Originally Posted by tequila joe

the attitude on this forum is directly reflective of its leadership.
The leadership i'm refering to is not the mods or ibl but the folks that post here the most often.
I've been spending increasing more time on other forums because i get better a sense of community there. Over there, it is cyclist talking about cycling with other cyclists.

This forum... Not so much.

Originally Posted by joels

i've made use of the ignore list. The forum gets more and more civilized as the list grows. It's pretty sad.

This is a rather hostile section. Unfortunately, i've often not posted a question here knowing what will happen. I use other forums to get answers to my questions. Pretty sad state of affairs when that happens.

If the motive is profit, the forum will do better with a larger membership list. A larger membership list is much more likely with a civilized and respectable forum. Not with a hostile one that scares off new members.