Has anyone asked kershaw why they don't want forums here?

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I would say that, as the Director of Marketing for Kai USA, he has proven himself plenty competent.

I doubt they lose much sleep over not being on this forum.

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mqqn
 
mqqn said:
I would say that, as the Director of Marketing for Kai USA, he has proven himself plenty competent.

I doubt they lose much sleep over not being on this forum.

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mqqn
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He may well be exceptionally competent in that regard, unfortunately skill sets don't automatically transfer. He did a poor job as a moderator and that set the tone for much of what transpired in the KAI forum. Doesn't make him a bad guy, but he was most certainly a bad mod.
 
palonej said:
Absolutely. He might be a great dude.......he was an arrogant presumptuous twit as a mod. Smarmy too.
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And still is on their current forum! Fits right in with the dynamics over there, the EKI forum is especially odd, they treated EE’s bizarre intro to the 2018 catalog like a new book of scripture was just written.

I do like what Kai is doing in 2018, I’m glad they turned things around especially from 2 years ago (remember the words “faux G10”?), I hope their QC is in check on the new Natrix models and I don’t get a horrible curved (read warped) blade again.
 
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Please limit further comments to your experience in buying and selling of knives. This is a knife exchange feedback section. Wouldn't want the thread to get moved!
 
Insipid Moniker said:
He may well be exceptionally competent in that regard, unfortunately skill sets don't automatically transfer. He did a poor job as a moderator and that set the tone for much of what transpired in the KAI forum. Doesn't make him a bad guy, but he was most certainly a bad mod.
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How much does moderating pay? I have forgotten in all the important discussion. ;^)

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mqqn
 
midnight flyer said:
And that sir, is exactly why this place is so difficult.

Does palonej know Thomas? Has he spoken with him before? At least I took the time to call him and as busy as he was he took my call(s). His faults have been examined, re-examined, and he is actually a pretty open book. He tried apologizing for his words from time to time, but gave that up as it always seemed to him that someone was butt hurt.

But back to the example palonej has provided. How would he know that about Thomas? palonej exemplifies exactly what was going on at the Kershaw forum.

The Kershaw forum was closed TWO FULL YEARS before palonj became a member here at Bladeforums. TWO FULL YEARS. How does he know what went on in a forum that had thousands of posts on threads he never took part in that was long closed before he even got here?

That post sums up the kind of activity that went on. That opinion is based on nothing, but the smut, rumor and hearsay provided by others. It shows the name calling and the dog piling effect that started out of the thin air. What precipitated that remark from someone that wasn't even a member of Bladeforums on any level and certainly never participated in the forum? And as it happens so often here on BF, it was an obvious attempt to start this very civil thread on the path of personalized name calling and personal attacks. Still, based on nothing but what he heard somewhere. And palonej was even thoughtful enough to get his "Spyderco is better" comparison as it was many years ago (although he wouldn't know that... so it must come naturally).

So for anyone that wants to know what happened, just look at the structure and posts of this thread and let it expand over a period of years covering thousands of posts. You get the idea.

Sheeesh... two years before he joined... I guess it's true. The internet makes experts out of everyone.

Robert
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No, the internet doesn't make an expert out of anyone. However, reading the history of past events, the things that are said, and the manner in which they are said in, makes anyone form a more than adequate opinion.
I learned that when I was in high school taking American History.;)
Sheeesh......I wonder how much reading @palonej did before he made such a malicious comment about the past history of the KAI forum, if he did any research at all.:rolleyes:
 
mqqn said:
How much does moderating pay? I have forgotten in all the important discussion. ;^)

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mqqn
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Oh, I definitely hear you, and I don't think it was a bad decision for them to shut things down. I think they saw this as a great advertising opportunity and weren't terribly prepared to manage it. Honestly, I think even an approach of benign neglect would have done pretty well, but a manufacturer mod can't afford to get baited and Thomas did, all the time.

Now, I don't think passion about what you do, even to the point of anger, is necessarily a negative character trait, but it definitely affected his ability to moderate and he was constantly pulled away from the KAI subforum to engage in pissing matches with folks in GKD and other subforums. He was here as a professional representative of KAI and couldn't manage to conduct himself professionally here. Doesn't make him a bad person, doesn't make him bad at his day job, but it made him a bad mod and the KAI subforum suffered for it.
 
GalvanizedHero said:
Please limit further comments to your experience in buying and selling of knives. This is a knife exchange feedback section. Wouldn't want the thread to get moved!
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I don't think you understand how this forum works. Since the thread was moved here and not closed, it's perfectly fine to talk about the topic of the KAI subforum.

Unless you're being sarcastic.
 
Those who want to talk amongst other KAI enthusiasts on a KAI approved sub forum know where to go...

There ya go fellas, problem solved.

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midnight flyer said:
I can say one thing positive that happened from all of that business with Kai. I now have a super allergy to fanboys and once they once they arrived in force on a thread, I abandon ship. Blind allegiance to anybody or anything is not a good thing.

I like certain brands more than others, that's for sure. But I also understand nobody or nothing is perfect and from time to time even the best of us and our favorites are less than perfect or even fall on their face. I have no blind allegiance.

But there are those that are so in enamored with certain brands that it makes it impossible to have an intelligent discussion about a product. Plenty of other things to do with time than to ARGUE with someone about the color of a pocket clip for how much recurve a blade has before it is not useful.

Robert
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There are people involved. It's not like there are drones and they make knives.
Thomas protects his employees.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
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