... it is a place for single divers to possibly meet other fellow single divers weather male, female, ect thats all we really want, what happens from there hasn't to do with scuba board but other than a place to post that we are single and looking for fellow divers ...
With all do respect, single or not, this whole debate thing is getting to be a bit much. It's like being in a room of a couple dozen Pomeranians all barking at the same time -- it's a bit frustrating. It makes a person want to do a little target practice with a bb gun.
Why can't you post, as mentioned before, that you are looking for an SO dive buddy in your signature line? That way, no matter where you post, everyone will see it. -- OR add to your signature, "If you are interested in getting together to dive or ... send me a PM."
Why can't you look for a "single" non SO dive buddy in the geographical forum you will be diving in? (mentioned already too)
"Singles" banter on the board has been found in the Non-Diving Related forum successfully since I've been on the board. So arguments on knowing where to look don't really apply either. IMO
AND I beg your pardon, but at times when I posted and wasn't single, I remember being told that it was
a thread for singles looking not for someone who already had an SO dive buddy which very much contradicts what many of you say about "anyone can post there... just like in the other forums." In the past, singles haven't wanted others to participate in "their" area. What if those who are very much into Tech diving had that attitude and excluded any diver poking their head into their forum to participate in discussing a current topic? That wouldn't go over well. What if people from SO Cal, or Canada, or anywhere for that matter did that to someone not from their forum??? Well, that has happened in the singles post. So it really does seem that in the past there has been a problem and creating a Singles Forum might continue that very sort of thing.
What topics are truly exclusive to single divers that are appropriate in other forums?
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The only true ligitimate argument I can see for a forum that has been mentioned here would be not a singles forum but a "I need a buddy for diving forum" 'cause some of you have mentioned that is the reason you want it. ...sharing a room on a trip, ....need a buddy for a dive... and comments along those lines.
But, then again, that can be posted in the appropriate geographical forum.
Many dive trips accommodate for sharing rooms. And, any trip that I have participated in with this board there have been ample opportunity for people to buddy up, share expenses ie rooming, gas etc. So I really don't see a problem there on this particular board. And - I might add, everyone that I have met from this board on a dive outting has been extremely cool. Everyone has gotten along, to my understanding and has been pretty easy to work with so finding a buddy or even an SO on one of these trips all happens in the geographical forum.
So, as far as a singles forum, and one I could very well be in need of myself, I can't justify.
If you really want to meet someone here on the board, make your posts interesting, complete your profile and post a darn profile picture and you're gonna meet people. People will take notice, they will PM you. Especially if you have any personality at all.
If that doesn't work then maybe we should hold some Jello Wrestling events for divers only in each state so everyone can "hook-up." LOL
Can we let a few of the Pomeranians out now because it is getting too noisy in here?
R
