NOT a criticism, just a suggestion..closing threads

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I'm a new guy but frequent a lot of forums on a lot of various subjects. 'Some' of us are sequestered at home, have enough supplies(even ammo!!) but cannot go outside(69yo couple) for fear of getting the 'bug'..So..Forum discussions are some entertainment BUT it seems any topic saying just about anything about the COVID19 gig, even w/o any political statements or any personal attacks, are getting closed quickly here...

Just an observation..discussion is good, IMHO, remembering to follow the forum guidelines. There is some good info out there, that isn't just 24/7 MSM stuff..
 
Simply put, Covid-19 is off topic for THR, even if it is affecting our members.

Lots of places to keep up with that at besides here. My FIL is older, but in the same boat as you. I work in a hospital, but all that is off topic for THR where all we talk about is guns.

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Then you should have no trouble discussing the subject somewhere. :)
 
Simply put, Covid-19 is off topic for THR, even if it is affecting our members.

Lots of places to keep up with that at besides here. My FIL is older, but in the same boat as you. I work in a hospital, but all that is off topic for THR where all we talk about is guns.


Then you should have no trouble discussing the subject somewhere. :)
NOT talking about a COVID19 thread but things like ammo shortages, range closures, changing buying habits..all as they relate to guns and influenced by this 'bug'..

BUT I get it..think mods all over do yoeman duties..
 
I don't have a problem with closing threads that are essentially non-firearm related. The main thing I like about THR is that it stays focused on firearms. I go other places for news and discussion about news.
+1. This is the reason I came here in the first place and why I will continue to stay.
 
I get it, and if a thread could stick to all the related gun issues only............
I understand..just getting my morning dose of this forum and others...

BTW-my son and I decided I should buy a Ruger Mini-30 when and if the $1200 check comes thru..he already has a Mini-14 and other son, a Ruger 556..want something different when we go up into the mountains for a 'rifle day'...
 
I'm finding myself with a lot more time for shooting and reloading. I'm fortunate that I live in a rural area and my pistol range is behind my barn. Ammo supply has never been a concern of mine.
I bought a heavy duty 1/2" impact wrench and drives yesterday along with some sandpaper and paint so I can finally tear into a project here next week. Oddly there is a shortage of automotive abrasives. When I asked about it I was told 3m is not producing any to focus entirely on filter masks. Whodathunk?
 
I'm on this site because moderators do a better job here than on some other sites. Truth be told, that had bitten me a few times, and I've had a few of my posts deleted, which is not fun - but, the rules on this site make it a really good site IMHO

as an aside because this is an extraordinary time, I'd like to see a temporary section set up just so people on this site can discuss life and the epidemic as a public service to the forum members.
 
I agree that we don't want to go off on pure virus threads. There is plenty of info out there. I will make one comment on the 'check'. If you have enough functional guns, put the money in the bank as you don't know when you will need it. Or pay down debt. Going, whoopee, more guns - that's silly.
 
I agree that we don't want to go off on pure virus threads. There is plenty of info out there. I will make one comment on the 'check'. If you have enough functional guns, put the money in the bank as you don't know when you will need it. Or pay down debt. Going, whoopee, more guns - that's silly.
Given the prices of guns and ammo I's think that now would be a bad time to buy.
And yeah, "IF" we get them,the checks, the wife says it will be used to pay down what debt we still have.
(Wonder why she was so pointed in that remark this morning...? o_O)
 
The rules are here for a reason, and if they allow threads to spiral out of control on subjects not related to the forums theme - in this case Firearms- this forum will loose quality rather quickly . I've been on other forums and believe me I'm amazed by the quality this forum site has.
We're not all perfect , and I have strayed away from the rules sometimes myself but when that happens, I take it in and understand why my posts/threads were deleted, edited, etc.
Mentioning something not related to firearms is okay for a passing point, if it casually relates to the point/argument at hand, but as for wanting to discuss a topic that delves into two different issues (one gun related the other something else related), or if it's about the latest news entirely, it doesn't belong on here.
We all know and agree, stock up on ammunition before the panic buys. If you're out of some when the panic happens, then you're gonna have to do what you have to do. However justifying talking about something that is inherently not gun related takes away from the quality of this forum and point of discussion. We could make the same exact threads about Covid-19 by replacing 'Covid-19' with some other word, like 'Democrat president' 'gun ban', etc.
We don't need to get specific that it's the virus that's making a ammo panic, we just have to know to be prepared and already well supplied
 
I'd rather have a few false positives (shutting down threads) than false negatives. Mods are human beings, so they'll never make all the calls on open/close the way that I would, but I'd rather have them one click to that side than the other. The lack of mudslinging, chest-beating on this forum is kind of its "brand." Plenty of places online to go get free-wheeling, no-holds-bar hollering. That's not what they do, here, though, and that means sometimes they call a tight strike zone.
 
I think special times call for special latitude. We were given some at the time of the last elections, and I thank the mods for that. It ended when the elections did, and that's fine.

I don't think a little leeway at this point would hurt, to end when the situation does. People are anxious, and need to talk about it in a place where they're comfortable with people who share a common interest.
 
I understand..just getting my morning dose of this forum and others...

BTW-my son and I decided I should buy a Ruger Mini-30 when and if the $1200 check comes thru..he already has a Mini-14 and other son, a Ruger 556..want something different when we go up into the mountains for a 'rifle day'...

So to get back to gun related issues. Your comment on the mini thirty.
I have one, good shooters but not overly accurate. IMO not due so much to the gun as more the round. I carried one for a number of years deer hunting in Maine. I hand load and tailored the round to a soft round nose bullet. Accuracy was adequate for under heavy cover deer hunting. The mini 14 will out shoot the 30 on any thing not related to power. JMO. ;)
 
While I thoroughly enjoy this forum and do agree that some stuff should be locked I do think that sometimes favorites are played. We had a thread of a guy yelling about how china sent this virus here, china is out to screw us and steel and metal supplies from china and it went something like 6 pages. Someone says something about stocking up, price gouging, ranges closing, etc. and people come out of the wood work shutting them down like THR is giving them a $500 bonus. I was on several forums and subsequently left and stay here because 99.9% of the members on here are very polite, willing to help, etc. I used to post a lot and only 2 jackasse's on here would harp on me for it. Other forums its like its the entire forum gets their panties yank up their rear end when someone posts something they don't like.

While I do agree that the thread would go off topic myself and others would prefer not to support businesses that had an AR 15 on the shelf for $550 all year but last Friday it went to $1000. I am not panic buying. I have what I need. I just figured when summer/fall rolls around and everyone who bought 15 guns and 10k in ammo the firearm/ammo market would become "normal" again and if a business who was charging $8 for 50rds of 9mm went to $20 and then back down to $8 I wouldn't support them and neither should you. I have a LGS posting on Facebook daily their prices. $10 for 20rd packs of 5.56 seems a little steep to me as well as $500 for 1k 223/5.56. Sometimes I think this site should be called Thehighhorse.
 
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The only real issue I have with closing threads can be related in fact to the OP.

Closing a thread because an issue or item has been "done to death", "already covered" or the like is generally a disservice to new members or anyone who might have missed what is considered an already addressed topic.

And before anyone blathers on about "search functions" I'll use this common experience of my own.

Even when trying to find an old thread that I MYSELF may have started, I often can't find it for lack of getting words or phrases just right.

Happened just yesterday in fact. Couldn't for the life of me - until after exhausting a ridiculous amount of options - find a pertinent thread and almost gave up. And this, is already having a strong sense of the title, subject and several individual postings.

Sometimes, issues basic and to some, boring to others need to be allowed to be re-hashed for new or otherwise missed members.

Todd.
 
That's a reasonable point. If I close one that is done to death and has a chock full of info previous thread, I will try to link to it. We also try to sticky commonly recycled 'debates' such as the ever popular will my blah, blah hurt me in court. Since, we have stickies full of references, it makes since to send someone there first.
 
The only real issue I have with closing threads can be related in fact to the OP.

Closing a thread because an issue or item has been "done to death", "already covered" or the like is generally a disservice to new members or anyone who might have missed what is considered an already addressed topic.

And before anyone blathers on about "search functions" I'll use this common experience of my own.

Even when trying to find an old thread that I MYSELF may have started, I often can't find it for lack of getting words or phrases just right.

Happened just yesterday in fact. Couldn't for the life of me - until after exhausting a ridiculous amount of options - find a pertinent thread and almost gave up. And this, is already having a strong sense of the title, subject and several individual postings.

Sometimes, issues basic and to some, boring to others need to be allowed to be re-hashed for new or otherwise missed members.

Todd.
I gave up on the search function years ago. Never can find anything and most the time it shows threads where your question maybe mixed into the 1000 comments. Aint no body got time for that! :) Imagine if people just quit making threads and quit asking the same stuff? Our forum would be crap! I was on Ohiosportsman for many years. Many guys came on bashing, degrading, yelling at people for asking the same stuff and a lot of people left and quit posting. That forum use to run contests with hundreds of members, 15-20 threads a day and 50-60 posts a day. Now, its maybe one thread a week or every 2 weeks, last two contests there was maybe 20 people involved. Mods started picking on certain members and ignoring the trouble makers. I had a guy making fun of a female and older hunter cause they bait and use a x bow. The thread went on for a week until I said something to him about being a punk hiding behind a keyboard, told him no one cared about the 200'' deer he killed in the suburbs behind his house. I got a week off and him nothing. Another member jumped on him and a week off and him nothing. The guy would call people Pu... and curse and nothing was done. Anyone who put him in his place was banned. I was banned for 60 days because he told me I was a pu/… and I told him I had something bigger than him. I got about 15 likes and got banned along with another member and he kept his rants going. Another guy gets on there weekly yelling about how the govt is out to get everyone and we must resist. Make one comment about your tired of seeing his stuff and the site owner emails you with a warning. I told the owner it almost seems like he likes the drama because it keeps the site going and also called out a mod who's brother was a member and showed a picture and admitted to poaching and everything was removed. The loud mouth member called me out to fight and I told him I would come meet him in the city he lived and I was banned for life. He is still there today. I was a member there since 2014 and he was maybe 3 months. Goes to show the drama brings people and gets the site hits and makes them money. Believe it or not a lot of people posted that if I got a permanent ban they were gone, even one of the mods walked away when I got my permanent ban from the site owner. I could tell two on here what I think of them and where to go but I like it here too much.
 
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