maxxkatt
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I operate several technical book review web sites and spend a lot of time on my PC with my keyboard.
So during my off time I really don't like to be on the Internet and choose my sites I visit carefully. The two top forum sites are this metal detecting forum and nextdoor.com which is a forum for just your local neighborhoods.
Boy what a difference in being polite to other forum members especially if you or some other poster disagrees about something. This forum is about 99% full of polite and respectful members who use facts and not emotions when posting. Ok we have a few spirited "my detectors is better than your detector" threads and they are often funny.
But on the nextdoor forum where I live in North Atlanta area, almost all disagreements quickly devolve into a name calling match. So my past time on that forum is being a gadfly to start an seemingly innocent topic that almost 100% of the time stirs up a hornet's nest of discussion.
So it is a blessing that we have decent members on our friendly MD forum and good moderators that put a lid on such political discourse. But I think for the most part most of us don't even want politics discussed or debated on this forum.
Kudos to all for making this forum a nice place to visit and learn.
So during my off time I really don't like to be on the Internet and choose my sites I visit carefully. The two top forum sites are this metal detecting forum and nextdoor.com which is a forum for just your local neighborhoods.
Boy what a difference in being polite to other forum members especially if you or some other poster disagrees about something. This forum is about 99% full of polite and respectful members who use facts and not emotions when posting. Ok we have a few spirited "my detectors is better than your detector" threads and they are often funny.
But on the nextdoor forum where I live in North Atlanta area, almost all disagreements quickly devolve into a name calling match. So my past time on that forum is being a gadfly to start an seemingly innocent topic that almost 100% of the time stirs up a hornet's nest of discussion.
So it is a blessing that we have decent members on our friendly MD forum and good moderators that put a lid on such political discourse. But I think for the most part most of us don't even want politics discussed or debated on this forum.
Kudos to all for making this forum a nice place to visit and learn.
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