Sorry if I offended anyone. Since no rules had ever been posted, and no one ever objected before, I thought we were ok until told otherwise. I thought we were pretty much all adults here. I thought I was probably one of the youngest members. I didn’t think kids would visit here, since they probably couldn’t afford / would have no interest in high end knives. With not many people posting here, I was trying to keep posting things related to the discussions to keep people coming back and maybe have a laugh.
It wouldn't be allowed on Bladeforums so why would you think it would be here?
What does BF have to do with anything? Like it’s the standard all forums model after? When this forum first came online, I thought it would probably be like Rat Chat, where the slightest curse word will get a scolding and an edit. But then I saw no edits or warning for language, then pics being posted with no comments from anyone. So I figured, ok, they keep stressing they are their own company, so I guess they have their own standard, and if we get out of hand they will let us know.
you are on their forum and therfore should distinquish what's appropriate and what's not.
Well, everyone has their own interpretation of what is appropriate. No posting rules/guidelines were ever discussed. For instance, Dan himself I believe posted a pic of a bloody dog fighting with a hog. A lot of people would think (not me though) that that is gory/animal abuse/torture and would not want their children to see something like that, and could perhaps give them nightmares, and/or an unrational fear of dogs etc. I’ve seen pics of Busses/Rats posted on other forums covered it blood, and usually of the animal in question cut open with blood everywhere. Most people not into knives would be horrified at such a pic, and would probably think the person taking the pic has a screw lose. Again – not me, you know the people I’m talking about. Probably most of our friends and relatives that are not into knives. My family thinks it’s weird that I take pics of my knives in outdoor poses. I think they’d call a shrink if I started taking bloody knife pics. I think most people in general would not think such pics are “family friendly”. Just giving an example of interpretations of what is appropriate.
Agreed. No pictures unless its clean and revelant to knives
AND relevent to knives? Come on, please don’t make it that boring. There’s more to life than just knives. And what about the outdoors & fieldcraft forum? That would mean no pics at all there because it’s not a knife forum? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> What about nature photos? That mean they aren’t ok unless there’s a knife in them?
What about pics related to the post being discussed? For instance, I started a post about dehydrators, and posted some related dehydrator pics. It makes for much more interesting reading when you have pics related to the posts being discussed. And sometimes you don’t understand what’s being discussed unless you see a pic to help you understand.
Sometimes we want to show some outdoor gear that we have purchased, or are considering. It helps others to better understand with pics. A picture is worth a thousand words as they say.
And we could post comedy pics too or whatever and keep it clean. Just needed to know the boundries is all. I’ve had over 1000 posts at Rat Chat with no warnings about content. How about pics are ok as long as we keep it clean and family friendly? Pleeeeeeeeease?