Where is BCUK going?
In my own opinion and many other peoples opinions BCUK has really taken a downwards turn.
Posts and entire threads are being removed by over zealous moderators to the point that personal opinions are now being removed. The entire membership, post with the fear that there post will be deleted and at worst they will be banned. It has even got to the stage where people are not able to expresses there own opinions any more. And, when people try to get good honest answers or express there disagreement with a decision made by the moderating team they are banned or the very least threatened.
There are a number of bushcraft forums now and it is noticeable that since I joined BCUK many of the experienced bushcrafters that used to frequent these pages and had a lot to offer have drifted away, thanks to the fact that they have become disillusioned with the whole affair, gently pushed or banned.
Tony I address this to you and I apologise that I am doing this in public but I think it only fear that you and the members paying or not have an open and honest discussion with how the forum should be run.
I, like many others are full members after paying a subscription. Many of use have voiced our concerns with how the forum is run but you have not had the decency to address any of these questions instead we continue to be palmed off by often aggressive replies from moderators and some of the moderator chose to use the PM facility to make there aggressive threats which I am sure there are many members that can verify that fact.
Tony you want people to give money and subscribe to BCUK to help you in the running costs, which people are willing to do but they are soon turned off if they do not perceive the service they expect and most people want a forum that is friendly, helpful and informative but as soon as you have people with big sticks beating members down (and that is how some of the moderators come across) things need to change, at the end of the day the only person that losses out is you because the members will stop logging on and stop subscribing.
It has been said that BCUK forum is only made up of new members and the moderating team. The few people that have been around for a while only do so as a place to chat and arrange private meets. What is left when those people decide to chat and arrange there meets else where?
Tony, BCUK is in your ball and its in your court, its punctured and it needs mending. What are you going to do about it? Close the forum and just concentrate on the mag? Sack the moderating team and install some others? Write new rules? Or try and get this sorted openly and honestly?
I expect this thread to be deleted very quickly and I expect I will be banned with in a very short time. Which is a great shame as I am only publicly expressing the views of many people on the forum. It would be great to see this thread run with lots of constructive input from yourself and the members in a grown up manor. And, possibly we can make BCUK a places were people want to be again.
In my own opinion and many other peoples opinions BCUK has really taken a downwards turn.
Posts and entire threads are being removed by over zealous moderators to the point that personal opinions are now being removed. The entire membership, post with the fear that there post will be deleted and at worst they will be banned. It has even got to the stage where people are not able to expresses there own opinions any more. And, when people try to get good honest answers or express there disagreement with a decision made by the moderating team they are banned or the very least threatened.
There are a number of bushcraft forums now and it is noticeable that since I joined BCUK many of the experienced bushcrafters that used to frequent these pages and had a lot to offer have drifted away, thanks to the fact that they have become disillusioned with the whole affair, gently pushed or banned.
Tony I address this to you and I apologise that I am doing this in public but I think it only fear that you and the members paying or not have an open and honest discussion with how the forum should be run.
I, like many others are full members after paying a subscription. Many of use have voiced our concerns with how the forum is run but you have not had the decency to address any of these questions instead we continue to be palmed off by often aggressive replies from moderators and some of the moderator chose to use the PM facility to make there aggressive threats which I am sure there are many members that can verify that fact.
Tony you want people to give money and subscribe to BCUK to help you in the running costs, which people are willing to do but they are soon turned off if they do not perceive the service they expect and most people want a forum that is friendly, helpful and informative but as soon as you have people with big sticks beating members down (and that is how some of the moderators come across) things need to change, at the end of the day the only person that losses out is you because the members will stop logging on and stop subscribing.
It has been said that BCUK forum is only made up of new members and the moderating team. The few people that have been around for a while only do so as a place to chat and arrange private meets. What is left when those people decide to chat and arrange there meets else where?
Tony, BCUK is in your ball and its in your court, its punctured and it needs mending. What are you going to do about it? Close the forum and just concentrate on the mag? Sack the moderating team and install some others? Write new rules? Or try and get this sorted openly and honestly?
I expect this thread to be deleted very quickly and I expect I will be banned with in a very short time. Which is a great shame as I am only publicly expressing the views of many people on the forum. It would be great to see this thread run with lots of constructive input from yourself and the members in a grown up manor. And, possibly we can make BCUK a places were people want to be again.