I haven’t been here long but something I noticed that I think is going to drive me away.
Last night the wife and I were 3-4 Bacardi Cokes in and she says “You should see what the guys on the site drink for rum”. I thought it would be a decent question. Well almost all the answers I got were how run is discussing, it would just make me (responder) puke, and basically it is just not a respectable drink. Well…EXCUSE ME (channeling my best Steve Martin…yes I’m that old)! We have been rum drinkers for a very long time and spend a lot of time in the Caribbean and Mexico. I thought it may be a fun discussion. But what I have learned here in the short time I have been here is that this site is very clicky. If you are not one of the “Main guys” your question and/or answers hold no water and don’t matter.
I don’t participate in ANY other social media, for many reasons I will not go into here, but I’m thinking this may not be the place for me either. I don’t have over 1,000 posts so I guess my topics don’t matter.
This isn’t the first time I have noticed it. I have seen this happen to many other posters here as well. Unfortunately the way all you all respond to newcomers just alienates new posters and isn’t going to increase members. But actually probably doesn’t matter to any of the main core here.
Just two cents from AN OUTSIDER (I will never have 2,000 posts so apparently will always be one – kind of like Barreiro will never be one of us even though he has been here over 40 years…KFAN listeners get the reference). Take it for what it is.