I lurk on that forum quite a bit. However, I only really look at one or two specific areas of that forum, the wilderness survival, and the trading forum. I look at the wilderness survival forum because I have an interest in bushcraft and the like. And I look at the trade forum because it's nice to see how much my knives are going for. Although I haven't sold a single one yet.

There is quite a bit of eliteism in the wilderness survival section. I get tired of the posters making fun of "Man vs. Wild", or "Survivorman." Yes, I find faults with both shows, and sometimes I think a lot of what they do is absurd. But I'm also smart enough to know that it is first and formost entertainment. Oddly enough I do learn something each time I watch those shows as well. So for me it's entertaining and informative at the same time. However, I do get tired of hearing Les tied his shoes this way when he should have used this knot etc....

As a rule of thumb I tend to avoid places that seek my hard earned dollars in order to contribute and/or have your typical rank and file elitist mentality. Case in point a certain forum that deal with the civilian versions of the M-16 rifle. I don't understand why I have to pay for a search feature to look up post that someone else took the time to respond to. It would be one thing if the owners of said site were providing the information, but it's not it's the users.

While the other knife forum doesn't demand my money for contributing. They do have their share of elitism. However, on the flip side of the coin I do learn something from time to time when browsing.

When it comes to posting and putting yourself out there I do get tired of the internet crap. That's probably one reason why I like it here. There isn't the typical crap that you put up with at other forums. So far I haven't been called a moron, idiot, knumskull, or anything derogiatory because I don't necessarily share one's view on this or that. In short it's a pretty mature mature and sophisticated audience here, even if we don't tackly some pretty dumb subjects like diceman's poo.