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Immoderate moderating?

Thank you slumlord I am glad you enjoy my stories about log building.

Lol. Yep. That classified section used to rock.

I used to like it. Good bunch of participants, back at least four years or so. Classifieds were a good place full of reasonable deals on bullets, brass and the like. Then it changed and got all picky. At one point I was notified that my account was ‘suspended’ because I had some bullets listed on two boards. I mean I get it that listing in two places might not be a good thing, but it was a ‘first offense’ and the punishment didn’t fit the crime. Maybe I overreacted, but I thought that was an @sshole move; so I deleted my account.

Like a lot of people I was there four or five years ago to learn what they knew about Handi rifles and fitting the barrels. Never had any problems but didn't post much. When I sold the Handi's there was nothing of interest there for me.

The moderating is just as bad if not worse on TnDeer.com and most of the members are trailer park, white trash imbeciles. 15 mods and none of them deer hunt.


The site owner drills 3 holes into a lawn mower deck at a factory, calls himself a tool and die maker for that. Made 1/2 his coworkers and neighbors moderators. hahaha

I have been a member that for a long time. But I forgot all about it!

I joined GBO about 25 years ago. Back then there was a wealth of good information and plenty of informed posters. Yeah, GB was a tyrant and he spanked me a couple times, but he did keep the trolls, pottymouths and spam under control. Around 2005 I stopped visiting regularly, but sporratic visits since have shown the site in decline to the current condition when nearly 50% of posts are not even firearms related. I didn’t even know GB sold the site until last year.

If you want to know a little about the current owner and the list of sites it owns:

https://www.canadalandshow.com/torstar-owned-verticalscope-runs-dozens-of-gun-forums/


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was banned from GB back in the day. was ripped off in the buy-sell. i complained mightily on the forum. he dumped me. good riddance for them and me both.

that was long before i found this site.

it's been sold? do tell.

I bought a nice target rifle there 20 years ago. The guy gave me a deal, and threw in some match 22s because it was my birthday. I think his name was Brown from Alabama. I was just starting out in life and that really helped.
I shot silhouette a lot then and the GB board was very active, then they got heavy handed and everyone split. I did too.

Rick300 may remember me from the forum. My handle there is nw_hunter, and I was a moderator for many years on the political forum and others. Back when Bill was owner of the site,we kept a close watch on things as moderators.Not so much anymore, and I don't moderate or post there as often as I use to.It was a dedicated outdoor family place to go, and flame wars and trolling was not allowed.A very informative site IMO and I don't think we will see another like it in the near future.I can see the youth today not liking it as much as us old geezers. This is the WWW and there is room for all.:-)

"NOTE" I do have to admit, since Bill sold it, things have gone down hill.He is still an Adm there, and visits often. I never saw Bill as a tyrant as some here have mentioned. I think he started the best outdoor site on the web, and for years keep it at the top.

I can't, after I told the site owner to go phuc himself...

Gaybeard - bill can KMA , predator masters sucks bigtime -fatass michael j. mcCasslin and stu [the fairy] fairish are two queermo's who ruined the site- pensacola fishing forum super sucks - say one word in disagreement with a moderator and you're out .
longrangehunting -len - sucks too .
24hrcampfire is hands down the best site on the web , where folks can be themselves - although Rick needs to dump some liberals IMO . If the fire evolved into a heavily moderated site - I'd be done with forums .

I still look. mostly at Handi forum. As for moderation, at least people there are usually polite. Can it be said 24 hr. is UNDER moderated?

I still visit the site almost daily, still some good people on the forum. But the gun technocrats seem to have moved on and it seems the political/conversation forum have taken over which is ok. I like to check the classifieds there for Contender stuff and occasionally argue with one of the leftists that post there same as here. Bill has never given me a bad time though we have had a few words at times. The forum seemed a bit heavily moderated but so what it is their forum! What I am seeing is that in general hunting and fishing forums are losing members steadily. This is a fine forum and the lack of moderation doesn't bother me any. I figure I will visit Graybeard outdoors til it's over periodically with no complaints. I have been a member there long enough that I have changed my ways from the old days so maybe a bit of moderation was good for me.