BE Poll
- Thread starter jmeirhofer
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This should not be here but in the NBR
"Some one needs to straighten up those Republicans with political taglines" I am dumfounded on what a tagline has to do with the value of this site.You don't like the tagline, that's okay, ignore it, better said see poll question two.
"Those complaining of political taglines need to get a life." Agree with this
"BE is just fine the way it is and has been and needs no change." Agree with this
"BE sucks in its present form and I am going to find a new place to post" If you think this, then your better off posting somewhere else, PS, good luck finding another site that has more knowledge and good people like BE.
When you have a site this large and this diverse people will buck heads, just the nature of the beast. If you can get past that and not have such a thin skin, most will see the value of this site and the endless contributions ROs make. If you can't get past that then it would be best you don't visit this site IMHO.
Just My 2C
Walter
"Some one needs to straighten up those Republicans with political taglines" I am dumfounded on what a tagline has to do with the value of this site.You don't like the tagline, that's okay, ignore it, better said see poll question two.
"Those complaining of political taglines need to get a life." Agree with this
"BE is just fine the way it is and has been and needs no change." Agree with this
"BE sucks in its present form and I am going to find a new place to post" If you think this, then your better off posting somewhere else, PS, good luck finding another site that has more knowledge and good people like BE.
When you have a site this large and this diverse people will buck heads, just the nature of the beast. If you can get past that and not have such a thin skin, most will see the value of this site and the endless contributions ROs make. If you can't get past that then it would be best you don't visit this site IMHO.
Just My 2C
Walter
I specifically remember that there was a time when Les did not tolerate political taglines if you were posting in ATC. The reason was that we 'once' all agreed that politics had no place in ATC (or the other boating related forums), and a political tagline is just a way to sneak your politics into these forums through the back door.
Wrong Hogan, it was political taglines too.
If you want the specifics, a certain RO (who has actually posted on this thread with a political tagline) posted on ATC a few years back with a political tagline. He was severely "spanked" by Les for it.
Les said something to the extent of; "this is not a democrat's forum or a republican's forum, it is a boater's forum".
The RO then stated something to the extent of; "sorry Les, I really intended this tagline for NBR, but forgot that it follows me wherever I post. I'll remove the tag right away".
Back then, we all respected Les by following the rules he wanted for his forum, which included no personal attacks, no links to commercial sites or other forums, and no politics on the boating forums. Since Les is not around much anymore, I really hope we can return the site to way he wanted it.
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There always seems to be some problem, but overall this BE forum has been running pretty well for a long time. I dont think I'd try to fix something that dont seem to be broken.
What specifically do you guys think needs fixing?
What specifically do you guys think needs fixing?
Most of the time, things seem to be fine when they run there own course, sometimes that thread should be deleted, but I tend to agree if it aint broke dont fix it.
And it IS still boating season, maybe the guy is busy, if you dont like something simply ignore it.
And it IS still boating season, maybe the guy is busy, if you dont like something simply ignore it.
This is a great site for boating info and help from fellow boaters. Unfortunately it seems far to often a thread gets hijacked and spun into a political soapbox. Keep it in NBR. I typically avoid NBR because it is just a waste of bandwidth lately. When I joined 5 or so years ago it was a bit more bearable but not anymore. It appears if your not a republican your not welcome. You can keep NBR, just don't ruin the forums that matter. Keep politics, race and religion for NBR. There was a thread last week that brought about color and prolitics in what I recall was a discussion of the oncoming storm. Based on these posts, joking or not, someone needs to babysit from time to time.
MJK
MJK
Quick observation: I recognize that there is a considerable amount of "conservative" chat on NBR. I am not certain it is all from GOP supporters, Seems to me that the vox populi is having its day in the sunshine. We folks who live far away from the political center of our country are thankful for the opportunity to share some political discourse that is not solely attributed to the NYT. As for the incumbent president, his record speaks for itself but one's own eyes must be depended upon to set your personal sights and record your personal observations.
Some of the tag lines are longer than the posts, and when you read almost every post it gets tiresome to see the same tag lines over and over again.
We took a vote on one of my forums, and the members actually voted that "automatic" tag line insertion should be turned off, so I did. More words in posts, less or no tag lines would be fine by me. I really don't care much either way. I like "clean" looking posts, hate garbage laying around the bottom.
We took a vote on one of my forums, and the members actually voted that "automatic" tag line insertion should be turned off, so I did. More words in posts, less or no tag lines would be fine by me. I really don't care much either way. I like "clean" looking posts, hate garbage laying around the bottom.
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If these people didn't exist it would be awfully dull around here.