April 23, 2011, 07:01 AM | #1 |
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Off topic forum section?
Ive realized that I value a number of opinions here a great deal. Enough so that I would love to be able to ask non-firearms related questions here, rather than join other topic specific forums to try and gain info.
The members here are a tremendous resource to us all; I would love to be able to tap into that resource a little deeper. Ive noticed off-topic sections on most of the other forums I have glanced at. I guess there is the possibility of sidetracking TFL too much, but it seems to work elsewhere. We are all firearms enthusiasts here, but many of us are also trained professionals, students, scientists, etc. We have a lot more to offer each other. What do you all think?
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This is a question that has been asked dozens, if not hundreds, of times before.
It's discussed in this thread, which is a sticky in this section: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184586 TFL is a directed-focus discussion board. Off-topic subjects, while they would certainly be of interest to a lot of us, don't focus on TFL's purpose or mission, and thus would ultimately be a distraction. I'd suggest going here for a general chat forum that has a lot of gun owners: www.armedpolitesociety.com
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Well, as the old saying goes, if you try to please everyone, you'll end up pleasing no one.
Rich a long time ago decided on directed focus mission for TFL. Will that please everyone? Nope. Is there anything that can be done about that? Nope.
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BTW, I apologize for posting a topic that's been beat to death; I did a hasty search for "off topic", and didn't see much.
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Which is the main thing that I DO like about this forum. There are other forums for discussing everything under the sun. Literally. There are discussion forums for those who believe the earth is flat. Yes. There literally are. TFL is for firearms discussion and it is not and should not be cluttered by other discussions that will just become "noise" ruining the clarity of the "signal".
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