Forum Proposal

[Blue Collar]

Benevolent dictatorship is what should be expected from the moderation of a public forum such as ours. Any internet format like PGCA is made up of a technologically diverse membership with the gamut of technical skills. Within the last week I have read folks having difficulty with internet searches, cut and pasting information and private messaging. Not to mention photo posting. With all of that, the thread hijacking and dispersing thoughts leave them with a pretty difficult set of circumstances to moderate and administer.

There is no investment required to participate in the forums and no ownership in the site and its' technology. Discussions like this one allow cheap shots as well as supporting comments to drift in with anonymity. This is a classic case for private messages to be used rather than a thread! We all need to come to this forum with an understanding that we are at the mercy of the moderators moods, perceptions and understanding. They provide us much service but web site management is not a democracy, so pray for benevolent dictators. I believe ours are!

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Russ Lindsay

Discussions like this one allow cheap shots as well as supporting comments to drift in with anonymity.

Nobody posts on the Members Only, Guns For Sale forum in anonymity.

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Nobody posts on the Members Only, Guns For Sale forum in anonymity.

I think that Russ's comments pertained to the discussion about the For Sale forum rather than any For Sale threads.

[Opening Day]

if you do NOT own the firearm for sale, or have the right to sell it – do not post it in the PGCA For Sale Forum. The PGCA Member “Off Topic” forum would be just dandy, though…

I've stayed out of this, but come on guys (Dennis) if someone want's to post a gun (that we would/might never see) for a friend or a widow, we should not be not allowed to post it. Come on......Posting an internet ad is a "no" I understand that, but allowing someone to post an ad that would be of interest to the members instead of posting it to one of the internet boards.. We get first chance to see this gun and this is bad because of .................