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Originally Posted by glissando  High end should be for folks that have a shitload of knowledge/experience and those that respect that knowledge/experience |
I never took it that way, I always just saw it as a place where high end GEAR was being discussed. Period. I never cruise the internet without my Bullshit Filters on, no matter what the title of the forum is. I have always felt it was my OWN responsibility to decide whether a poster had knowledge and experience or not. I certainly do not expect any Board, forum title, moderator or Merit system to do that filtering for me.
But regardless of what it "should" be, it is true that high end gear does pull in a larger percentage of knowledgeable people. Every day brings a half dozen posts that really belong in "So Much Gear", but the posters want to hear what the High End guys have to say. Many slutz want to take advantage of their expertise, but are driving them away in the process.
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There are a few guys I get a lot from. They are showing up less and less and there is way more bush league discussion.
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Yes, they are showing up less and less, partly because more and more gear
that they are not interested in is being discussed here. What attracts these posters is a high concentration of threads concerning gear that they care about. This concentration has not only been diluted by desultory moderation, but is now under direct attack on
political grounds 
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To even argue in favor of keeping this forum
on track is arrogant, elitist, snobby and unfair. Call the ACLU!