12-18-2014, 01:15 AM
There is this huge part of me that wants to say, "I'm officially going to post in the private forum from now on simply to annoy you emotional cry babies that blurt out your first thought without actually reading and/or comprehending what is being discussed." Every time someone in this thread uses the words "elite" or "secret garden" (give me a freaking break -- "we're smart enough to figure it out our damn selves"), a baby trout chokes on powerbait and dies. Knock it off.
The other part of me sees what TD has to say and I feel kinda bad that I post on the private forum. He is, after all, one of my hero's. I think the requirements to get in need some tweaking, and quality of posts should trump quantity, but that's not for me to decide. As for the requirements of the members in the private forum...
[quote RockyRaab]I've made my feelings known about the private forum. I'd like to address the "views vs replies" issue.
Frankly, I do not understand why someone would get their knickers twisted because their post doesn't get a bazillion replies. Most of the posts I read here don't deserve a reply, or I have no useful information to add, or I can't answer the question.
What should I do? Reply with some inane and useless comment? Why? To stroke the ego of the poster? Or should I correct the poster's grammar? That seems to generate a shirtload of additional replies so perhaps that's the ideal course of action.
As I understand it, in the private forum, each person is required to post and is required to reply to every single post he/she reads. If I were a member there, I think I'd reply with a grammar correction.[/quote]
You took the words right out of my mouth. Half of the post in there just say "thanks" or "nice fish", which is pointless. The members of that forum obviously don't have an issue of not posting or contributing, so having those guidelines seems rather redundant. Perhaps a requirement should be that everyone has to post two public reports for every private... Or something.
Anyway, I think I'll stick with my original thought of, "Cry harder", while still maintaining my respect and admiration for Pat.
p.s. The private forum is really boring -- you all aren't missing a darn thing!
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The other part of me sees what TD has to say and I feel kinda bad that I post on the private forum. He is, after all, one of my hero's. I think the requirements to get in need some tweaking, and quality of posts should trump quantity, but that's not for me to decide. As for the requirements of the members in the private forum...
[quote RockyRaab]I've made my feelings known about the private forum. I'd like to address the "views vs replies" issue.
Frankly, I do not understand why someone would get their knickers twisted because their post doesn't get a bazillion replies. Most of the posts I read here don't deserve a reply, or I have no useful information to add, or I can't answer the question.
What should I do? Reply with some inane and useless comment? Why? To stroke the ego of the poster? Or should I correct the poster's grammar? That seems to generate a shirtload of additional replies so perhaps that's the ideal course of action.
As I understand it, in the private forum, each person is required to post and is required to reply to every single post he/she reads. If I were a member there, I think I'd reply with a grammar correction.[/quote]
You took the words right out of my mouth. Half of the post in there just say "thanks" or "nice fish", which is pointless. The members of that forum obviously don't have an issue of not posting or contributing, so having those guidelines seems rather redundant. Perhaps a requirement should be that everyone has to post two public reports for every private... Or something.
Anyway, I think I'll stick with my original thought of, "Cry harder", while still maintaining my respect and admiration for Pat.
p.s. The private forum is really boring -- you all aren't missing a darn thing!
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