An enthusiast forum about shipping related affairs, mainly focused on great lakes operations.
Unfortunately it is also run by shadowy mods, who do not operate with any transparency. They don't explain their actions. Posts and topics vanish for nothing. Criticism is dismissed without further regard. Nepotism apparently runs rampant as certain people (ie their chums) are given a free pass to be rude assholes to others, while any attempt by others to engage with those individuals just disappears. It's not even clear who the mods are, or how many of them exist.
Then there's the userbase. Which isn't as horrible as some forums. But there is a minority present, who make the forums an unfriendly environment. They can be mean spirited, rude and condescending to others - especially people new to the hobby - who they have also been seen to openly loathe. Worst of all, instead of politely correcting and offering their unique insights, they will instead assassinate any posts they don't deem worthy, by getting the complicit mods to delete them, even though there was no reason they should've been deleted at all. The worst of these people, seem to be people from the industry, or who were in the industry and now have nothing better to do with their lives.
All in all. Things are unlikely to change here. Save yourself the aggravation and just go to one of the Facebook groups instead.
Unfortunately it is also run by shadowy mods, who do not operate with any transparency. They don't explain their actions. Posts and topics vanish for nothing. Criticism is dismissed without further regard. Nepotism apparently runs rampant as certain people (ie their chums) are given a free pass to be rude assholes to others, while any attempt by others to engage with those individuals just disappears. It's not even clear who the mods are, or how many of them exist.
Then there's the userbase. Which isn't as horrible as some forums. But there is a minority present, who make the forums an unfriendly environment. They can be mean spirited, rude and condescending to others - especially people new to the hobby - who they have also been seen to openly loathe. Worst of all, instead of politely correcting and offering their unique insights, they will instead assassinate any posts they don't deem worthy, by getting the complicit mods to delete them, even though there was no reason they should've been deleted at all. The worst of these people, seem to be people from the industry, or who were in the industry and now have nothing better to do with their lives.
All in all. Things are unlikely to change here. Save yourself the aggravation and just go to one of the Facebook groups instead.
Bob joined the Boatnerd Forums, only to be viciously and condescendingly attacked for his enthusiasm.
Jeff made a speculative post in the Boatnerd Forums only to have his post mysteriously deleted for no reason.
Jeff made a speculative post in the Boatnerd Forums only to have his post mysteriously deleted for no reason.
by Marty McLarge Fries Paec June 08, 2020
by rev green November 17, 2015
A place to have a argument about fx. the F-117 nighthawk (stealth jet) and then leak a classified document to win the argument
or to find help getting to another tier of fx. planes
or to find help getting to another tier of fx. planes
person 1: did you hear what happened on the warthunder forums
person 2: what did they leak now
person 1: This tim it was the F-117 nighthawk which brings the amount of leaked documents up to 16 documents i believe
person 2: what did they leak now
person 1: This tim it was the F-117 nighthawk which brings the amount of leaked documents up to 16 documents i believe
by alexgamer901 October 23, 2023
by ytsgip March 10, 2021
A place on the interwebs where people get to talk about how shitty Civics are and race other people based on who can name more mods for their car than the other person.
Car forum discussion example: Civics are pieces of shit, and my Mustang can beat yours because I have a pulley and a tune on it.
by That guy with a Viper May 13, 2011
(Noun): Someone who saves the forum by contributing to it. Whether it's changing something to benefit the community, or controlling the crowd.
by Pearlx July 27, 2011
when your scared of forums because you think what you post will either get ignored by the community, AND or hated on.
by 死ね October 19, 2015