What makes you think it was this forum that prompted that post?
I doubt that very much.
Of course you could always ask him if it bothers you that much rather than make stuff up.

Cheers,
Peter

I hope you feel better soon. :)

Cheers,
Peter

Someone is away with the faeries it seems.

Iza

I was just on the other forum and read that post....he didn't mention the name of any forum.
I am a member on both and find both generally interesting and informative.

I am a moderator on two other forums ( not caravan related ) and both these caravan forums are fairly normal if we compare members general reactions and comments.

I enjoy both sites.

Just seems to be related to the politics of envy, the Mod of the other forum, which ever that may be, just wishes that theirs was as good as this one.
Cheers
David

We departed THAT forum & joined THIS forum, haven't looked back.  More RELAXING & FRIENDLY. Job done.    

Yea.

I was a member of that other forum in it's original state.
B4 it went "modern" and the "controllers" took over,

Was a nice friendly helpful group of blokes and females.
We had open chat group as well.

But after a certain person died. It changed.
and the little ///// in charge became another Hitler.

I and a lot of others departed.
Specially me. I speak my mind (not so much nowadays)
But it didn't go down well with a couple of the you know what's.
Probably cause I've had over 50 yrs doing it and they haven't..

Funilly though. we met a lot of the originals at van meets and group meals
arranged in different States.
We all got on well.
BUT not the "management". They tried to control every word written.
and it ended up a little clique.

Lots of people join and lots of people leave.
There are some real good blokes on there. Don't know how they stand it myself..

I read that post on the other forum and personally, I think that most of you are over reacting, the moderator concerned did not have a shot at this forum, his reaction was a comment about the OP accusing the other site (his) of being argumentative and antagonistic towards other members, whilst that may be true, it is simply because of the very large membership in comparison to this one (which he didn't name but did refer too). He merely reacted to those comments and asked the CF members to please try refrain from antagonistic behaviour, fair enough I thought. Perhaps his only lapse or possible mistake was to suggest that only around 15 members per day post here and a lot were only whingers, uncalled for and unwarranted but sometimes true, mostly false...at the end of the day, does it really matter, I belong to both forums and enjoy both immensely, they each have their own characters, agendas and interests.

I would have to agree that this site is more close knit and interactive and friendlier between members, again that is simply because of the much smaller membership which fosters closer relationships.

I also am a moderator of a world wide site with many thousands more members than both these RV sites and I can assure you that we have more membears arguing and antagonising others than 5 times both of these sites combined, it purely a numbers game and that's all.

My view is, whatever floats your boat be happy and enjoy, you will please everybody and grass fires will always erupt, the bigger the paddock the more the fires, the fact and real truth is, being a moderator is a thankless job and and your time is completely taken up by the old 80/20 rule, 80% of members never cause any trouble, the other 20% are a perennial problem and need watching like a hawk and that takes an immeasurable amount of time, believe me the thanks are negligee and critics are plentiful And in never ending numbers. 

I believe that the moderation on both sites is very good and this site is definitely tighter controlled, but I say this with great respect, if the "The GreyNomads" forum had double the membership or more, Cindy would need assistance to control the posts and comments, that's just a given and I believe that she would agree with me.

let's just be thankful and enjoy the sites and forums that we have and be appreciative that we have such competent people in moderation on both for our own enjoyment. I take my hat off to all the moderators, their job is never ending and time consuming, it deserves our full respect.

in my opinion

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Hi all,

 When I joined the GN's I did not know Peter from Paul or Larry & Julie, Bruce & Bev for that matter. We love to reply where we can, with our own Knowledge. Ask for help on lesser Knowledge as we now have a new van from which to build upon with your help.

We will be up and away very soon. The endless help has been a god send. Just last week we got help from The Phantom on our trip to China. A big thankyou.

We are side tracking on our Adventure to visit friends (met here on this site) that we have yet to come face to face with, in Sand Groper Land.

 Many leave the GN's because of ill feeling's generated from posts of poor taste. A very sad outcome, as over the longer term we lose their knowledge. No one is perfect. If one shows respect, then in turn,  you gain respect.

 The biggest thing here, is been able to say Sorry.

We have the greatest respect to our Web Master ........ Cindy

 Thankyou Cindy for A great site that brings many happy hours of FUN everyday, of every week.

Everyone here comes from all walks of life. In the end we are all the same. All I / We ask is to treat each other with mutual respect. Regardless of what we say and do.

Hey Jim & Lambie

 

If you have actually read the post from Lance it never named a forum, so why are we having a whinge. Yes I am a member of both, when I have had enough of the bickering and backstabbing, I take a break and just stay here for a week or two and then stick my head in CF and see if anything has changed LOL. It does have some interesting information, so does here.
GN is so much more friendly than any other Forum and that is main reason I stay here, for the friendly way we all get on most of the time LOL and the interaction that is not on the CF.