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I remember quite a few and am really sad that they are no longer here but it seems like they were ready to move on and I can’t blame them.
People I remember are:
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I’m still here, and so is Zach!
I’ve been busy with college, an internship, and a Discord server I help moderate (a bit of an open secret at this point that the moderation team there is the same as the moderation team here now), so I’ve never had the time to make many fire alarm videos. Though, given the pestilence that shall remain unnamed, perhaps I’ll have a bit more time to set up a little demo system. Who knows?
I do miss Andrew, Destin, and Charlie, but I understand that all three of them have moved on to what they are passionate about. For me, my passion is fire protection, but in a much broader sense. It includes fire alarms but is not just limited to alarms.
Elaborating on what Johann said, I’d really like it if the “new collectors” took a while to familiarize themselves with the old guard and how they chose to make their videos. It used to be people just sharing their collection, setting up a demo system, and making noise. Now everyone is so focused on “life safety education” that they don’t realize that they themselves aren’t really in a position to educate. It really is quite frustrating, honestly. It’s even more frustrating when they’re presented with corrections to their information and they refuse to accept it or any constructive criticism. Or, even worse, when they act like some sort of motivational figure when they’re not much older than their average audience member.
I may have the most academic knowledge of life safety than just about all of them, but I don’t frame my (admittedly sparse) videos as “education” so much as just sharing what I know. I think that’s what separates the old from the new, actually. Andrew, Destin, and Charlie shared their knowledge with the community, and as a result, everyone stood to gain from it. If they were wrong, they’d correct themselves and everyone was happy. It’s not like that anymore, and that disappoints me.
For me, that aspect of the community is what I miss the most, what I hope to bring back to the community, and what I wish more people would do in the future.