off-topic section

**Fancy Shoes** · 03-04-2012, 12:04

I know you want to keep this a hammock forum only, but I would like a off topic section. So we could talk about other backpacking items when we are looking for info.

I also don't want to have to make another account on a different website. I'm a member of many forums as it is.

**DivaB** · 03-04-2012, 12:09

Originally Posted by Fancy Shoes

I know you want to keep this a hammock forum only, but I would like a off topic section. So we could talk about other backpacking items when we are looking for info.

I also don't want to have to make another account on a different website. I'm a member of many forums as it is.

There already is an area, it's in the Off Topic area in the donating members section. If $10 for member status is hard right now, keep an eye in the PIF thread. After....I think, 50 posts, you can use the PIF area.

WV · 03-04-2012, 12:10

If you're posting, you're already a member here, so you don't need to register a new account anywhere. The $10 donation to upgrade to "Donating Member" will get you what you want and is well worth it.

**Redoleary** · 03-04-2012, 12:10

Off topic and many other really great forums are avail in the donating members section. Best money you'll spend all year.

**angrysparrow** · 03-04-2012, 12:12

Like the others explain above, there already is an off-topic section. But, to keep those topics from interfering with the hammock-related info, it's a perk for Donating Members.

There's two sections of the site Terms of Service that explain this in detail.

III. Stay On-Topic. This is a moderated site about hammocks. Off-topic posts will be removed from the hammock subforums.

We started HF to become the single best source of hammock camping information on the internet. Our goal is to provide a respectful forum for hammock enthusiasts, and to ensure that it runs smoothly…not to grow the forum, nor to provide a friendly discussion forum for general outdoor enthusiasts. Discussion of knives, stoves, paddling, backpacks and other non-hammock related issues detracts from our primary objective. Excellent information on all of these topics can be found on dozens of other sites around the internet...but only this site can claim to have the most experts on hammock camping in the world and we plan to keep that focus.

All threads not directly related to hammocks and hammock camping will be moved to the Donating Members section. Fewer posts, but higher quality ones focused on our primary mission area, is a perfectly acceptable outcome of this policy. Please note that if you are not a donating member, you will not have access to a thread you started that gets moved to the off-topic area. You may either participate on topic in the free access areas or donate to get access.

This policy is not open for debate, so please do not email the moderators with requests that we run this forum like others you frequent.

V. Donations and Donating Members Roundtable. Hammock Forums is operated on a completely volunteer basis. As such, we offer an option for members to help cover the server and bandwidth costs through an annual donation. As a reward, donating members get access to a Roundtable Off-Topic section where non-hammock topics can be discussed. Semantics aside, this is not meant to be a subscription for additional access – we’d be perfectly content if the only content on HF were hammock-related – it’s merely a reward for donating members to further participate in the community they helped to create.

The following rules apply to the Donating Members Roundtable:

A. The Roundtable is for open discussion of almost any topic. Please be sure to keep the discussions about hammocks and hammock gear in the forum where non-donating members will have access. The Roundtable is for non-hammock related discussion only.

B. No political or religious discussion, no foul or abusive language, and no posting or linking to nudity, pornography or any other subject that may be NSFW (Not Safe For Work).

C. All discussions will be kept civil.

D. Please don't be offended if a moderator removes one of your posts from this section. Such decisions will be entirely at the discretion of the moderators.

**Hooch** · 03-04-2012, 12:16

FancyShoes, it'll be the best $10 you'll spend all year. Totally worth it!

**Fancy Shoes** · 03-04-2012, 15:43

Huh nice, I guess it pays off to read things. I guess I will have to do that then.

**J.Andersons** · 03-04-2012, 16:43

All this great HF recource are totally worth more than 10 bucks per year!
Just my 0,02$

**gunner76** · 03-04-2012, 16:57

Well worth the $10 investment.

Like Angrysparrow said, all the hammock related stuff is free to access and no membership required.

**StrawHat** · 03-04-2012, 21:12

As much as I wanted to be a donating member and read all the other topics, I think I'll stay on this status for a little while longer. With so much info on hammock topics alone I am still suspended in ... I could barely keep up with the influx....'worried about my brain couldn't handle the overload.