The Benchmade forum

[cncpro11]

What happened to the moderator of the Benchmade forum?
There has been no interaction with the fans or moderation of the forum in quite a while and it seems like lately you can't even start a thread about an upcoming release without a ton of negativity.
Myself and a couple of other members have pm'd the mod on a few occasions and have received the same canned response that seems to appear in the rare threads that he or she does post in, and lately has completely ignored our pm's.

Quite honestly, it seems that recently the only moderation of that forum comes from the bfc staff or not at all

 

[pbcg]

I'm really glad you started this thread as I've been wondering the same thing. Normal sub forum etiquette doesn't seem to apply and is never enforced. I've watched as the forum has digressed into one big dumping ground with no word or action from the moderator.

I've also been wondering what's going on?

 

[RevDevil]

It seems that the original mod was active, and willing to participate. I think his name is Ryan. I noticed shortly after the price increases and the announcement of a restructuring of sorts brought about the informal responses followed by the signature line of

~ The Benchmade Team

From what I have seen, their own forum is very barren and doesn't get too much manufacturer participation either. Seems to be the same thing here. Product announcements are usually nonexistent by comparison to say ZT, Spyderco, Emerson, etc. As a customer myself, I have found products that are new to me just as they have been sold out, no ads anywhere, nothing. That might spur some negativity from other folks though in a more active way.

 

[cncpro11]

My exact same observation Rev.
Over the last year Benchmade's participation has dropped to nothing and the forum is being overrun with negativity and BS that makes it a discouraging place for fans of the brand to visit.
I guess the last straw for me was the guy who made a WTF thread about an uneven grind, posted a pick of a knife that he didn't even own and not even the same knife...and then gets offended when called out on it.
Rather than continue to involve myself in a weak trolling attempt, I chose to ask here about Benchmade's complete lack of regard for their own forum.

ETA: I just stopped by the sub forum and noticed the above mentioned thread was locked by Karda, which further makes my point.