Backpack Fourm Question

[Time Theory]

Just wondering why the information on the backpacking fourm is private?

[The Tree Frog]

I believe you are trying to access the Donating Members section. In order to read non hammock related topics, you need to pay and become a donating member.

Welcome to the forum.

[SilvrSurfr]

You have to be a donating member, for a whopping $10 per year, to view it.

[fallkniven]

its worth it

[dkurfiss]

Just wondering why the information on the backpacking fourm is private?

The answer to your question as to why can be found in the TOS linked in my signature.

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

HF was started to become the single best source of hammock 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 hammocks in the world and we plan to keep that focus.

All threads not directly related to hammocks 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.

[Time Theory]

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.[/QUOTE]

Dkurfiss,

Gee, all I did as a new member with my very first post was to ask a one sentence simple question. Dkurfiss, please know that I have never e-mailed, nor do I plan to e-mail any of the Moderators. How you run your web site forum business is up to you.

Unlike the others who responded to my question, your response was very unprofessional.

[pgibson]

Actually the response was a quote from the terms of service that everyone hits "agree" to in order to join the forum. The response was just the rules that govern how the forum runs, not a direct finger pointed at you personally.

[Time Theory]

Actually to imply that I would e-mail someone over this. Really, my time is much to valuable for that. I think I need to delete my account. Is there a simple way to do that without troubling the Moderator?

[SilvrSurfr]

Actually to imply that I would e-mail someone over this. Really, my time is much to valuable for that. I think I need to delete my account. Is there a simple way to do that without troubling the Moderator?

Nobody implied that you would e-mail anyone. You do understand that dkurfiss simply quoted the Terms of Service that you agreed to when you joined the site, right? The HF TOS has been around long before you ever came to this site, and that statement was there too. It wasn't even remotely aimed at you, and it's ludicrous to imply as much.

"All threads not directly related to hammocks 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."

By the way, you cannot have your account deleted. It will live on as part of the record.

[PappyAmos]

All of Deb's post was a direct quote from the TOS. She was merely trying to be clear. None of that was written to be personally directed at you.

Draw a breath, stick around. There is lots to learn here and you might have some tricks we would like to know.