Why are we losing some of our most long standing and respected members

[jonnyc]

Sorry if I am coming over ignorant here , but I am a bit lost as to why dave and Doug have left the forum of recent and other big posters in recent months.
I am not on here as much as many but I like to take part but maybe I am missing something.
for myself I can genuinely say that until I joined the forum maybe 5 years ago first time round I really did not have anyone else to turn to in my field because I do domestic work and paths do not cross.
but when I found this forum I was so pleased because I could share a problem and sometimes get an answer . Other times I could help a fellow professional out and this gave me great pleasure especially as I taught myself and my on site experience really did mean that I had learnt something.
Maybe i don't think I understand the politics of these forums but it is straight forward for me .
If I lost the key members that I relate to I would not be interested in carrying on myself in same forum.

 

[Gazzer]

Not sure why Doug has left to be honest, as for Dave well seeing as he has set up his own forum it was always on the cards.

 

[jonnyc]

Not sure why Doug has left to be honest, as for Dave well seeing as he has set up his own forum it was always on the cards.

WEll that's fair enough with dave.no reason why he should not set his own site up. But there seemed to be some ill feeling while ago which may have lead him to take the plunge.
To be honest I am certainly not In on any of what goes down and I am sure there is plenty so will leave it at that.

 

[Ian]

There was a big fall out/disagreement, whatever you want to call it, a couple of years ago Jonny. The forum still hasn't recovered from the aftermath of it, all the people leaving or posting less all stems from that night. It caused a lot of bad feeling and some of the damage done was irreparable.

 

[kilty55]

hi jonny, i think many have noticed big changes in the forum since this fallout came about, some are good and some bad imo and i agree the forum doesnt run the same anymore thats not to say its not still a very useful site its just a different format setup imo than what we were used too

lifes too short in my eyes so i will still be using the forum and appreciate any hard work that goes on behind the scenes by the people involved who help run the place for us all to use. there is still loads of good tilers on here for info

 

[nybor62]

i dont get on here as much has i would like , due to work demands , which is a good thing , has nothing to do with people leaving the forum,
but the forum does seemed to have suffered a little imo