Off Topic or Trivial Posts

[Mountnman]

I view the site as a conversation around a campfire, a chance to meet and talk to friends, discuss ideas, and spend time thinking of something other than all the other things going on in the world.
In my opinion, speeding up the conversation by hiding threads takes us away from that atmosphere.
Granted it would allow you to speed thru the threads, but I'm not sure that is why we are here..

Well put TallPaul

[Chigger]

TallPaul- Get out of my head... it is freaking me out a little bit

Love these campfire conversations. True these folks get in my head but there is plenty of room since all those years of the work world are gone, gone, gone. And it is so neat to meet in person at group hangs the people I have learned so much from on HF.

[bowl-maker]

Shall I apologize for my verve?
I like my "You da man Shug!" and "Way to Go Shug".....trivial as it may seem. My goal has always been to Inspire. To get folks to enjoy hammocks and the woods and not get to caught up on perfection. So some times the answers are short.
Don't sweat the small stuff and get out there and practice and test and flourish is my reason to be here.
I read on my Mac not on a mobile. Don't have a mobile.

Shug

Way to go Shug!

[Hiknhanger]

I probably access the forum from my phone as much as a computer. What may be considered 'extraneous' posts haven't bothered me yet. I agree with the other guys that it is more like time around the camp fire. You have your longer-winded talkers, and your 'Yup!' folks. (Yup is just a +1 around the fire. )

[Dead Man]

TallPaul- Get out of my head... it is freaking me out a little bit

Man that was scary wasn't it.

This is not contributing to the theme of the thread. Please digress.

I view the site as a conversation around a campfire, a chance to meet and talk to friends, discuss ideas, and spend time thinking of something other than all the other things going on in the world.
In my opinion, speeding up the conversation by hiding threads takes us away from that atmosphere.
Granted it would allow you to speed thru the threads, but I'm not sure that is why we are here..

I like the conversational style of this forum. It is a bit like sitting around the campfire. Omitting posts would clealy detract from that. Besides, Shug is too large a personality to be confined to a hand held device.

Short answer- I disagree w/Trambo.aka.sail1987

Conversation is the key word here. Much of what I see is an exchange of thoughts on a given topic. Thoughts can be random at times and may chase a rabbit. Many times, it's the rabbits that lead me personally to inquire on other thoughts or concerns related, if only marginally, to the OP's initial question, thought or statement.

Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. Oh, and Trambo.aka.sail1987, your thoughts, comments, responses and ramblings are always welcome in my posts. On or off topics.

P.S. Shug's the man

[Bubba]

When I'm on the forums, if I'm just trying to get information I just ignore all the posts that are one line long. When there are paragraphs, I tend to stop and read them.

[Wander'nFool]

While this might not be an issue for desktop home pc users, this can
greatly benefit our mobile users who struggle on slow connections to
load every single page of our forum. The more concise and useful
that we can make this forum, the better I think it could be.

What do you all think?

I am all for the conversational style of HF. I view via desktop and mobile. Honestly, scrolling through practical and nonsensical posts are no problem for me...I consider it all time well spent.

You may also want to look at the many options available to speed up a mobile device.

Rock On Shug!

[ErickSaint]

When I'm on the forums, if I'm just trying to get information I just ignore all the posts that are one line long. When there are paragraphs, I tend to stop and read them.

I do the same thing. I have been using forums of many types of topics for many years. Seems if I'm searching for information I instinctively just go right past the one line answers, and on to the next one with "meat" to it, don't even think about it.

If I'm just browsing to kill time I generally read through all the banter.

Alternatives to browsing forums in a mobile browser are everywhere. I personally use the tapatalk app, actually typing this from that app. Makes mobile browsing SO much easier.

Oh yeah. "You da man Shug, your videos are the bee's knees."

[sargevining]

Shall I apologize for my verve?
I like my "You da man Shug!" and "Way to Go Shug".....trivial as it may seem. My goal has always been to Inspire. To get folks to enjoy hammocks and the woods and not get to caught up on perfection. So some times the answers are short.
Don't sweat the small stuff and get out there and practice and test and flourish is my reason to be here.
I read on my Mac not on a mobile. Don't have a mobile.

Shug

You da man, Shug.

[kc0qnx]

I haven't been around these threads for a real long time but I wouldn't change a thing.