Since Bob and I announced we won't allow undue lame flame or derogatory name calling posts or threads to continue here on this BB, we're pleased that it has changed much to the better. Let us know if we miss anything - we try to read all of them but can miss some at times. ... On the other hand ....

Also as stated, we don't want to put a damper on guy's "boat talk" type of humor posts; and within reason (no harshly vulgar posts allowed!) we won't. ... Now ....

I've had my first and only plaintive feedback (via anything; e-mail, phone, post, etc.) about a thread a member didn't like - expressed in the Poop House Humor thread, about him not liking the very funny Hey_Yall thread about that topic. Here's a VERY SIMPLE concept that a small minority of fishing website BB readers just can't seem to grasp. ... Topics are very well marked on the board here. The few that don't indicate what they are about can be quickly discerned by reading the first couple posts within them. IF YOU DON'T LIKE A THREAD TOPIC OR POSTS WITHIN THEM JUST SIMPLY DO NOT CLICK ON THEM! There are all sorts of great fishing tech info and fishing report threads regularly on here. If that's all you like to read they are usually well labeled. Don't cost yourself nice free info just because you don't happen to enjoy what the majority of readers enjoy on here! There are some very reasonable benign adult type posts on here on occassion that some of you may not want very young children to read. I doubt very much that any of those young of kids would have much interest in reading this BB anyway. If you as a parent want to print out some fishing info or stories you feel would be of value to young kids, that's easy to do. That inability of a small minority of readers to avoid clicking on subjects bothersome to them (even when warned about them! - like they just couldn't help themselves for some mysterious reason) and thus became unjustly plaintive, is what cost the other deserving members on the BB I used to moderate the good tech info I gave them for free there. Just comes down to common sense. Lighten up, read only what you want. It's as simple as that.

RT

[ 04-15-2001: Message edited by: RT ]