A Trend? Or is This the Way the Board has Become?

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Posted By: leon

Jake,
Not sure how long you have been on the board or lurking but I don't see the rules about off topic stuff changing. I suggest you read the rules. If you don't like them that is your choice. The more often someone posts the more they are entitled (in my opinion) to do an off topic post. It is a reward for being a part of the community and helps us get to know each other. If you don't like it...that's ok. As far as off topic stuff running people off I will throw a BS flag on that. There are plenty of good threads to join in about what the focus is. As far as anyone leaving because they get attacked I will also throw a BS flag on that. As my good friend Jay B just said....show me one thread where someone got attacked for talking about the focus of this board.

Lee B- you mentioned several folks that don't post much anymore. I doubt it's because they want to but won't for fear of anything or because this has turned into a bad place. Pete C doesn't post much (he has a few times) as he is with Mastro and it's probably better for him not to. He and I have talked about it often. He still reads the board quite a bit. Bill C. doesn't post too much but does when he has something to chime in about. Elliot- same way. Andy Baran is all but out of collecting baseball. I am not sure he's a whole lot into collecting at all right now but is still a good friend. Nothing "scared" him away or drove him away. Do a lot of folks hate the bickering? Sure, but it is what it is and I don't think it's been that bad lately. I get slammed when it happens and I get slammed if I censor it. I just make judgement calls...right or wrong, on allowing it. It sort of goes in spurts too. I feel we still have pretty much the same breadth of knowledge as we always have....plus some and minus some others. It's too bad some folks leave but they do for a variety of reasons and my intuition tells me it's mostly not because of anything to do with the board itself it's more a statement of what they are doing in their lives. I know if I didn't run the board I would take some time off every once and a while. It's not a bad thing to do.....regards