Seahorse said:None of which justifies spamming this forum with links for a competitor... :arrow:
I thought this at first and then I asked myself just how do you get people to know about alternative sites ? Virtually everything these days is done by word of mouth or post.
Are people upset because Frank posted a link to his own site ? What if a member discovered the site, thought it was good and shared the link. ? Would that be ok. Surely we would not want people to be afraid of posting things because they might be accused of spamming.
The other day I learn't from a forum member about a site featuring 'Best Quadcopter Videos', its a great resource for people wanting to learn about techniques. In fact its much stronger in that respect than this forum.
The reality is all the time this forum is better than anything else it will attract the most posts and attention. To do that though it has to continuously improve. The only change I can think of since I have been a member is that we finally got some 'stickies'.
Plenty of people have suggested the recruitment of mods and helpers to organise things but Adam does not want that. Thats cool its his site. You can't deny though that a lot of people will appreciate the order that would bring.
As for trolls, I loath them. I don't agree with the strategy of ignoring them I much prefer instant termination so that they don't bother people. To allow them to survive for very long just leads to a feeling that we are back in the wild west. They hurt the reputation of the forum and scare of the newbies.