I think 40 should just write his own column for one or even both sites.
He posts a lot of interesting and informative things but when 14 of 17 comments are his…..
Also this whole comment process is ridiculous. How can you have a meaningful conversation when it takes hours for things to post? If they ever do. Why even bother?

If SNW and TTAG are trying to discourage POTG from commenting, then it sure seems to be working.

Haz, I just tried to respond to you and guess what? Your comment is awaiting moderation.

That basically explains my comment.

It happens to everyone, Haz. Sometimes the page refreshes when you post and the comment disappears. Occasionally it will say the comment is awaiting moderation. Sometimes Dan will check them and post them. Sometimes he won’t. For no apparent reason we all get the “you’re posting too quickly” thing. It seems like they aren’t putting much effort into growing this site. TTAG is screwy in a different way.

I can only assume you’re joking, .40.

But just in case. SNW needs our patronage to stay in business. Apparently that concept eludes them.

you shop at SNW?

I was at TTAG for more than 10 years. I no longer comment there. I have scaled way back and am on the verge of quiting here also.

How long can a business thrive if it puts barricades up to stop its own customers from shopping there?

“And I’ll be honest…seeing entire pages populated by multiple comments from only a single user isn’t serving as an invitation to jump into a “fun” group convo.”

Word.

What part of that is .40 unable to understand? Or is he unable or unwilling to understand it???

*Grrrrrrr*…

I have a feeling a lot of people try to post at times but that ‘ghost post’ or moderation thing gets them and they don’t try again. I know several people who have told me that quit trying to post here because of the ‘ghost post’ thing and their posts never appeared. I just keep at it and get them to post with changes when that happens. I know Dan goes through the moderation posts and passes them so they post, but there is also this thing where it says it went to moderation and it seems it didn’t really so its just gone. Then there is this weird occasional thing I encounter where I post, it goes to moderation and shows up finally then vanishes then a few days later its back. Then there is this weird moderation thing where a post goes to moderation but if I post the same exact thing afterwards in a new post it does not go to moderation and shows up fine then the original post that went to moderation shows up resulting in a double post of the same thing.

TTAG used to have a very robust and entertaining comments section years ago that was absolutely ruined by WordPress shortly before Dan sold and started SNW. Unfortunately, the platform here is plagued by the same problems and has stifled interest. Most of the individuals who participated in that site’s “good old days” and got tired of the issues (that were never addressed, and have since been completely ignored by the new owners) and followed Dan to SNW here are now silent…if not absent and gone entirely.

I myself have gone from visiting TTAG every day for several years running, to scaling back due to the modding, to following Dan to SNW and visiting every day, and now just tired of the same issues and sometimes skipping an entire week at a time. I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel, or much interest from a wider group of people to participate in the comments (which is just as much a reason for me to visit as the actual articles). And I’ll be honest…seeing entire pages populated by multiple comments from only a single user isn’t serving as an invitation to jump into a “fun” group convo.

Anyhoo…I’ll probably still come by from time to time to read an article or two, and maybe drop a comment if the site will allow it. But the glory days of TTAG/SNW are gone and I just don’t see any energy being spent to bring it back. It was fun while it lasted.

Geoff PR
jwm
Tom from Oregon
Miner49er
Vlad
PG
Debbie W
uncommon_sense
Ranger Rick
Vyrus
Gadsden Flag
former water walker
Southern Cross
etc