admit Farkin is not devoid of internet heroes and keyboard tough guys. However, much of the time there is a a reason, as petty as that reason may sometimes be, why people react strongly to some threads posted. The first is that if the person had SEARCHED before they posted a new thread they more than likely would have found the info they were looking for. Secondly, simply lurking around the site and reading for a little while will give the average Joe/Josephine with an average IQ, an idea of how things work on internet forums. If people do this, they generally avoid any embarrassment. It's funny how tens of thousands of people can get along on this site with no issues but when one bloke/girl does have a problem it's anyone else's fault but their own!
Lastly, who the hell writes into a magazine to complain about copping a hard time on the internet. I mean seriously!
Considering the amount of members and content, it's pretty bloody good. I'm hooked. And yes, who the hell would write in to complain about it??
SMIIISH
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to be honest, I think its very poor form for AMB magazine to publish what they did, furthermore, I think its weak and soft.
what everybody has said prior to me is absolutly spot on and I think that the publishers of AMB magazine should be fully aware of this thread, and how people feel about their oppinion.
I say to you AMB - tough tittys. suck it in, your grown ups now.
what everybody has said prior to me is absolutly spot on and I think that the publishers of AMB magazine should be fully aware of this thread, and how people feel about their oppinion.
I say to you AMB - tough tittys. suck it in, your grown ups now.
kill_switch
Dead-set Idiot
Another thing to take in is the face that none of us have a editor for our posts and yet we still manage to get the facts right more often. i mean seriously i usually find several mistakes in their mag each issue. especially in their bike reviews. pfft.Farkin.net has contributed to the Australian MTB scene over the years, so has AMB.
Farkin.net has objective and independent user and pro-rider product reviews.....
Farkin.net has instant news releases.....
Farkin.net provides an oportunity for riders to interact with riders, industry professionals and pro riders......
Farkin.net has global coverage.....
Farkin.net comes out every second of every day.....
Farkin.net is free......
Need I go on?
Now, I will be the first to admit Farkin is not devoid of internet heroes and keyboard tough guys. However, much of the time there is a a reason, as petty as that reason may sometimes be, why people react strongly to some threads posted. The first is that if the person had SEARCHED before they posted a new thread they more than likely would have found the info they were looking for. Secondly, simply lurking around the site and reading for a little while will give the average Joe/Josephine with an average IQ, an idea of how things work on internet forums. If people do this, they generally avoid any embarrassment. It's funny how tens of thousands of people can get along on this site with no issues but when one bloke/girl does have a problem it's anyone else's fault but their own!
Lastly, who the hell writes into a magazine to complain about copping a hard time on the internet. I mean seriously!
Cheers
Brent
NCR600
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I haven't seriously read AMB (or any other MTB mag) since Tim Robinson left as editor, what 10-12 years ago now.
Not that I think that the content has fallen since then, but I've found in the magazine world in general that the entertainment value has fallen since the mid 90's.
I used to religiously buy AMB, Performance Bikes, Australian Motorcycle News, Bizzarre and a host of motorcycle magazines, but I've found that in general the content has been dumbed down and sedated to the point of coma, generally in the best interests of advertising revenue.
Even Viz, despite it's ever downward "not as funny as it used to be" spiral, has succumbed to the corporate dollar in certain ways.
I don't buy any of those mags anymore (except Viz, and I'd buy Bizarre if I could find it in Australia these days), preferring to get my fix in the rather more real-time world of the internet.
Sounds like sour grapes to me.
Not that I think that the content has fallen since then, but I've found in the magazine world in general that the entertainment value has fallen since the mid 90's.
I used to religiously buy AMB, Performance Bikes, Australian Motorcycle News, Bizzarre and a host of motorcycle magazines, but I've found that in general the content has been dumbed down and sedated to the point of coma, generally in the best interests of advertising revenue.
Even Viz, despite it's ever downward "not as funny as it used to be" spiral, has succumbed to the corporate dollar in certain ways.
I don't buy any of those mags anymore (except Viz, and I'd buy Bizarre if I could find it in Australia these days), preferring to get my fix in the rather more real-time world of the internet.
Sounds like sour grapes to me.
