What's with this?

Zephyrus said:
Well it seems to work pretty well for Elon Musk.
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He sells new things people have a need for. Are there starlink alternatives? Tesla was pretty much first and has a product arguably superior.

If you want to sell crap, go to Barnstormers.

If you want to talk airplanes and flying with like-minded individuals, maybe learn something or enlighten someone... And occasionally clean out the hangar, welcome.

Otherwise, Bye Felicia.
 
Lindberg said:
This is a free site that costs money to operate. Perhaps the owners believe that posting is how you can provide value to the community in exchange for the $$$ value that you're getting from those free classified ads.

Your reading the forum might benefit you, but it doesn't benefit the community.
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My recollection is that the donation period is only open for a limited time each year. That suggests that POA is not hurting for money.
 
JOhnH said:
There is also the goal of keeping bots from swamping the place. That has been a HUGE problem for many website managers and they are pulling their hair out trying to figured out how to stop it.
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Somehow, I think that bots are not waiting ten years after registering to make their first post!
 
Palmpilot said:
Somehow, I think that bots are not waiting ten years after registering to make their first post!
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Never said it was. But the rules, new or not, that many admins are having to implement apply to everyone. If the OP only has single digit postings in 10 years, then he gets caught up in rules requiring a minimum number of posts before he can begin spamming advertising.
 
Perhaps the OPs account has been hacked, clearly he/she is posting in an atypical manner.

I’d think that any real interACTOR would have just addressed the mod with a request rather than crap posting.
 
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JOhnH said:
Never said it was. But the rules, new or not, that many admins are having to implement apply to everyone. If the OP only has single digit postings in 10 years, then he gets caught up in rules requiring a minimum number of posts before he can begin spamming advertising.
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Not true of course.
 
4RNB said:
Perhaps the OPs account has been hacked, clearly he/she is posting in an atypical manner.

I’d think that any real interACTOR would have just addressed the mod with a request rather than crap posting.
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Oh no I just discovered that the AI program that runs my desktop has been answering and posting on this forum.:eek:
 
Barrett50 said:
I think you are more suited to Beechtalk. Where everyone who registers must use their real name for the whole world to access. This site doesn't seem to fit your purpose. Just one opinion of course and no matter what you are selling, even if it were the best deal of the century - I'm not buying.
Haveaniceday
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I think this explains a lot of the posts in response to my original post. It is quite easy to be rude, misinformed and hostile when you hide behind anonymity.
 
Yes this site is sort of CLIQUEy. As most are. Message me what you have for sell. Im always looking for a good deal. I don't do beechtalk.
 
JOhnH said:
Never said it was. But the rules, new or not, that many admins are having to implement apply to everyone. If the OP only has single digit postings in 10 years, then he gets caught up in rules requiring a minimum number of posts before he can begin spamming advertising.
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I never said you said it was.
 
Mikey52 said:
Yes this site is sort of CLIQUEy. As most are. Message me what you have for sell. Im always looking for a good deal. I don't do beechtalk.
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Having a thick skin is definitely advantageous here, especially for new posters.
 
Zephyrus said:
I think this explains a lot of the posts in response to my original post. It is quite easy to be rude, misinformed and hostile when you hide behind anonymity.
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So do you like high wing or low wing?

For me the answer is "yes." :biggrin:
 
Zephyrus said:
I think this explains a lot of the posts in response to my original post. It is quite easy to be rude, misinformed and hostile when you hide behind anonymity.
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I try to resist those urges. Sometimes I succeed. ;)
 
NORDO
Just upgraded to a Cirrus
 
Zephyrus said:
I think this explains a lot of the posts in response to my original post. It is quite easy to be rude, misinformed and hostile when you hide behind anonymity.
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If I run across someone who is rude, uninformed, or hostile, I can solve that with the ignore function. Let me know if you need assistance using it.
Haveaniceday
 
Zephyrus said:
I think this explains a lot of the posts in response to my original post. It is quite easy to be rude, misinformed and hostile when you hide behind anonymity.
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Can you imagine that? Someone posting anonymously complaining about a "free" website's policies, and also complaining about other people posting anonymously.
 
Moot. I bought his Aeronca 11AC Goodyear mechanical disc brake equipped brake cable housing…

Ok, I didn’t. Seems odd, but apparently that’s not what he wanted to sell. Anyone got one? I’m in dire need…. Project on hold… it’s actually listed in my aviation goals for the year…
 
Huh. I didn't know there was such a system, but after reading through all this it seems like it was pretty well thought out. Cheers, mods!

Tools - is it possible to have one made?
 
Lindberg said:
This is a free site that costs money to operate. Perhaps the owners believe that posting is how you can provide value to the community in exchange for the $$$ value that you're getting from those free classified ads.

Your reading the forum might benefit you, but it doesn't benefit the community.
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Two thoughts here.1)You are assuming, incorrectly, that I'm not part of the community. 2) If everybody believed that this statement is true, there would be no news sites online, no news blogs and no news broadcasts on TV.
 
Lindberg said:
Maybe it's in response to people who join only to sell stuff, and don't otherwise meaningfully interact. Trade-a-Plane exists for that.
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...You mean like the post that starts with...
Figured this would be an interesting thread, guys. The rules are very simple...based the the word in the previous post, post up the first word that comes to mind.

Let's see how far this will take us. I'll start us off...
It has more than 53,000 responses. Now that's obviously a great benefit to the community.
 
Charlie Golf said:
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Then there's this highly enlightening post. What a benefit to the community!!
 
Barrett50 said:
I think you are more suited to Beechtalk. Where everyone who registers must use their real name for the whole world to access. This site doesn't seem to fit your purpose. Just one opinion of course and no matter what you are selling, even if it were the best deal of the century - I'm not buying.
Haveaniceday
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....In other words, "have gun. looking for foot."
 
Do you still have that Beechcraft share for sale? Try Beechtalk, that is where Beechcraft fanciers hang out.
 
geezer said:
Do you still have that Beechcraft share for sale? Try Beechtalk, that is where Beechcraft fanciers hang out.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'm a long time subscriber to BeechTalk and the share has not been for sale for about six years.
 
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