Quote Originally Posted by Travs View Post
John i think just about all your points are very good in the post above.

However when i joined the forum, i was impressed by the layout... i think it's fairly simple and navigable... not sure how much more you can simplify General/Races/Training/Equipment/Other Races/Off Topic/etc.... there's even a sub-heading for Beginners. That all seemed very helpful to me at the time.
Travs I think that possibly one of the biggest problems is that so many of todays threads go off topic and often the newer posts have little relevance to the thread title.

Quote Originally Posted by Wheeze View Post
Interesting thoughts about "no politics, no religion ". Those items have bruised us and turned people off the forum. And yet I have greatly valued being able to have debates about non fell running topics with like minded folk. I would never post thoughts about such subjects on an open platform like Facebook. But being able to chat and test positions within a closed group has been of value to me. However, the great repository of experience and advice about fell running is perhaps to valuable to risk on the face of the acrimony that such debates can engender. Thoughtful moderation would be key to managing this. Buts it's a thankless task. Who would want to do it? I salute those who do, and have stood on this barricade.
Wheeze I feel keeping a Forum true to it`s cause is key to it`s long term survival, for my part if I want to debate an alternative subject with like minded folk then I seek them out where you would expect to find them e.g. Religion then a church or religious forum/website is where I would head for.

You are right the grass roots of this forum are too valuable to be put at risk.