October 3, 2020, 01:24 PM | #1 |
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The future of the site
Just a little concern about the future of this forum. Longevity. If I understand it, the forum is supported by SWAT magazine. My impression is that printed magazines, newspapers, anything not digital has taken a hit over the last decade with the rise of smart phones, tablets, and apps.
The user base of The Firing Line from a poll I saw earlier tended to be from 50-70 years old, I forgot which decade was most represented. We're not getting any younger. I've peeped inside some social media apps like reddit, on their gun subforums. And maybe it's because texting on a phone isn't conducive to good writing, but there tends to be nowhere near the level of organized thought, knowledge, and expertise shared in this forum. I have asked some questions over the years and gotten some very good technical responses, usually about physics, metallurgy, metal working, or gunsmithing. But I didn't save them because I figured they would always be stored here on the forum, ready to be searched. Should i start saving my favorite threads? If so, what's a good way to do it? |
October 3, 2020, 02:07 PM | #2 |
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Open on your PC, copy and paste in word .doc or power point and save.
From phone; share tp your email. Open on your computer, do the above. That's what I do. |
October 3, 2020, 03:42 PM | #3 |
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Near the top of each thread, there is a pulldown menu labeled "Thread Tools".
In the menu is an option to Show Printable Version. That will bring up a version of the thread that can be copied and pasted easily. You can just do a CTRL-A to select everything, and then paste it into your favorite word processing program. That said, there has been no official talk of shutting down TFL.
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there was a poll?
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I am chuckling a bit at this because I was around when TFL did indeed shutdown back in the day. That was basically the whole reason THEHIGHROAD came about.
. And I am not 50-70
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I have a bird in my hand.....wanna see it? . Christ I will never make it to 70.
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Despite maintaining the same level of civility and professionalism I strive to present here, I was told by the moderators that I was being divisive and possibly hateful. There was no avenue of appeal. It's an interesting contrast. It appears the median age on that site is quite low. People love reciting slogans, but there's absolutely no depth to their views. Much of it is difficult to parse because of the t3xt sp34k and such, and the community-moderation model means snarky jabs take precedence over actual knowledge. One piece of advice the staff here were given from this site's inception was that our job is to separate signal from noise and to ensure actual insight and debate are fostered. I'm proud of the job we've done, but if that's inconsistent with the modern age of share and like if you think the Lizard People are running the gov't LOL, so be it. As for the future of the forum, I don't see us going anywhere. I checked the fridge in the break room, and nobody's getting a pink slip any time soon.
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I'm not on Facebook; I don't "get" posting pictures about what I am having for lunch. I've looked at Reddit. It looks like a mess to me, and that doesn't even get to the issues of speaker exclusion that are inherent in the community moderation format. If my tastes in this are merely generational, that's not good for this format.
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Culiver's forum has degenerated into a divided political forum bucause they allowed a "discussion" of 2nd amend. Now, there is very little gun discussion/interchange. I've been a member there since 1982-83. A great deal of knowledhe has left that forum for ?? It started mainly about mil surp (a other similar gun board) firearms. Seems the AR/AK/6.5 anythings started their own boards.
So, I think boards that began discussing the wooden warriors have slowed down,also, I think because of older folks leave and WW1-WW2 wood and steel firearms are now too expensive and can't compete with AR type rifles or polly pistols, unless they embrace the polymer bullet launchers too, BUT stay away from politics, there is enough unsocial networks for that. I'm glad there is no room ror that here. I began copying and downloading info as I came across it. There are gun/shooting subjects then that I wasn't interested in then, that I remember were discussed, that I wish I had copied now. Bandwidth and memory are not unlimited a d are expensive. Last edited by pwc; October 4, 2020 at 12:01 PM. |
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