pedxing
Member
VFTT doesn't seem elitist to me. I see it as a tool for a set of purposes. It's managed to maximize its usefulness for those purposes. It doesn't try to be all things to all people, not even all those who journey to Northeast peaks. It's not my most visited site, but I find it very useful and for some questions its the first place I would go.
I think the big benefit for a board like VFTT of requiring referrals isn't that you keep certain people from joining, but that it enhances the link between a user name and a real person. People can't create multiple identities and it's harder for someone expelled to create a new user name using a different ISP and return.
VFTT has no advertising and no member fees. It's paid for out of pocket. For me, this explains and justifies Darren's low tolerance for a lot of off topic material - humorous or not. I admit that sometimes he seems pretty harsh. Still, there are other places for humor and to enjoy all kinds of posts. There is no reason for VFTT or any site to be all things to all people. I wouldn't feel put down if the moderators of a site feel a post isn't appropriate for their site.
I think the big benefit for a board like VFTT of requiring referrals isn't that you keep certain people from joining, but that it enhances the link between a user name and a real person. People can't create multiple identities and it's harder for someone expelled to create a new user name using a different ISP and return.
VFTT has no advertising and no member fees. It's paid for out of pocket. For me, this explains and justifies Darren's low tolerance for a lot of off topic material - humorous or not. I admit that sometimes he seems pretty harsh. Still, there are other places for humor and to enjoy all kinds of posts. There is no reason for VFTT or any site to be all things to all people. I wouldn't feel put down if the moderators of a site feel a post isn't appropriate for their site.
