Stephen
New member
Hey all,
I've found that hikers/skiers/boarders/riders, etc. are very passionate people. I've seen it here and on other forums as well. Too often, that passion would "flare up" a bit, causing problems with certain topics (politics, religion, skis vs snowboards, up vs. down).
One of the options when we discussed poli threads was to have a separate area of the forum where folks could discuss these things. Again, it was feared that it might spill over into other forums. Rather than having to make calls time and again about what was appropriate, it was decided to just disallow them altogether, even if it was an interesting or lively topic.
Anyhow, that's the history behind what I've now done: I've built a little site where we can have those discussions without spilling over (hopefully) to this and other fine outdoors boards. I now present to you:
Trailchatter.com
The other mods and Greg have given me permission to put a plug for it, and I invite you all to come over and get the talk started.
It's a new site... so recommendations are always welcome!
-Stephen
I've found that hikers/skiers/boarders/riders, etc. are very passionate people. I've seen it here and on other forums as well. Too often, that passion would "flare up" a bit, causing problems with certain topics (politics, religion, skis vs snowboards, up vs. down).
One of the options when we discussed poli threads was to have a separate area of the forum where folks could discuss these things. Again, it was feared that it might spill over into other forums. Rather than having to make calls time and again about what was appropriate, it was decided to just disallow them altogether, even if it was an interesting or lively topic.
Anyhow, that's the history behind what I've now done: I've built a little site where we can have those discussions without spilling over (hopefully) to this and other fine outdoors boards. I now present to you:
Trailchatter.com
The other mods and Greg have given me permission to put a plug for it, and I invite you all to come over and get the talk started.
It's a new site... so recommendations are always welcome!
-Stephen