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Doug, if basskisser, jps and Harry have been responding to boating posts in
the last few weeks it has gotten lost in the clutter. At one time, Harry was one of the more information recreational boaters, while his demenor might have left alot to be desired he still contributed to the general boating knowldege in this group. It appears that about a year ago, he decided it was more fun to troll for conservatives than to discuss boating. As I said, I might have missed an occasional boating posts, but there hasn't been many. All I would ask is dont' be so hard on the newbies when they come in here and are amazed at the mud that gets throw in the group today. Hopefully if we get enough new people in here the signal to noise ratio will improve. The way I see it, we need to encourage new boaters to become regulars in the group, instead of chasing them away. "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... Actually, Basskisser, Harry, NOYB and jps post some very informative and accurate responses to boating questions. I agree with you about the name-calling, and Harry could lay off that routine a bit. But it's actually been interesting to follow the evolution of a few of the more civilized people here. People have often found that they agree more than they disagree. John H and Noah are perfect examples of that. I could live next door to John H and not kill him...I think. As far as Tuuk, Wally, etc.....in every nice forest, there are weeds and coyote droppings. "John Smith" wrote in message news:h%62c.186479$uV3.783757@attbi_s51... Doug, The answer is obvious, you ignore it. Now, let me ask you a question, when you read Basskisser, NOYB, Harry, jps, Tuuk, Wally etc. it is very obvious that they do not come here to discuss boats, they like to discuss politics. Many people enjoy discussing and arguing about politics, so they are not unusal. What is unusual is that the prefer to discuss politcs in rec.boats. Why not go to one of the politcal discussion groups? Now your point is just ignore the posts if you don't like them. Well I do, and many other do the same thing. What is the harm from people calling each other names? The problem is that most of the very knowledgeable boaters, mechanics, suppliers and people who used to enjoy discussing boats have left this group because they found it too irrating seeing adults behavning like children. The people who want to discuss boats or have questions answered find their questions or requests for boating discussions are overlooked by the regulars, because they really don't want to discuss boats. At one time, the regulars would enjoy discussing boats and would get into OT discussions as a way to pass the time. That is not the case today. Today the majority of the regulars come here to argue politics and call their opponets names. The poor person who comes in this group often finds his legitmate questions ignored by the regulars because they are too busy with their political mud slinging. That is the problem with 80% of the posts being off topic. Now, do I believe anything I said will change the topics and political trolling that goes on here? No way, I don't believe it will change, but you are a smart person and you should understand why some people who come to this newsgroup are offended by the 80% of off topic BS. It really would not be so bad, if people actually made politcal statements that made sense, but most of the posts are "you are stupid", the __________ are destroying the world as we know it", you don't know anything, and I know it all. One of the regulars who seems to be intellegent thinks if he uses profanity by changing the spelling (ie dumfock) it makes it more politically correct. It doesn't, all it does is make him look silly. The person who started this thread, thought his comments would make a difference. That showed that he is a newbie to rec.boats, but it was not an unreasonable request. "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... I'm sure the proportions will change as the boats go back in the water. But, my question is still a valid one which some people can't answer. What do you do when you see a boating question that's of no interest to you whatsoever? "John Smith" wrote in message news:Ks42c.122743$4o.163236@attbi_s52... Doug, I know my post will not make a difference, but what has happened is that most of the contributors who liked the forum as a group to discussion boats, have long left this group. The regulars now come here to discuss politics and ignore most posts concerning boats. As I said, I know the group wont' change, but Joe's posts is a fair request. At one time, this group was 90% on topic and 10% off topic, it is now about 80% OFF TOPIC and 20% on topic. Since the group is not moderated, it will go whatever way the regulars want it to go, but I am sure we will see less and less boating topics as this group is taking over by those who think it is a political forum. It appears that the regulars want this to be a political forum. "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... If you see a topic regarding bilge pumps, but you have no interest in that at the moment, what do you do? "Joe. R" wrote in message link.net... Doesn't this board have a moderator? It's really a downer to see a once fine source of information on boats and boating in general get polluted by non boating garbage. There are other sites where folks can spout off on non-boating topics. jr |
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"John Smith" wrote in message
news:mcc2c.187610$uV3.787000@attbi_s51... All I would ask is dont' be so hard on the newbies..... Hey....it builds character. Besides, they'll get far more abuse from Windows than they will from us. |
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