if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
there is no compulsion to view a thread, if you don't like whats going on, don't look at it.
I am on a forum, (electronics not knife based) where if you actually ask any question about an item, other than through a PM, you get banned for 7 days, now they say if the question is relevant and may help other interesting parties, then it may be deemed ok, but that is up to the Mods, if they don't think it's relevant, then you get banned.
Very little gets sold on the forum, as people are too scared to ask relevant questions, relevant to themselves, even trivial, but important to a possible buyer.
What I think is unacceptable on any forum is to degrade anyone who does ask a question, no matter how daft it seems, the ignore button is there if you need it, problem solved......probably the easiest way, as the person being ignored doesn't know he/she is being ignored, (I think thats the way it works).
there is no compulsion to view a thread, if you don't like whats going on, don't look at it.
I am on a forum, (electronics not knife based) where if you actually ask any question about an item, other than through a PM, you get banned for 7 days, now they say if the question is relevant and may help other interesting parties, then it may be deemed ok, but that is up to the Mods, if they don't think it's relevant, then you get banned.
Very little gets sold on the forum, as people are too scared to ask relevant questions, relevant to themselves, even trivial, but important to a possible buyer.
What I think is unacceptable on any forum is to degrade anyone who does ask a question, no matter how daft it seems, the ignore button is there if you need it, problem solved......probably the easiest way, as the person being ignored doesn't know he/she is being ignored, (I think thats the way it works).