John Maiden Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 I and a few other regular contributors to the forums on the Guntrader.co.uk site have found recently that our postings are getting edited. On "Gunshops" it says "say it all here good or bad" It seems to be that now you can only put a good posting about a Guntrader customer otherwise it will be edited and still left in your name ! Although Guntrader will let it go uncensored if it is a non -Guntrader dealer. I am voicing myself here as I'm sure it would be deleted from Guntrader if I put it on there. A great shame as Guntrader used to be a really interesting site with some really good input from shooters. Unfortunately, I cannot believe postings are original, as they may well have altered to like mine to suit the website owners own agenda. Come on Alex, you used to have the most frank and honest platform for the guntrade on the net. Get back to how it used to be, let people speak freely and don't alter there postings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millomite Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 surely theres some legalities behind that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Can’t say what the legalities are, but it sure makes my blood boil when I try and post something and then find it has been deleted because it interferes with another agenda. The GT site used to be a bloody good one, with a vast array of knowledge being put in. Now all that happens is the occasional bit of banter and the all too frequent fight. Now don’t get me wrong, I have no objection to a moderator removing things that he finds objectionable, But when he asks for an honest input about gunshops, and then alters or deletes the ones that don’t fit in with his personal views, then that is a different matter. Power corrupts and ultimate power corrupts ultimately. :< G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTMS Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 May I make a suggestion if you have a problem with another site take it up with them, rather than trying to court someones else views on another site. Willing to take flak on this one. This is PW not Guntrader. No ties with the site either . Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Absolutely! Sorry to have spoiled your Sunday afternoon, but it was just a couple of lines about free speech. I will now go and sit in the corner and beat myself with a bunch of nettles. G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTMS Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 De nada PW rules ok From a sorry committed ***, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 I will now go and sit in the corner and beat myself with a bunch of nettles. Aaaah, come on Gemini, we know you consider that a pleasurable way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 the above is why i like this site, pretty much everyone has their own opinion, almost no one agrees with each other, and the mods (both current and now missed) let people fight it out, only pulling people up when things get out of hand. it all makes for a great site where people get a good selection of experiances from every area of the sport may this site stay this way for years to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 undefined I will now go and sit in the corner and beat myself with a bunch of nettles.G.M. don,t sound right might just be me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooky Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 only pulling people up when things get out of hand. Sorry but i dissagree there at times its one rule for one person and a different one for another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 (edited) As Graham has already said the GT Forum has been heading down the pan for sometime now. The threads on there do our sport no justice at all, it should be more moderated - not less IMHO The PW forum is an example to all the others, you get the usual good humoured banter/p**s taking but also good advice but without all the political BS you get on the GT forum these days. Have a look through the 'general' section, it defies belief, the same 3 or 4 idiots everytime slogging it out in public for all to read. I don't post their now, and even when I dip in quickly to see how things are they don't seem to have improved. I feel sorry for Alex having to get involved all the time, if it was my site I would dump the Forum all together nad concentrate on the sales side. I have found my last 2 rifles through GT, that side is spot on, just let down by the forum these days. Edited October 18, 2005 by stuartp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Having started out on the Cybershooters forum, moved on to the GT forum, joined this one and experienced the Airgun BBS, I reckon that we should all pray that we don't get the same sort of posting by a few members that has harmed the first two so much. There is nothing more boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Having started out on the Cybershooters forum There's only one poster on there that knackers up the whole thing. Same guy who killed the Sportsmans Associaton forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Lurch you are 100% right. And that is exactly what I hope does not happen to the rest of the fora (if that is the right plural for forum). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Actually I think the guy I have in mind comes from the Bristol region. Friend of yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Now then chaps Name and shame if he's that bad and pre warn the rest of this forum. It only takes one seriously bad apple for the rest to lose interests and stop posting Ive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Rather not. You know what they say about speaking the name of the devil? If he shows up then we'll light him up good, otherwise we'll keep stum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Fair comment ,,,,,,,,,,,,no doubt it'll be pretty obvious Ive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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