idowa
Full Member
- Jan 21, 2012
- 165
- 74
- Detector(s) used
- Tesoro Lobo SuperTraq
- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
I recently quit going to an internet forum I've been on for 12 years and had over 16k posts.
The people on it had changed and every thread it seemed devolved into personal attacks. It was a firearms site with a huge number of posters; typically a couple thousand people on there most of the time.
Dozens of forums and sub-forums with subjects on everything from religion to specific models of firearms.
When I first joined the site, most people were polite and very knowledgeable. You could mention you were a Christian in a thread and not get flamed for it. If someone became rude, they were quickly called out by moderators and banned if the behavior was repeated.
Now, the most vicious personal attacks go unnoticed, especially against Christians. A lot of the nice folks I admired have quietly disappeared lately, as have I.
I've noticed this site seems to heavily discourage insults and rude behavior. I've posted a lot of newbie questions and have been treated with nothing but patience and kindness.
The only thing it is lacking is the amount of traffic; lots of people on here that are browsing the forums for gold sluicing and prospecting, etc. but not a whole lot in the general discussion forum, which this appears to be.
I enjoy engaging in interesting discussions on topics like best movies you've seen lately, or your favorite beer, or the fastest car you've owned, etc. etc.
Would this be the best forum for such off-topic discussions? Why do you think there isn't more traffic here? With such a large group of seemingly polite, knowledgeable people, you would think more like-minded folks would gather and shoot the breeze...
Perhaps the forum is pretty well buried and tough to find for newbies?
The people on it had changed and every thread it seemed devolved into personal attacks. It was a firearms site with a huge number of posters; typically a couple thousand people on there most of the time.
Dozens of forums and sub-forums with subjects on everything from religion to specific models of firearms.
When I first joined the site, most people were polite and very knowledgeable. You could mention you were a Christian in a thread and not get flamed for it. If someone became rude, they were quickly called out by moderators and banned if the behavior was repeated.
Now, the most vicious personal attacks go unnoticed, especially against Christians. A lot of the nice folks I admired have quietly disappeared lately, as have I.
I've noticed this site seems to heavily discourage insults and rude behavior. I've posted a lot of newbie questions and have been treated with nothing but patience and kindness.
The only thing it is lacking is the amount of traffic; lots of people on here that are browsing the forums for gold sluicing and prospecting, etc. but not a whole lot in the general discussion forum, which this appears to be.
I enjoy engaging in interesting discussions on topics like best movies you've seen lately, or your favorite beer, or the fastest car you've owned, etc. etc.
Would this be the best forum for such off-topic discussions? Why do you think there isn't more traffic here? With such a large group of seemingly polite, knowledgeable people, you would think more like-minded folks would gather and shoot the breeze...
Perhaps the forum is pretty well buried and tough to find for newbies?
