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[a49deere]

Is it just me, or does it seem that a lot of the post on this forum recently don't seem to be "related to tractors and farming" Let the hate post begin!!

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Is it just me, or does it seem that a lot of the post on this forum recently don't seem to be "related to tractors and farming" Let the hate post begin!!

It's always been that way, far as I can recall.

I also recall a ton more traffic. A question asked in the morning would be on pg 3 by evening, no matter the subject. Now some of these boards should be checked for a pulse.

Mike

 

[a49deere]

It's always been that way, far as I can recall.

I also recall a ton more traffic. A question asked in the morning would be on pg 3 by evening, no matter the subject. Now some of these boards should be checked for a pulse.

Mike

Maybe because folks come here to talk tractor and have to filter through all the fluff!!

 

[stoughtonfarmboy]

If I knew how to link to a video on Facebook I could show me as the engineer on a barrel train pulled by garden tractor. It was at the 2026 Fall Festival at the Adams County Wisconsin fairgrounds. Sponsored by the Old Farmers Antique Club.

Ken

 

[Rich'sToys]

Is it just me, or does it seem that a lot of the post on this forum recently don't seem to be "related to tractors and farming" Let the hate post begin!!

Some days that certainly seems to be the case. Those items should be posted in Tales. The ones that aren't, the moderator should move them there.

 

[showcrop]

You could try running for official "topic Nazi"

 

[RJKeith]

Is it just me, or does it seem that a lot of the post on this forum recently don't seem to be "related to tractors and farming" Let the hate post begin!!

"Related" is a somewhat subjective term that can be stretched indefinately.

 

[miangus]

It's got a little better since they moved the Talers forum near the top several years ago. Some of us with more feeble memories need to be reminded we are not on the Talers forum.

 

[a49deere]

You could trey running for official "topic Nazi"

That didn't take long!! Or maybe grammar nazi?

 

[moresmoke]

Aside from the fact that there are fewer people playing with old tractors, there are many more online forums to choose from. Also, some of the regulars here have been run off by the grumpy SOBs that feel the need to pick on others. Some of the grumpy SOBs have also been run off.

Beyond all of that it is just that time of year when most of the farm work is done, and people turn to other projects, ideas and interests. But mostly, many of the long time members have seriously slowed down and are doing less and some are just surviving in old age. There is not nearly enough new member traffic to keep the sight as lively as it once was.

Myself as an example, was once an avid antique puller, while not officially old yet, the tractors have taken a back seat to other interests and obligations. Daughter is a senior this year and have been trying to spend more time with her activities before she flies the nest next fall. Meanwhile I have been doing a lot of outdoor work involving tractors, the 2 primary ones I use now, were built in this century, not the 1900’s.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Is it just me, or does it seem that a lot of the post on this forum recently don't seem to be "related to tractors and farming" Let the hate post begin!!

I don't know about you, but I miss the orderly way posts used to be presented. gm

 

[rrlund]

Fewer posts period. Too many members have left and to tell the truth, a lot of the ones on Tales are folks I just don't want to discuss anything with.

 

[Rich'sToys]

Fewer posts period. Too many members have left and to tell the truth, a lot of the ones on Tales are folks I just don't want to discuss anything with.

I ignore a lot of the posts there also, but still--it is the place where off topic posts belong.

 

[a49deere]

Don't get me wrong! I enjoy most of the post, but I wish the ones that have nothing to do with farming or related would post in the right forums! JM2C

 

[rrlund]

Don't get me wrong! I enjoy most of the post, but I wish the ones that have nothing to do with farming or related would post in the right forums! JM2C

Some of us don't go to the other forum. I don't have any use for it. That's where the ones who drove everybody else away still hang out.

 

[showcrop]

I don't know about you, but I miss the orderly way posts used to be presented. gm

Maybe you could explain how one recognizes a post that is presented in an orderly way. I haven't a clue.

 

[spacechem]

I'm pretty well convinced that most members don't actually farm for a living- at least not anymore. Seems populated mostly by retirees, wannabes, 'Sharecroppers' (they scatter seed and, if they're lucky, the deer and raccoons will 'share' some with them) and hobbyists (hence the large number of Ford-related posts). Nothing wrong with that but if you want to read more strictly modern production agriculture-related discussion, head on over to New AgTalk and leave us old farts to our reminiscences and 'Country Living' issues.

 

[Brown David]

Don't get me wrong! I enjoy most of the post, but I wish the ones that have nothing to do with farming or related would post in the right forums! JM2C

Most oldtime posters here are too pigheaded to post anywhere but in the one particular forum they like instead of posting in the appropriate forum for the topic at hand.

 

[rrlund]

Most oldtime posters here are too pigheaded to post anywhere but in the one particular forum they like instead of posting in the appropriate forum for the topic at hand.

There's Facebook and there's Instagram. Just because some of the same people are on both doesn't mean they're the same thing. Just because you post on one forum doesn't mean you have to go to the other. Let the ones who want to know what everybody had for breakfast stay over there.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Maybe you could explain how one recognizes a post that is presented in an orderly way. I haven't a clue.

In prior times posts were posted as they came in. They did NOT pop right back to the head of the line every time they got a response. gm