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[tx11]

This is the only forum I'm on. Do any of you contribute to any other forums? Which? Topics?

[Chris Ryser]

There are 11 forums dealing with optics as far as I know, you can find them listed under Indexing Optical Forum Websites
at : http://optochemicals.com/web_listing.htm

..............and no, I am not participating in any other forum, lack of time.

[Fezz]

Badger and Blade
Glock Talk
The High Road
The Firing Line
Blades and Bushcraft

[mdeimler]

USACarry, Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association Discussion Forum and FN forum (FN Herstal).

[NCspecs]

I used to contribute to a scrapbooking website but the forums became pretty dull. Just a lot of housewives complaining back and forth.

I like Livejournal but I rarely get to contribute unfortunately.

This is the only other forum I can stomach, I know who the trolls are and I like the scientific discussions amongst my peers. Even when I can't contribute I love to read the threads.

[Fezz]

Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association Discussion Forum

Me too!

I don't participate much, but I just sold a gun on there Wednesday and am picking one up from there tomorrow!

[opticianbart]

dresden.forumotion.com

It's a play-by-post rpg website based on the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher that I'm currently setting up with my best friend, and will hopefully be starting play sometime in the next week or so. So that will probably be a massive time sink.

[GokhanSF]

opticianshandbook

[AngeHamm]

Home Theater Forum
Heroclix Realms

[Sledzinator]

I am also a member of the firing line but haven't been on in a while. Not to highjack your thread but I did notice a HUGE difference in the way people treat "newbs". I asked several questions that a quick search could have answered but I wanted the most up to date opinions and was never treated like an idiot. I was also a member of a Jiu Jitsu forum when I was training and the sense of cummunity and support there was awesome! (I realize these are both forums for hobbies and not for a professional forum but the point remains valid)

[NCspecs]

I am also a member of the firing line but haven't been on in a while. Not to highjack your thread but I did notice a HUGE difference in the way people treat "newbs". I asked several questions that a quick search could have answered but I wanted the most up to date opinions and was never treated like an idiot.

Yeah, our fatal flaw. Some people are more interested in rubbing your nose in their optical pedigrees than actually giving a straightforward answer.

I will say this about the search option here. The threads are dated and so you can pretty much bet that one from six months ago still holds water. Or, in my case, I had a question about a SightStar from Luzerne. I did a search and found out that Judy Canty mentioned the lens a lot. So instead of started a NEW thread, I sent her a PM and we ended up having a nice conversation on the phone and I got the answer I needed. Sometimes critial thinking skills go a long way and not using these skills might be what sparks the ire of the seasoned Optiboarder.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming... :)

[Sledzinator]

I agree on the use of the search function fwiw but my point is it's simply easier to not respond instead of going out of your way to tell the person to use the search function and be rude about it.

[NCspecs]

I agree on the use of the search function fwiw but my point is it's simply easier to not respond instead of going out of your way to tell the person to use the search function and be rude about it.

I wouldn't get your feelings hurt. Trolls is trolls. Single out who likes to get chippy and take them with a grain of salt. If a lot of users tend to agree that a subject could have been researched better then that's when I would start to consider your approach. :)

[MakeOptics]

I like the www.theoptom.com forum, the people there are funny and they don't get all kinds of sensitive about the littlest thing. I try not to post here much on purpose, when I was newer I was meet with a few long time posters who were less than polite but they expected me to be polite. I don't have time for that, I was actually kicked off for a few days for asking why I was reprimanded and never did get a response, just came back one day and my username was working again. The forum seems to be getting a little better so I like to poke in every now and again.

[tx11]

I like reading different points of view on things. As long as a thread keeps on topic I welcome all comments. That being said..thanks to all of you who contibute. I will check out some theses other forums that I might be interested in.