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| Require registration, allow user names, but also require full name as a signature. My reasoning is that if you cannot stand behind whatever opinion you express, then you should not be expressing your opinion. Also, why does one fear any retribution for expressing your opinion? Most people are pretty accepting of other views.
That being said, I like this saying. Opinions are like B...holes, everyone has a B...hole, but some really stink... |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Believe it or not, some of us up here can actually read !
ToddM - 4/26/2013 12:10 PM
it will be sad to know the hayward public library would close as a result do to lack of use but do what you have to do. there are pluses and minuses but way more pluses. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Pull the trigger.. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 'On the other hand, I wouldn't describe negative comments about products or companies that pay you money (sponsor) as "product bashing". '
Neither would I. The product bashing rules apply evenly to ALL products and companies. That's been said and proven out ...ohhhh, about a hundred times. |
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Location: Williamstown, WV | I'm in favor of registered names only, no more Guest!!! |
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Location: Weyauwega Wi. | If we have something to say we should not be afraid to sign in. Please do it |
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Location: Germantown, WI | Steve,
I'm all for limiting posting to registered user. Requiring real names is not a bad idea either. It sure seems to me that the internet enables some people to act in ways that they wouldn't otherwise act if they knew that everyone would know who it was. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Tom,
My behavior is questionable most of the time. How she puts up with it I’ll never know..:)
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Location: Eastern Ontario | How would you verify names, whats to prevent a false name and a Gmail account? If someone is not prepared to stand behind their words not much you can do except give more points to those that do. registration is a step in the right direction. |
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| I don't know about names... Everybody already knows who I am already, so it doesn't matter much to me. But what about some of the guide-bashing that's gone on? I know that chased a lot of knowledge off these forums a long time ago. I know a lot of them still post here, anonymously, because it's the only way to express their views without getting thrown under the bus by someone who has never hired a guide. |
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Location: Ontario | I recently joined Muskies Canada, and their forum is open to members only with full names used. If anything it creates more of a club feel,and more dialogue between members versus only posting opinions on topics.
This forum is great that its open to everyone. But it seems some of the "guests" get more pleasure out of riling the group than actually contributing something positive.
Edited by Tim R 4/26/2013 3:23 PM
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Location: Smith Creek | registered users + guest users = advertising revenue
This isn't our club. It's several people's living. Alienating half of your user base may not be wise. Steve already knows that, not sure how many of the rest of you do. |
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| Half, Andy? As Steve mentioned above, only 10% of the posts here are from unregistered guests. I suspect many of those ARE actually registered users who chose not to log in so they could attack someone without putting their name behind their post. Are they going to leave if they can't log in as a guest and be a jerk? Or are they just going to register and watch what they say now that they can be identified? How may people have left and never come back because of the unruly guests? How many people would post and don't because of the unruly guests? Obviously Steve can speak to that better than I, seeing the IP addresses behind every post. But what would really be lost requiring folks to long in and post, compared to what would or could potentially be gained?
It was a long time ago, but there was an instance here where some anonymous poster with an attitude bigger than his brain got on here and started going off on another poster, trying to make him look stupid, and in effect telling him that he didn't know anything, coulnd't catch a musky if his life depended on it, and was just an idiot. The person he was replying to happened to be a pretty well known guide with over 50 years of musky fishing under his belt. When you've got someone who has 50 years in this game willing to come on here and share what they know and have experienced, FOR FREE, do you really want them to be sitting here questioning why they have to sit here and be subjected to unfounded criticism and insults from some anonymous jerk-off? |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | it's possible to both be a jerk and be signed in |
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Location: oswego, il | dfkiii - 4/26/2013 1:46 PM
Believe it or not, some of us up here can actually read !
ToddM - 4/26/2013 12:10 PM
it will be sad to know the hayward public library would close as a result do to lack of use but do what you have to do. there are pluses and minuses but way more pluses.
my statement just for the record was not an attack on the area literacy. the library computers are a source for anonymous posters.
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Location: minocqua, wi. | ToddM - 4/26/2013 4:16 PM
dfkiii - 4/26/2013 1:46 PM
Believe it or not, some of us up here can actually read !
ToddM - 4/26/2013 12:10 PM
it will be sad to know the hayward public library would close as a result do to lack of use but do what you have to do. there are pluses and minuses but way more pluses.
my statement just for the record was not an attack on the area literacy. the library computers are a source for anonymous posters.
"do to the lack" ... i'd say you made a statement about literacy |
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Location: Chaska MN. | just do it. |
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| I feel bad for all the people whose parents named them Guest. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI |
Has that been verified by IP ? IP spoofing could also be an explanation, but I suppose it's way beyond comprehension that anybody up here would be smart enough to know how to do that.
ToddM - 4/26/2013 4:16 PM
dfkiii - 4/26/2013 1:46 PM
Believe it or not, some of us up here can actually read !
ToddM - 4/26/2013 12:10 PM
it will be sad to know the hayward public library would close as a result do to lack of use but do what you have to do. there are pluses and minuses but way more pluses.
my statement just for the record was not an attack on the area literacy. the library computers are a source for anonymous posters.
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| Is this a real question in response to a real issue, or a post to increase your post totals? Please be specific and identify the problem posts. I look at the site several times each day and do not see the problem. I see fewer and fewer posts. Is twitter hurting the site?
Ray
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Location: SE, WI. | I am in favor of registration to post. Do It! Too many people hiding behind smokescreens. Thankyou for polling the question... Mr. Sir!!!
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Southshore - 4/26/2013 5:56 PM
Is this a real question in response to a real issue, or a post to increase your post totals? Please be specific and identify the problem posts. I look at the site several times each day and do not see the problem. I see fewer and fewer posts. Is twitter hurting the site?
Ray
That makes no sense, actually. The traffic here is WAY up from the past and growing daily at well over 200 new posts a day and an additional 2000 plus logins. (Welcome aboard, new visitors!)
'Post totals' have absolutely no value; quality total page views and a series of other analytics are the stats folks in the business care about.
If OFM wanted 'low quality' page views, we'd ENCOURAGE train wreck arguments and cat fights. People generally like to watch train wreck fights.
If you haven't seen 'the problem', the moderation team is doing their job, I guess. Guests still will be welcome to read every single post; they simply would have to register and login to interact.
Why we asked?
We do value the opinion of our community members here very highly, after all, this place is about you folks, not us. And that includes our guests here. Most are here to enjoy themselves and maybe to be entertained and even learn something...from the rest of the community. |
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| I love this site, it is a great time waster and helps me get through my day. Having said that, I'm a frequent viewer and a VERY infrequent poster, so either way I don't really care. It's Steve's website, and he should do with it as he please's. However, reading through this thread made me scratch my head a little, a lot of people here do not like the "anonymous" poster, but aren't the vast majority of people on here "anonymous"? Other than a few famous people, I know the true identity of maybe 5 people.(maybe I just don't have that many friends  ) I m guessing that most of the handles used here are not the names your mothers gave you.
If I log on with a name like "bigfishguy365"(for example) and post something stupid like "DCG's suck and don't catch fish!"
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If don't log on and post under "guest" something stupid like "DCG's suck and don't catch fish"
What is the difference?
Great site Worrall, keep up the good work. Just my 2 cents, time to go outside. I'll post again in a year. |
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Location: Sw Pennsylvania | Im in favor of registering to post on all the boards.
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Location: Plymouth IA | sounds like a good idea to have to register before posting |
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| FULL NAMES....if that eliminates some user who use certain free email companies then so be it. |
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Location: NE Twin Cities Metro | Require registration, absolutely no on requiring full name. Not everyone (me included) wants their name in the googlesphere. However, if full names are required, so be it. It would likely reduce some posters from commenting, which would be a shame. |
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Location: Red Wing, Minnesota | Absolutely. Register to post. |
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