Originally Posted by
Roghead
Scroggs, it seems that you're joining your co-mod Rob and losing the plot.
New blood is not the same as more blood! There is a constant turnover of Ppruners; only a hardy few are in it for the long haul. If the board was restricted to registered users only, there would be a net loss of users. Actually, that's an idea...!
I'm sure that even the less aware amongst you can see that limits must be placed on the coverage remit of each forum, otherwise they lose their focus - which is far more likely to lose us readership than by tightly controlling the subject matter. Yes, it's true that e-Goat, ARRSE and Rum Ration are better places to discuss the minutiae of non-aviation Service life, and that's as it should be. The forums of the BBC, Private Eye and others are the appropriate places to discuss general politics and world affairs. Pprune is for discussing aviation, and Mil Aircrew is for discussing military aviation. Not JPA. Not Saddam Hussain's death. Not housing stock. This isn't an all-things-to-all-people supermarket-stylee talk shop. It's a niche outlet, a specialist forum. Not so specialist, mind, that we pander to the aircrew-only extremists, but specialist enough to have become the forum of choice for serious - and not-so-serious - discussion of military aviation. However, to remain so we must control the noise to signal ratio, and this forum's has been getting out of hand. Inevitably, some will be dischuffed by the re-focussing exercise, and Rob's irrascible style will piss off a few - but it'll amuse more than it upsets!
Hey ho; another teacup tornado in Pprune-land. I'm off to spend all those millions I get from my share of the Pprune advertising bonanza.
Scroggs