He's active over on YORF. I can't remember why he left us here.Haven't seen posts in a long time. Did I miss something?
As I remember it was the "Ads" showing up on TRF.He's active over on YORF. I can't remember why he left us here.
That, and there were numerous objections to his candor.He left because he didn't like being moderated.
As in banned forever.He didn't leave, he got booted out.
It is the nature of forums. They get larger, they get smaller, people come and go, and forum open and close.I think a lot of the "old timers" have gone, for one reason or another. The forum doesn't feel the same to me as it did 2 or 3 years ago. It's not as active, for one thing.
Nope. He chose to leave since he refused to adhere to TRF rules. Ironic thing is that on one of the forums he "moved" to, that one runs a mostly tighter ship these days than TRF does. Whatever. :eyeroll:As in banned forever.
When the new owners updated the TOS to own all posts, It chased away a ton of quality posters..... As forums go, this one is crashing, and I don't see hope for a resurgence. The owners don't give a hoot if it dies. Its so embedded in engines it'll pull ad money for another decade if it was locked downI think a lot of the "old timers" have gone, for one reason or another. The forum doesn't feel the same to me as it did 2 or 3 years ago. It's not as active, for one thing.
So my initial assessment was wrong..."Luke" and I had a lot of conversations about this forum and I remember that his biggest issue, and the reason he left, was because of the ads. He felt like the ads were unacceptable and yet was unwilling to take a few simple steps to install ABP on his computer which results in ALL the ads going away.
His reasons for not doing it included things like, "Why should I have to make changes to get rid of something that should never be here to begin with?" He wouldn't go to all the effort of installing ABP, but was willing to write lots of very long paragraphs about why it would take too much time and he shouldn't have to.
I never agreed with him on this, or understood his point of view, but was sad to see him go. He used to have a lot of good things to contribute about rocket building.
When he left for good to go to YORF I hung out over there from time to time but didn't see much to keep me. The builds were mainly older rockets that I wasn't interested in and the off topic area was irritating discussions. Instead of insisting that they change to suit my interests, I just stopped going there.
Unfortunately, this forum is still the best rocketry forum out there, at least that I know of. Rocketry Central is even less active. It didn't catch on at all.When the new owners updated the TOS to own all posts, It chased away a ton of quality posters..... As forums go, this one is crashing, and I don't see hope for a resurgence. The owners don't give a hoot if it dies. Its so embedded in engines it'll pull ad money for another decade if it was locked down
What is "ABP"? I don't mind the ads so much, I know they need to generate capitol to keep the forum going. But the new ads with sound (movie trailers and such) really annoy me. For one thing they scare the heck out of me whenever the music starts without warning. It seems like these ads are always at the bottom of the page and I don't see them until the bedlam starts."Luke" and I had a lot of conversations about this forum and I remember that his biggest issue, and the reason he left, was because of the ads. He felt like the ads were unacceptable and yet was unwilling to take a few simple steps to install ABP on his computer which results in ALL the ads going away.
His reasons for not doing it included things like, "Why should I have to make changes to get rid of something that should never be here to begin with?" He wouldn't go to all the effort of installing ABP, but was willing to write lots of very long paragraphs about why it would take too much time and he shouldn't have to.
I never agreed with him on this, or understood his point of view, but was sad to see him go. He used to have a lot of good things to contribute about rocket building.
When he left for good to go to YORF I hung out over there from time to time but didn't see much to keep me. The builds were mainly older rockets that I wasn't interested in and the off topic area was irritating discussions. Instead of insisting that they change to suit my interests, I just stopped going there.
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It is. It's so big now that anyone new winds up here. Without new people coming in, any new forums die fast. People bemoan rookies who don't search and ask the same questions over and over...but thats the lifeblood of a forum that keeps things going. But, the other component to that is keeping regulars around, and keeping them posting new material too. There's some of that going on, but nothing like there used to be. Industry types are still around here, but all seem much more guarded in what they post here. its like "yea we're still here and trying to engage, but all the real info is on our Facebook pages"Unfortunately, this forum is still the best rocketry forum out there, at least that I know of. Rocketry Central is even less active. It didn't catch on at all.
Nope. He chose to leave since he refused to adhere to TRF rules. Ironic thing is that on one of the forums he "moved" to, that one runs a mostly tighter ship these days than TRF does. Whatever. :eyeroll:
If he'd been banned on TRF, then right under his name on old posts you'd see his status was "Time Out", but it is not.
For example check out any post by "SaturnV" of Bulgaria, many trolling message and even some outright racist ones. He was banned and his status is "Time Out".
Well if he got "the boot" it was temporary. Shows he's still a regular TRF member:That's not the way I remember it. I recall you two were going at it and strawwalker unloaded on you like a p.o.'d high schooler. He got the boot for that outburst.