RonFrank
Contributor
I recently made a comment on another thread about hijacking.
First, I don't want folks to worry about my off topic Hijack comment, and I did not do so from a mod perspective. However some folks posting here don't seem to realize there is a whole SB world out there!
If you have a equipment question for example you will be get better responses by opening up an on topic thread, even here. Those who are not interested in diving at BH in Feb for example are NOT going to think that there is a drysuit question buried inside that thread. IOW's you are limiting responses to those that are on the thread you are hijacking.
RMO is not a big forum, so you further limit the visibility by posting gear questions here.
I am certainly not going to moderate such things (some other mod if they notice may choose to). For those that don't know, moderators can't moderate threads they are part of, which means I can't touch 99% of the stuff here. There are minor exceptions like making a sticky, or removing a post if asked to do so.
I like our close knit small community, and I've never seen anything here that violates TOS other than off topic. But I do somethings think that members here need to branch out a bit more especially when they have questions about things like gear configurations.
K, just wanted to have that said as I saw a number of responses after I posted like folks were worried I was about to go into ballistic edit mode if they posted off topic. I am not, but this should give you an idea of what was behind my comment!
First, I don't want folks to worry about my off topic Hijack comment, and I did not do so from a mod perspective. However some folks posting here don't seem to realize there is a whole SB world out there!
If you have a equipment question for example you will be get better responses by opening up an on topic thread, even here. Those who are not interested in diving at BH in Feb for example are NOT going to think that there is a drysuit question buried inside that thread. IOW's you are limiting responses to those that are on the thread you are hijacking.
RMO is not a big forum, so you further limit the visibility by posting gear questions here.
I am certainly not going to moderate such things (some other mod if they notice may choose to). For those that don't know, moderators can't moderate threads they are part of, which means I can't touch 99% of the stuff here. There are minor exceptions like making a sticky, or removing a post if asked to do so.
I like our close knit small community, and I've never seen anything here that violates TOS other than off topic. But I do somethings think that members here need to branch out a bit more especially when they have questions about things like gear configurations.
K, just wanted to have that said as I saw a number of responses after I posted like folks were worried I was about to go into ballistic edit mode if they posted off topic. I am not, but this should give you an idea of what was behind my comment!
