Always felt that INGO was my home/base forum

[Audie Murphy]

Alright guys and gals, though I have been on this forum a short time, I feel that INGO is my home/main forum.I maybe a member of 4 other forums but INGO I consider home base.When I need a laugh or info I pop onto INGO. I have met a lot of great people here and I thought that we all shared the same feeling of loyalty.So I was on another forum with a local Indiana section and there was a post asking about what screen names they used on INGO. I was shocked to see some INGO members talk smack about it.
Mods, if this post is improper, please remove it..But here is the link.By the way my screen name on this other forum is CetmeMI.
What's your screen name on INGO? - Page 1 - AR15.COM

 

[Bunnykid68]

Displaced Hoosier seems to be a douche bag. Outside of a Linux forum this is the only one I have been on.

 

[9mmfan]

Well, I won't reply in kind, but it appears anything goes at that sight.

 

[esrice]

INGO isn't for everyone, and that's fine.

What we see most often is the people that talk the most "smack" about INGO still log in and peruse it for the wealth of information that the membership offers. Even some in that thread are participating here on a regular basis.

Others find issue because they received an infraction for a rule they broke and they can't take the chastisement.

Its RARE to find a "hater" that actually leaves the site and never comes back. There have been only a few. I actually have some amount of respect for those folks.

Somewhere it will always be considered "cool" to go against what's popular. And that's fine. If INGO were such a terrible place the numbers would show it.

The Staff here will always strive to bring Indiana Gun Owners the best forum on the web, regardless of the few vocal detractors.

 

[Audie Murphy]

The Staff here will always strive to bring Indiana Gun Owners the best forum on the web, regardless of the few vocal detractors.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Some people have tried to come back here numerous times even without a welcome mat out for them.

 

[esrice]

it appears anything goes at that sight.

I wouldn't be so quick to judge. Just because a few members of another site voiced their opinions doesn't mean that the ARFCOM Admin or Mods hold the same opinion. It doesn't even mean they "allowed" such talk.

This is a problem I see represented in the OP's link. Some will base their dislike on a few INGOers with whom they personally disagree. Others will base their dislike on the Staff, thereby overlooking all the useful content provided by the membership (which is MOST of it).

And besides, what would the internet be without a little drama?

 

[MrYesterday]

You won't find one forum where everyone has good things to say about another. There will always be elitists, and there will always be rivalries.

 

[Davegrave]

GT is still my home/base forum. Such a huge vast membership that the info and humor and variety wins out for me for just casual lounging/guntalk.

But INGO is a close second and I actually know people from here, and NWI has a great group that gets together very frequently for shooting/classes/dinner. And the classifieds are great for keeping local.

I'd hate to lose either forum.

 

[Bunnykid68]

You won't find one forum where everyone has good things to say about another. There will always be elitists, and there will always be rivalries.

But INGO is still the best

 

[indyjohn]

Seems like a lot of butthurts over there...

 

[esrice]

Some people have tried to come back here numerous times even without a welcome mat out for them.

Its a pattern we see very often. It goes like this:

1) Member can't follow established rules.
2) Member gets infraction (old way) or chastised publicly (new way).
3) Member goes out in a blaze of glory, swearing off INGO and taking shots at the Staff.
4) Member is banned.
5) Member sends email to admin telling him how stupid his website is, and that we should let him back in because his banning "wasn't fair".
6) Member tries to register new account and is denied.
7) Member tries to register new account through an anonymous proxy and is denied, again.
8) Member continues to make attempts to access site, while going to another site to vent about how stupid INGO is.

I'm always amazed at how often people try to "sneak back in" to this crappy website.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Seems like a lot of butthurts over there...

We get a lot of that here too.

 

[Audie Murphy]

You got that right Bunny

 

[Bunnykid68]

Its a pattern we see very often. It goes like this:

1) Member can't follow established rules.
2) Member gets infraction (old way) or chastised publicly (new way).
3) Member goes out in a blaze of glory, swearing off INGO and taking shots at the Staff.
4) Member is banned.
5) Member sends email to admin telling him how stupid his website is, and that we should let them back in because his banning "wasn't fair".
6) Member tries to register new account and is denied.
7) Member tries to register new account through an anonymous proxy and is denied, again.
8) Member continues to make attempts to access site, while going to another site to vent about how stupid INGO is.

I'm always amazed at how often people try to "sneak back in" to this crappy website.

This is why I have 8 accounts from different locals, just in case I blow a gasket one day and cannot contain my anger any longer

 

[Scutter01]

This is why I have 8 accounts from different locals, just in case I blow a gasket one day and cannot contain my anger any longer

We know. We know.

 

[MrYesterday]

One thing that keeps me coming back is there are a few people here in Evansville that I've met through the site, and it's nice to have people local I can talk guns with, so my wife won't kill me when I try to talk about them to her lol. I try to stay out of the drama, but I've seen and heard of a lot of bad stories about a few of the forums.

 

[Bunnykid68]

We know. We know.

Yeah right. I have had so many infractions cause people make me mad

 

[Bunnykid68]

One thing that keeps me coming back is there are a few people here in Evansville that I've met through the site, and it's nice to have people local I can talk guns with, so my wife won't kill me when I try to talk about them to her lol. I try to stay out of the drama, but I've seen and heard of a lot of bad stories about a few of the forums.

Thats right we were supposed to have a beer summit if I remember correctly.

 

[kawtech87]

I visited a few forums before I joined INGO, and INGO is the only forum Im a member of. I joined bc it seemed to be laid out the best, I liked the rules that keep it clean, its somtimes really really funny, and Ive found the people here to be more than friendly and respectfull. Even if in an argument with them at the time. Also I knew a few people that were members already that recomended it.

So yeah this is my home forum.