OFF TOPIC DISCUSSION

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Ok, lets discuss going off topic. Here's is my current look at it. Off topic is attempting to take thread to another point of discussion or in a sense redirecting where a thread is going so folks who initially started reading it for information run into another subject wall.

When the forum is being 'decent' toward members I don't mind a little drift as long some questions are answered or knives are included. I have commented in past in a drifting manner and likely started some shift myself. But, I have always tried to do it toward the conclusion of a threads 'questions'. Yes, the Anvil Shed was created to encompass this near or off knife discussion. I don't think enough OFF TOPIC comments are going there.

If commenters on OFF TOPIC DISCUSSION would like to see this improved then it will take the whole forum to do this. Some of us, I include myself, have posted comments off topic and some have started subjects that can more easily go off topic without reigning in their own thread.

If your saying you want to go hard core and just talk knives in the regular threads we can cut out the exclusive hunting, fishing, farming, cooking,ranching and what-ever parts of threads, unless they are done in the Anvil Shed part of the forum. In the learning process you may direct folks to the AS for your comments. Newbie's can be directed to a proper way of general thread management and sent to the Anvil Shed for non knife statements.

This may be hard habit to break for some but we as a group can work on it.

Or I can just say everyone "WORK ON IT" and we let the subject go. Your call.
300
 
300Bucks, you seem to try and take a subdued approach to moderating the Buck Knife sub-forum and I for one like that approach. I think the hunting, farming, gardening, guns, etc., threads are great as they mostly always revolve around Buck Knives and that is what we are here for. If every thread of that nature gets moved to the Anvil Shed it will become the central thread on the Buck sub-forum. OH
 
I like the fact that there are threads started about Buck knives and through the discussions other information about the use/mis-use, history and assorted, but unrelated information becomes known. We don't keep our knives in a hermetically sealed mayonnaise jar, nor do we live and function in one.

I like the way this forum has been moderated and would vote to 'keep on keeping on'. Preston
 
Craig, can't help the feeling I'm the source of this. I apologize to you and the OP if my remarks in another thread created a concern on your part or a complaint. The OP raised the issue of the thread going off topic and I kinda jumped on it with a little editorial which was.... "off topic". It does reflect my own opinion on the subject so I'm going to repost part of it here.

I call it community building... we sneak in parts of our lives in the form of photos of pets and vacations, mention in passing things we are doing, sometimes with a Buck knife, sometimes not. I've been on this Forum 7 years and have never met a single person here yet feel I know many of them as I might a friend. This would be a very sterile and uninteresting place to hang out otherwise.

Now to go really off topic.... wow... my 3001st post....
 
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I believe the impetus for this thread was the chiding comments made by the OP, in part (okay, largely) directed toward 300...before you'd even made an appearance.
back to lurking, I go
 
I think that the Buck forum has been going great and don't mind it drifting a bit. It would be a bit sterile if we didn't let a bit of our lives into it or give more information on something that has been discussed.
It makes us more aware of who everyone is instead of someone that just owns a few Buck knives. The drifting has in my opinion been minimal and almost always goes back to Buck knives.
 
I actually really like the Buck forum as it is now and don't see any problems. It seems to me that people are doing just fine keeping a balance between offtopic and ontopic. Just my 2 cents.
 
My vote is to not change a thing.

If the original topic has been satisfied, I see no issue in a little stray so long as it's within the flow of the conversation.

The offense comes when someone intentionally derails a thread. But if you can connect the dots from where a thread started to where it ended up, no matter how far from the original topic and determine we got there through the regular flow of the conversation, I say let it roll...
 
It is a good way we are walking here. Sometimes a bit aside, sometimes on a detour, and sometimes we are completely on a wrong way. But that's ok. Especially when we have a navigator with us who knows the way more or less exactly. I think that's life, and that makes the buck forum as likeable as it is. Thank you!

Haebbie
 
i enjoy reading what folks do with their bucks and little side steps off topic from knife discussion, as much as threads only about buck knives. long as the theme of bucks is present it makes sense to me but......

its y'alls forum. what y'all say goes.
 
Hi All,

I have been a member here for a long time. What makes this part of BF great is the off topic banter, it shows we are human. This group goes out of it's way to answer questions for others and learn from each other. Those who are only here to cause issues and pick fights for the most part get themselves weeded out.

I'd like to see this part of the forum stay as it is. That said I have a few Buck folding knives due in this week.

JB
 
DeSotoSky said:
Craig, can't help the feeling I'm the source of this. I apologize to you and the OP if my remarks in another thread created a concern on your part or a complaint. The OP raised the issue of the thread going off topic and I kinda jumped on it with a little editorial which was.... "off topic". It does reflect my own opinion on the subject so I'm going to repost part of it here.

I call it community building... we sneak in parts of our lives in the form of photos of pets and vacations, mention in passing things we are doing, sometimes with a Buck knife, sometimes not. I've been on this Forum 7 years and have never met a single person here yet feel I know many of them as I might a friend. This would be a very sterile and uninteresting place to hang out otherwise.

Now to go really off topic.... wow... my 3001st post....
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DeSoto it wasn't your fault, as a matter of fact, it was nobody's fault for going off subject, I do it myself. The problem was I was chastised for it publically and nobody else was!! That was the entire point Not being off subject!!
I agree don't change anything on the forum.!!
Don
 
300Bucks said:
Ok, lets discuss going off topic. Here's is my current look at it. Off topic is attempting to take thread to another point of discussion or in a sense redirecting where a thread is going so folks who initially started reading it for information run into another subject wall.

When the forum is being 'decent' toward members I don't mind a little drift as long some questions are answered or knives are included. I have commented in past in a drifting manner and likely started some shift myself. But, I have always tried to do it toward the conclusion of a threads 'questions'. Yes, the Anvil Shed was created to encompass this near or off knife discussion. I don't think enough OFF TOPIC comments are going there.

If commenters on OFF TOPIC DISCUSSION would like to see this improved then it will take the whole forum to do this. Some of us, I include myself, have posted comments off topic and some have started subjects that can more easily go off topic without reigning in their own thread.

If your saying you want to go hard core and just talk knives in the regular threads we can cut out the exclusive hunting, fishing, farming, cooking,ranching and what-ever parts of threads, unless they are done in the Anvil Shed part of the forum. In the learning process you may direct folks to the AS for your comments. Newbie's can be directed to a proper way of general thread management and sent to the Anvil Shed for non knife statements.

This may be hard habit to break for some but we as a group can work on it.

Or I can just say everyone "WORK ON IT" and we let the subject go. Your call.
300
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Ok, 300 why don't you tell everyone why this is even being discussed and why you removed your post chastising me for going off subject when I asked you a valid question about YOUR off subject post. I could care less it went off subject!! I have a problem with getting publically chastised for it and you removing the post that did that. You stated above you see no problem with it? Please tell everyone what really happened and fix this.
Don
 
I like the off topic stuff almost as much as I like the Buck related discussion. I think it's cool to know what Makael does in the Pacific Northwest and what David does in the Southeast and what everyone else does with their Bucks in their location. I think that's part of what makes this such a great forum....
 
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Ok, 300 why don't you tell everyone why this is even being discussed and why you removed your post chastising me for going off subject when I asked you a valid question about YOUR off subject post. I could care less it went off subject!! I have a problem with getting publically chastised for it and you removing the post that did that. You stated above you see no problem with it? Please tell everyone what really happened and fix this.
Don
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Don,
Let me start by saying we all enjoy you being a part of our community, love seeing your knife photos and also reading your post for discussion

With that said I think it is easy for any one of us to type something that doesn't come across the way we intend. I am sure it was not 300's intention to publically chastise or humiliate you, which is why we have the edit feature which I don't like to use, but sometimes have to use. Just like he decided to use it and change the original post your talking about.

300 has a tough gig trying to make all of us Buck nuts happy, but he does as good and probably a better job than anyone of us could do.

I hope you can take my apology from all of us if you were offended by anything that has happened to you in the past few days and I hope we continue to see your post in the Buck Forum

SHB
 
I'll second what SHB said about you being a good contributing member and am sorry you felt offended. I didn't see the post in which 300 said anything about being off topic, I'm on here quite a bit so it couldn't have been posted long. I think any of us that are on here and post run the risk of running afoul and getting spanked for one thing or another. Hope you'll stay and join in the fun. Preston
 
I do enjoy this forum and I also enjoy SHB's photo's, I'm jealous, but I do enjoy them. I have no problem with off subject post's, sometimes they are better than the original thread. Ha! Even on my threads. I appreciate the support and I can imagine the job that 300 has is ruff, I wouldn't want it. This is the last post I'm doing on this particular subject, I feel I'm beating a dead horse, If the original post would have been left intact none of this would have transpired! That's all.
Don
 
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In order to be a member of ANY on line chat forum one needs to be thick skinned. We all make miss-steps from time to time. Mods included.
I cannot speak as to how others feel about the manner their topic is handled. But on mine, I don't mind drifting. That's how we learn a variety of useful items. And the gentlemen here will get around back to the subject. For example just read through the topic 'Seasonal'. That thread went from
slicing sugar cane to deer diseases and trout fishing. Until finding it's way back toward testing the edge of Buck's s90v steel on their blue 110.
I really did not care. I just go with it and ride it out and learn along the way. And in this manner was able to bring more into the discussion.
I would like us to continue being more inclusive and not exclusive. Even when discussing a topic very defined; like the years of the 2 dot stamp?
I would not mind if someone ask what steel was used during that stamp? Or was that the only years of the beefy squared frame? ect. Because to me those subjects are all associated with that stamped knife... I'll cut this off because I don't like reading long winded posts. And this is enough
for you to fill in the gaps. DM
 
I don't even have a clue what this is referencing so my comment shouldn't ruffle anyones feathers because it isn't directed toward anyone.
When I think of Buck knives, I also think of hunting, fishing, farming, gardening, hiking etc. Its hard not too since Buck knives are a part of our lives and the things we do and they get used. (At least we aren't telling stories about the time we cut a slice of cheese for a snack with our Buck knife while we were braving the elements of our parents basement and playing video games lol) But hey, if that is your thing, I guess that is ok too. So I guess as long as it drifts to how the knives are used I'm okay with it and all the history and stories that go along with it since Buck knives are almost a way of life, or a part of it........
The threads I don't like is when they drift to where someone starts bashing Buck knives and telling how they could have done it better if they had used x brand of knife. That might be true, but this is a forum for Buck knife enthusiasts and posts like that probably aren't going to change our opinions or generate much fanfare.
 
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