Attention members!!!

[ifly4food]

I have noticed a dramatic increase in the flamebait on this board. Some examples inclide the G Bush union thing, the don't pay taxes, and the guy who wants to fly into LAX with his wives.

I suspect that these posts originate from the same individual or individuals. The one thing they all have in common is that they are new members... most within the last three months.

To all members, may I suggest that you simply ignore this trash instead of engaging it? We can't keep up with banning someone that re-registers a new name twice a day. Perhaps if we all ignore them they will get bored and go elsewhere.

Let's ignore this juvenile trash. Don't respond to idiotic posts from new members.

Ifly4food,
Moderator

 

[Flywrite]

Excellent suggestion. Lets try to keep this near the top for a while

 

[empenage]

You,re right....I'm guilty too...I'll stop.

Empenage.

 

[e120flier]

Raising the bar...back to where it was

I applaud the intent of your post and would like to point out that a couple of years ago (I'm a lurker), the benefit this board provided was noticeably greater than it has been for a long time. TIS was the best asset on here providing comprehensive, dedicated, and perhaps most importantly THOUGHT PROVOKING posts. The closest thing I've seen lately toward steering the board back in that direction was the "radio call" thread.
It would be refreshing to see this board utilize the many valuable people that frequent it, for the benefit of all levels of experience instead of the general arguing that prevails here now.
This is not intended to put anyone down, there's a lot of people who never saw the level of experience displayed on this board, I'd just like to see it again.

 

[RFtech]

I concur.

 

[generaltso]

some of it is funny. like that dude who wanted to fly his cessna into LAX

 

[hobbsmeter]

Well Said...

I especially like e120fliers post. I've been a "lurker" for a long time also and agree with what he said.
What ever happened to TIS? His posts were awesome.

PS: It's still ok to respond to idiotic posts from established members, right?

 

[BoDEAN]

Does this person have an IP address?
If so, let me know, I can get you information and we can get this guy out of here

 

[bobbysamd]

Flamebait

Agreed.

We had some bad flamebait during Thanksgiving week. I'd bet it was some junior high kid on school vacation.

There are more useful ways to use the bandwidth. We have some great discussions that I really enjoy and learn from.

 

[Shark]

getting into a pissing match online, is like a bunch of mentally challenged individuals running a race... no matters who wins you all look stupid in the end

 

[KlingonLRDRVR]

Ditto, what ya'll said....



KlingonLRDRVR

 

[ifly4food]

Re: Well Said...

PS: It's still ok to respond to idiotic posts from established members, right?

Absolutely... and I should be numero uno for some of the stuff I've put up!

 

[hyper]

Can you restrict the IP address itself? A person only has access to so many computers. Just a thought.

BTW, that Gulfstream deal sounds pretty good! Live on PFT!!

 

[ifly4food]

Can you restrict the IP address itself? A person only has access to so many computers. Just a thought.

Unfortunately, the nature of non-static IP addresses makes that difficult. Each time such a user logs onto their server, they are assigned a new IP. Most high speed servers work like this.

However, we do have the option to trace their current IP and take action through their web server. There is much precedent for this and servers are quite cooperative these days.

 

[SentryIP]

Professional Aviation Forum

Keep this thread on top for a while. I enjoy this forum because most contributors offer intelligent and insightful comments and advice. It's obvious when some members are writing just to incite others. The best thing to do is ignore these characters and not appease them. Lets keep the bar up. Happy Holidays to all.

 

[chawbein]

Yeah, ditto everyone else and stuff....

 

[Typhoon1244]

Yeah, I'm guilty too. Not of starting them, mind you...but when somebody jumps up and says something outrageous, it's hard to ignore. (Maybe I should see a therapist...)

 

[Salty Dog]

Mostly I would agree, but as was pointed out in Flying the Line II, pilots - and their unions to a greater extent - have to become both more business and politically aware. The author goes to great pains (excessive in my opinion) to relate national politics as a cause to airline industry troubles in the 80s as effects in order to emphasize that need.

True, many of us have "gone beyond the pale" on some topics - myself included. I would submit, however, that some of those topics are germane even if somewhat tangentially. More often than not, they start off on point but quickly digress.

Turning every post into a flamefest adds no value to this important resource, but so would purely cockpit-specific discussions on the finer points of VSo calculations and holding pattern entries.

Respectfully,
NaCl Mutt

 

[ifly4food]

Turning every post into a flamefest adds no value to this important resource, but so would purely cockpit-specific discussions on the finer points of VSo calculations and holding pattern entries.
Respectfully,
NaCl Mutt

Agreed. That's an excellent point... we must find a middle ground.