Please be considerate

When someone starts a very specific thread for example “trolling sandflats” please try and be considerate of the topic at hand and those that have posted the original question. I for one think it is rude to take threads way off the subject and talk about something totally unrelated especially when it doesnt involve fishing or the river. I have seen alot of banter lately that in my opinion is chat room or private msg material.

This changing of the subject and then bantering for a long time causes another problem. For example, when people who only have time to login to check the forum, they look for the threads with the most recent activity only to find out that it’s just chit chat about something not related to anything that interests them. Im sorry if I have offended anyone but I just have seen some changes lately that I think need to be addressed. Just remember if it doesnt relate to the original post, maybe its better off in private. I believe most visitors are here for the quality of information presented and not the sideshow that is created when people attempt to draw attention to themself.

Steve Hougom – FTR Webstaff

Good point, well taken, no offense here. But I do wish do openly apologize as a guilty party to any and EVERY offended person by my good intent. My commenting comes a bit too freely because I consider everyone here a friend I haven’t met yet. It becomes the “inclusion” and my way of saying, “Hello, yes, I’m here today and no matter what you came in for, you’re not alone”. And I love spreading smiles and laughter if possible. However, it shouldn’t be at the expense of anyone else’s topic of interest.

I hope you all understand………………….

“The Kid”

I agree Hougie. Just not enough time to read through the unrelated posts. Some of those should be new threads or personal e:mails. Thanks, Vern

I agree, very good point, well taken. I am new here, but am guilty of rattling and getting side tracked from time to time. I appreciate your cander and your concern hougie. No offense taken here! I love this site because it is fun and informative, but it can be that without distant tangents better left for private messages. Thanks for pointing this out!

Totally agree. Keep the blab blab blab in another thread or private message. Don’t get me wrong, I love to read about the pup getting his daily shock collar treatment. The site has been a great and refreshing area to visit.

Thanks Hougie. You should post your message on the first of every month just to serve as a reminder. Beav

Glad I wasnt the only one whose noticed. Im just more than a little concerned because it seems as if we’ve lost some people that used to post alot and that I dont like at all.

This is a hard thing to police. Its a judgement call on our parts we’ve watched closely and its gotten out of hand. We apologise to all of those who have been inconvenienced by this and we would like nothing more than to have back those visitors turned off because of whats been going on here.

To those of you on the other side of this issue that enjoy the sideshow. Im glad youve found FTR as a place of enjoyment but remember this the exchange of river or fishing information will always come first, at least as long as Im involved.

Furthermore, I think you can still be funny (geez I feel like the officer in Good Morning Vietnam who was reprimanding Robin Williams for being goofy!) and provide solid river or fishing info. But please think about others that are trying to get solid info and dont want to sift through all the deep thought and fictional non-related stuff. Again, you dont have to be a boring fuddy duddy like me, but when it gets way off track and post after post thats where the line is drawn. If you want to make a couple of goofy posts thats even better than stringing out a thread on and on that to most visitors looks like the answer they have been looking for only for it to turn into some twilight zone conversation. If it gets off topic start a new thread even. But when people logon and see “wingdams” as a topic they should be getting 80 to 100% wingdam info not 80 to 100% jokes. These are my opinions if the majority of the board disagrees, roast me here and now and FTR will become evening at the Improv. If anyone needs me to be more specific about this please send me a private msg or email and Id be happy to explain. Its really an isolated case and Id rather not mention any names here.

Steve Hougom – FTR Webstaff

Edited by hougie on 08/08/01 02:42 PM.

Well said Hougie, I think everyone agrees and understands

Hey Steve,

I understand where you are coming from. I do like the banter here but also understand your point of view. Thanks for making a place where we can express our opinions and not get crucified over it. I’m always up for learning something new, and believe me this site has taught me so much already. Keep up the good work!!!