Shadi Khalil
New member
Hello All,
I have been a member of this forum for quite sometime now, I spent alot of time lurking and learning. What attracted me to this forums over the others was the sheer and wealth of experince cashed within these threads. There are hundreds of excellent, in-depth, intellecutal disscusions that have taken place on this board that rival any gun mag/disscusion board. We got Massod Ayoob over here for crying out loud....All that being said, maybe its just me but lately I've noticed a trend of decline in the quality of some post and discussions. It seems that every post has the potential to turn into a this vs. that thread that eventually gets locked. Alot of people cant ask questions without getting sold on or scolded for not having a certain brand or preferance. I think fanatical brand loyatly plays a large part in this. I've noticed alot of threads lately peppered with pointless picks, useless comments/plugs and worst of all, out right hostilty towards other owners.
I'm not trying to sound like an elitist in anyway and I'm sorry if I do. I just want this to be a place where, myself and others can come to learn and discuss firearms without all the nonsense. I know we are growing everyday and thats a good thing, I just think we need to take it on ourselves to keep the forum what its always been, a commuinty of responsible and knowledge firearms owners. If thats not who you are yet, sit back and learn a little before you go post carzy. That's what I did, hence my long time hear but low post count.
So am I the only one who is noticing this? I'm sure many of you will say its been happening the whole time. What are you views?
I have been a member of this forum for quite sometime now, I spent alot of time lurking and learning. What attracted me to this forums over the others was the sheer and wealth of experince cashed within these threads. There are hundreds of excellent, in-depth, intellecutal disscusions that have taken place on this board that rival any gun mag/disscusion board. We got Massod Ayoob over here for crying out loud....All that being said, maybe its just me but lately I've noticed a trend of decline in the quality of some post and discussions. It seems that every post has the potential to turn into a this vs. that thread that eventually gets locked. Alot of people cant ask questions without getting sold on or scolded for not having a certain brand or preferance. I think fanatical brand loyatly plays a large part in this. I've noticed alot of threads lately peppered with pointless picks, useless comments/plugs and worst of all, out right hostilty towards other owners.
I'm not trying to sound like an elitist in anyway and I'm sorry if I do. I just want this to be a place where, myself and others can come to learn and discuss firearms without all the nonsense. I know we are growing everyday and thats a good thing, I just think we need to take it on ourselves to keep the forum what its always been, a commuinty of responsible and knowledge firearms owners. If thats not who you are yet, sit back and learn a little before you go post carzy. That's what I did, hence my long time hear but low post count.
So am I the only one who is noticing this? I'm sure many of you will say its been happening the whole time. What are you views?