When will it stop?
For all of those who own companies, would you allow a disgruntled customer to stand in your store or outside of your store and tell all potential customers how crappy that your place of business is? Or how you believe the prices are unfair, or how you place of business has just been going down hill? I highly doubt it, and you would be perfectly in you right to ask that person to leave. Nobody would say boo about it.
Yet, certain people get on here, who are not even paid members( I only am becasue my number came up so I paid, don't think I'm any better than anybody). They bash SW, it's moderators, make immature comments, throw tantrums and threaten to leave. Well just leave then. It's not that I or even SW doesn't want you here, some of you have made postive contributions to this site, but give it a rest. If you don't like it, don't pay.
The same people are then complaining, whining, and spreading propaganda about how "wrong" the moderators are to move a post, delete others, and so on. Why not, again, this is there place of business, and if you can't be grown up and behave yourself they have the right to ask you to leave. I have seen them leave a lot of negative threads about SW and about themselves up, when is enough, enough. Again, you wouldn't dream of standing outside of someones business and doing this, you would be expected to be asked to leave, how is this any different.
I've been on this site for 9 years, and now that I'm laid up I'm on way too much! LOL. There was a time, 12-18 months ago where I believe this site was getting very bad, with a few harrassing others, it has been cleaned up a lot, and lately there have been alot more good posts with good exchanges of information, without people hasseling others. I think this is a good thing, and make it mcuh more enjoyable for me, as well as others I'm sure.
We don't need a few people on here getting others on their bandwagon about how terrrible it is here, seriously, if it's that bad, don't come here. I don't care if you're the Wanye Gretzky or Payton Manning of snowmobiling knowledge, you're influence is negative, and in my opinion, not wanted.
And moderators, not sure why you put up with so much garbage from these few, the sooner they decide to get lost, or accept things as they are, the sooner this site, your business, can get on with life and grow and change. I did read one post that the fellow that was complaining got his reading privelges ( more read posts than what is allowed) back. Everyone needs to pay, or not, the rules should be the same for everyone. You guys are doing a great job, and I appreciate you guys/gals listening to all of us, and I believe that you have.
I come on here to talk about sledding, my passion in life is snowmobiling. I want to learn more, help when I can, meet people, etc. I don't, and hopefully like many others, don't need to CONSTANTLY here about your petty issues with SW. If you have
SW is a great site, personally, I wish it were still free, but it's not. I hope this site continues to flourish with all the good people and good information that is on this site. I fyou have something to say about the site or moderators, can't you at least make it constructive criticism, I know SW and it's moderators are open to that. Remember the whole swap meet fiasco? They saw the majority were unhappy and gave up back what we wanted.
I don't believe this is motivated by greed, but by neccessity, the cost is minimal to us, so again, if you don't want to pay, then don't, but I'm tired of the bashing and nonsense. Most of us on here are adults, isn't time you all start acting like it?
Anyways, that's all I have to say about it. Good luck to all and good luck to SW. Thanks to the moderators, seems like a thankless job, and that in of itself can be difficult. Keep up the good work!
For all of those who own companies, would you allow a disgruntled customer to stand in your store or outside of your store and tell all potential customers how crappy that your place of business is? Or how you believe the prices are unfair, or how you place of business has just been going down hill? I highly doubt it, and you would be perfectly in you right to ask that person to leave. Nobody would say boo about it.
Yet, certain people get on here, who are not even paid members( I only am becasue my number came up so I paid, don't think I'm any better than anybody). They bash SW, it's moderators, make immature comments, throw tantrums and threaten to leave. Well just leave then. It's not that I or even SW doesn't want you here, some of you have made postive contributions to this site, but give it a rest. If you don't like it, don't pay.
The same people are then complaining, whining, and spreading propaganda about how "wrong" the moderators are to move a post, delete others, and so on. Why not, again, this is there place of business, and if you can't be grown up and behave yourself they have the right to ask you to leave. I have seen them leave a lot of negative threads about SW and about themselves up, when is enough, enough. Again, you wouldn't dream of standing outside of someones business and doing this, you would be expected to be asked to leave, how is this any different.
I've been on this site for 9 years, and now that I'm laid up I'm on way too much! LOL. There was a time, 12-18 months ago where I believe this site was getting very bad, with a few harrassing others, it has been cleaned up a lot, and lately there have been alot more good posts with good exchanges of information, without people hasseling others. I think this is a good thing, and make it mcuh more enjoyable for me, as well as others I'm sure.
We don't need a few people on here getting others on their bandwagon about how terrrible it is here, seriously, if it's that bad, don't come here. I don't care if you're the Wanye Gretzky or Payton Manning of snowmobiling knowledge, you're influence is negative, and in my opinion, not wanted.
And moderators, not sure why you put up with so much garbage from these few, the sooner they decide to get lost, or accept things as they are, the sooner this site, your business, can get on with life and grow and change. I did read one post that the fellow that was complaining got his reading privelges ( more read posts than what is allowed) back. Everyone needs to pay, or not, the rules should be the same for everyone. You guys are doing a great job, and I appreciate you guys/gals listening to all of us, and I believe that you have.
I come on here to talk about sledding, my passion in life is snowmobiling. I want to learn more, help when I can, meet people, etc. I don't, and hopefully like many others, don't need to CONSTANTLY here about your petty issues with SW. If you have
SW is a great site, personally, I wish it were still free, but it's not. I hope this site continues to flourish with all the good people and good information that is on this site. I fyou have something to say about the site or moderators, can't you at least make it constructive criticism, I know SW and it's moderators are open to that. Remember the whole swap meet fiasco? They saw the majority were unhappy and gave up back what we wanted.
I don't believe this is motivated by greed, but by neccessity, the cost is minimal to us, so again, if you don't want to pay, then don't, but I'm tired of the bashing and nonsense. Most of us on here are adults, isn't time you all start acting like it?
Anyways, that's all I have to say about it. Good luck to all and good luck to SW. Thanks to the moderators, seems like a thankless job, and that in of itself can be difficult. Keep up the good work!
