Yeah, Mac 11700 has it pretty much nailed down, too many trolls posting ridiculous crap combined with the corporate mindset about lawsuit fears and an apparent unwillingness to pay for moderators. No matter that some would have wilingly done the task for free, it would constitute a job under any type of employment guidelines, and if Marlin/NEF didn't want to pay for that work, there is nothing that could have compelled them to do so.
I think they lost. It would be interesting to know just what kind of influence that board had on their sales, I'm sure that many were sold because of the responses some got on that board to their questions, but we didn't hide our feelings about the rifles shortcomings either.
All in all, I do think our site here at graybeards is better, while I occasionally miss a few of the outragous posts that one player made, it is nice not to have to wade through half a page of nonsense every evening, just to enjoy passing some time with a few online friends. Glad you made it here oktx, enjoy your stay.
