whats going on with A-N

[Phone]

Vagabond,

 

You're quite right. I have to scroll past hundreds of "clever cartoons" and even more nasty political statements one way or the other just to get a peek at my great grandchildren.

 

I simply consider it the price to pay.

 

Phone

[barry luxton]

I like facebook, warts and all, sometimes it's abused by those who sanitise communication in particular the likes of the angling trust and followers, roskilly, goldsmith and others, you know who you are. gutless cowards who are secular and selfish and haven't got the bottle to speak in an open and transparent way.

[Ken L]

Over 200 views and 20 posts in less than a day. If only those viewers became posters.

I see similar levels of traffic on the Zander fin-in thread.

[Sportsman]

I am one of the viewers I am afraid.

For my sins I actually enjoy fishing for carp and got more than a bit fed up with the sniping from the anti carp police who are obviously much cleverer than I am. I am just a noddy in a tent guzzling Stella whereas they are specimen hunters and of course it take a lot more skill to land a 3lb perch than it does a 30lb carp.

I have also noticed how a new poster who asks a question that does not fit in with what has become acceptable on the coarse section is just ignored until he goes away.

I still post on this section from time to time when Chesters1 says something a bit more controversial than usual and I am always grateful for the advice freely given in the tech. section.

[chesters1]

I like sprouts

I see your point over on the fishing section ,i find sometimes find myself the only poster when the russian poster posts ,yes they may fish differently ,treat their fish differently and eat the things but they are allowed to, our AN fishing police cannot interfere with perfectly legal (i presume or they are foolish to post it) methods from other countries and the ladies look nice (wink)

Unfortunately theres blinkers on all the sections and different viewpoints other than theirs jumped apon ,its not as bad as some old posters where the offending post contrary to "their" rules was interfered with until it was deleted and that nasty disturbing point of view different to theres was gone and they had in their head 'won'

 

Mind you in recent times in a post i had hoped was amusing to some none responded (my kitchen one) not in the slightest controversial, perhaps it needed to be to get a reaction ?

 

Anyway my daughter is popping over on her chinese scooter (when will she get rid of the seized one in my garden?) so i am off detecting for a couple of hours ,i will talk to a moslem give him a moslem badge i found last trip ,fill my finds bag with moslem deposited rubbish and hopefully a few coins then walk home ,hectic life in the sticks

 

I found out another amusing thing when my niece went through chinese customs they seized a small psu for a usb hub i gave her as she needed more power than the laptop supplied ,it seems they dont want their own tat back LOL

Edited July 28, 2015 by chesters1

[dave k]

I like facebook, warts and all, sometimes it's abused by those who sanitise communication in particular the likes of the angling trust and followers, roskilly, goldsmith and others, you know who you are. gutless cowards who are secular and selfish and haven't got the bottle to speak in an open and transparent way.

like you,i like facebook. helps to keep in contact with family a friends. i have a couple of golden rules though;

never post anything on facebook you would not say to their face. and only accept friends requests from people you know and have a common interest with. (like the cancer support groups i am in) even then you can edit what posts they see of yours and what post of theirs you can see.the biggest problem with the facebook haters is they dont know how to manage their accounts.

[chesters1]

my suggestion is not post anything at all on facebook and use the messenger system

who gives a crap if grandkid 9 "likes" something

i treat it like i do my mobile ,its been instructed never to bother me until i want to bother someone else LOL

Edited July 28, 2015 by chesters1

[Dave H]

I used to use it quite a bit but not now that i have made a friend in a police detective who is high up in cyber fraud and crime. I cant and never really could understand mothers putting pictures up of their kids and then babbling on eventually where she is taking them for the day or eventually saying what school they are at in lose conversation and do not think you are only talking to friends as you are not regardless of what settings you are on. 'Lose lips sink ships'

[Vagabond]

.the biggest problem with the facebook haters is they dont know how to manage their accounts.

That sounds pretty smug - and illogical. If anyone "hates" Facebook, why should they have an account at all ?

 

The trouble with many users of Facebook is that they cannot manage their accounts sensibly. Mental constipation, coupled with textual diarrhoea is the usual pattern.

 

I don't "hate" Facebook - I just see no point in the trivia portrayed there, so don't bother with it.

[Paulg]

Does seem to be dying a death, which is a great shame.

 

Agreed, unfortunately

 

As Newt says, this kind of forum is very nearly past its heyday, not all to do with FB though.

 

I think it is good that commercial fisheries, and angling clubs have their own sites these days but on the negative it takes away from a site like this one. There has been a huge increase in fishing related web writers over the last couple of years, with some very, very good blogs to be found. So where as maybe two years ago someone might come on here to ask about a specific method for a species, or info about a venue they are going to fish, all can now be found elsewhere.

 

The number of active blogs on here is very low, mine included, but then have a look around at the number of independent "proper" blogs, there's loads, and you can see the amount of effort that goes into them. No discredit to any current AN blog peeps, but I am one of those who likes to see pictures along with words, and there are some very talented photographers who also fish out there!!

 

I guess the stats are available somewhere, but how many really regular posters are there on here compared to the number of regular view-only visitors?

 

It won't happen for a while, but like others have inferred, I do believe this format will eventually become very much a minority, which will be a shame....maybe there needs to be a site that just organises fish-ins

Edited July 31, 2015 by Paulg