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Elcapinyoazz

Mountain climber

Anchorage, Alaska

Mar 13, 2006 - 02:44pm PT

Yup, no pesky ol cranks rattling on about gawd knows what...that's why Russ's site rules. Just the goods and a few bedtime stories, plus some nice postcard sentiments.

Now that I'm done pimping for Fish..BTW, still love that One Night Stand ledge...Russ you can go ahead and send that free swanky "Schmooze Valise", in ocelot shampelt, to:

Mr. YoAzz
8th reaches of artic hell
Alaska, USA

-24F at tempcasa Azz this morning. Damn. I'm ready to take MyAzz back to AnchorTown, the 'Banks is rank.

Bart Fay

Social climber

Redlands, CA

Mar 13, 2006 - 02:47pm PT

I think Chris pretty much said no to splitting off the topics.

But, tabs split for 'BETA', 'OT', GENERAL and ALL would coddle
the whiners and work for the dial-ups and the non-whiners. Any
subject not preceded by BETA or OT would go into general.
And most of us could just read through it ALL and not be bothered.

No moderating required, just sorted out by suffix.
Cause, we climbers are well known for self-regulating. -right-

Didn't we cover this in R.C back in 1995 ?

-Bart

maldaly

Trad climber

Boulder, CO

Mar 13, 2006 - 02:55pm PT

Chris,
Don't change a damn thing. ST is my virtual campfire where I can hang out at and, like the campfire, feel free to participate or sit back, sip my beer and listen. It goes wherever the active participants are headed and, delightfully, they don't usually know or care. If I don't like what I'm hearing I can leave; if I have something to add I do.

RC.com is there for more channeled discussions, mountainproject is there for beta and gunks.com is there for those who haven't figured out that all real climbing happens west of the 100th meridian.

Be proud of the community you've created and let it thrive hoever it will.

Mal

Melissa

Gym climber

berkeley, ca

Mar 13, 2006 - 03:15pm PT

As a business man, my guess is that Chirs is probably more worried about the customers who aren't using the forum of late vs. the non-customers that are...even though they might be very famous, entertaining, and think lots of interesting thoughts.

FWIW, I have to admit that for myself, the Supertopo of late has been a bit like the Alpinist...Something that, if I were a REAL climber, I'd think was the best of the best, but that I don't actually relate to all that much.

But, I also think that it's nice to see a lot of the users having a great time, connecting w/ old friends, etc.

...Not sure what my point is here...

Social climber

No matter where you go, there you are.

Mar 13, 2006 - 03:39pm PT

Keep it as it is.
I am so impressed with the intellectual depth and breadth, humor and spontaneity of those that contribute to this forum. It's breathtaking. I think a lot of that would be lost if this forum becomes too structured. What we are seeing here is the flavor and personality of what a climber is. The culture of this forum reflects that.
I love it!

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Mar 13, 2006 - 03:52pm PT

TR, hilarious!

OK, who's going to be the first to start a thread about the threads which are about the threads?

Spinmaster K-Rove

Trad climber

Stuck Under the Kor Roof

Mar 13, 2006 - 05:14pm PT

Splitting the Forum Up:

This will NOT take any moderation. People here will gnerally follow the rules. That's what people are doing now, thats what people do then. If people don't like that there is stuff other than climbing going on then you make life easy on them by splitting it up. The reality is that climbers are a diverse number of people doing a lotof different things. We have different interests and apparently the people here are the type of climbers who have a lot of time to be spending on the internet.

So please, split them up. It's not hard to do. You can simply delete any non-climbing posts in the climbing section. it doesn't get any easier as far as moderation is concerned and nobody will have an excuse to be upset. Then we won't have to wade through posts about what color alien is the best either.

bachar

Trad climber

Mammoth Lakes, CA

Mar 13, 2006 - 05:14pm PT

Hey guys, Maybe Chris is really getting hassled by Homeland Security and not telling us. We better be cool and use that secret code we developed a while back...shhhhh!

Jaybro

Social climber

The West

Mar 13, 2006 - 05:56pm PT

splitting the forum would be the death of it;
here's some climbing;

the Fet

Trad climber

Loomis, CA

Mar 13, 2006 - 06:04pm PT

As I mentioned months ago, when the posts for one day can't fit on one page this forum will have jumped the shark. Well The Fonz made his appearance about a month ago.
*Happy Days jumped the shark, when the Fonz jumped the shark.

There is a lot of BS, but splitting wouldn't work. Threads go off an on topic and back again within a few posts.

The only limit I'd like to see is maybe limiting posters to One or Two new threads a day. 4 inane threads by the same Troll do bury the good stuff. But even so, it's simple to scroll the Forum Topics.

Edit: dialup users turn off your images yourselves, duh.

UncleDoug

Social climber

N. lake Tahoe

Mar 13, 2006 - 06:04pm PT

bachar,

fattrad is part of this list.......of course DHS is watching he, he, he.

Matt

Trad climber

places you shouldn't talk about in polite company

Mar 13, 2006 - 06:45pm PT

jaybro-
"who wears short shorts?" (trouble)
did you photoshop in some extra TR lines?

i really like the burgers here at the burger shack, but why does everyone have to keep ordering all the freedom fries? isn't this a burger joint? what gives? besides, it seems like most people just hang out here to get in fights in the parking lot, so what does that have to do w/ selling burgers anyway?

personally, i think you should hand the whole thing off to pete and let him be the taco forum guy, i would just love to see where that would go...

edit-
it's true that the forum is a bore lately, no doubt that will shape up once it quits raining so much. good climbing and good parking lot fights, both are less common in poor weather.

WBraun

climber

Mar 13, 2006 - 06:56pm PT

Eeeegaaadddd no off-width from Jaybro?

It's truley the death of the forum ......

Yeah Matt, Pass it on to Pete .....

Shack

Big Wall climber

Reno NV

Mar 13, 2006 - 07:11pm PT

I won't complain cuz I ain't a whiner,
but I definitely am disappointed when I check the forum,
and 90% of the threads are some political BS.
I don't think they ALL need to be climbing related and I wouldn't vote to ban all politics but I do wonder
why so much politics?
Politicians and politics SUCK...so why post so much of it?

Well, I'm off to download the latest FishCast™™™.

JuanDeFuca

Big Wall climber

Stoney Point

Mar 13, 2006 - 07:15pm PT

How much time should I be spending on foreplay?

Juanito

Jaybro

Social climber

The West

Mar 13, 2006 - 07:32pm PT

here you go Werner

Matt-other photo- rap line & two topropes, Area? Climbs? Stlmnkey? anyone?

Rhodo-Router

Trad climber

Otto, NC

Mar 13, 2006 - 07:41pm PT

Splitting the forum would likely kill it. Besides, what is a 'climbing topic' anyway? is a discussion about Camp 4 about climbing? What about Gale Norton? And what would stop people from interjecting 'Bush Sucks' in the middle of the play-by-play for After Six?

Sometimes you create things you can't control, Chris. maybe this is one of those things. Like having children. try as you might, you can't make them all into little climbers just b/c you like it so much.

Elcapinyoazz

Mountain climber

Anchorage, Alaska

Mar 13, 2006 - 08:13pm PT

What do ya'll mean, it's been boring? The Stonemaster stories series and the Tardburger Mussy Neb series are probably the two BEST threads I've read on the Taco.

But whatever, there's no accounting for taste...as all those 80s era fashions in the Mussy Neb remind us.