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You betcha! First experience with the Flexicat sanding tools today. Oh boy do these things work great! They do live up to their reputation. I’m amazed at how well they work. They take some getting used to and a lot of muscle to move them but they remov…

The saga of the Flexicat’s have been a long and drawn out drama. I originally ordered the 22″ fairing compound application tool and a 33″ sander in October of last year. Reviews of these tools on the Interwebs rave at their ease of use and effectivenes…

Boatered.com is a web forum I contributed to for many years. I recently received this message from the forums owner:

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Rick, you need to decide whether you are going to post on BoaterEd or on your blog.  We all appreciate your updates on your build progress but just can’t have all the links to your blog – especially when there is advertising on it.  It’s just a precedent that I can’t allow to be set.  I hope you understand.

Les Hall

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My response was:

Hi Les

No I don’t understand. I did, once, when you operated Boatfix and wanted exclusivity on Boatered. I obeyed your commandment. I understood that Boatfix supported by Boatered. Now that Boatfix doesn’t exist (or does it? I can’t find it.) why would it matter that there are ads on my blog? I’m not directly publishing those ads on Boatered. I’m not endorsing any products displayed in those ads on Boatered. Essentially what you’re saying is that you don’t want anyone on Boatered that reads Power Boat Magazine because they have advertising on their pages. There’s at least two degrees of separation from your subscribers and the ads on my blog.

I post updates to my blog on a half dozen forums, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr etc. None of them have such draconian antiquated rules that ‘You’ impose on Boatered. Why would they? They wouldn’t because they’re fully understanding of the fact that their forums thrive on content provided by their subscribers. Not once in 10’s of 1000’s of posts have I ever run into such a request. It’s stupid and moronic and totally out of step with what’s happening in the real world.

You can have your little ‘Totalitarian’ forum. Please delete my thread and every post I have ever made on Boatered.

I’m finished.

Regards

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I posted his message and my reply to my boat building thread on Boatered.

http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=139489

A thread that had generated over 18 pages of posts & comments and over 114,000 page views.

His reaction to my doing so saw the post removed and my account deleted.

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Web forums live and breath by their subscribers and the content posted on their sites. Without content they die a death of irrelevance. I’ve had many great interactions with the forumites on Boatered.com and will miss their comradery. They have no one else to thank but Les Hall for driving yet another contributor away from the forums. Boatered.com is no longer worthy of my contributions or participation. I can only hope that those who have shown me kindness and encouragement in my project will continue to follow me on here. Feel free to leave a comment, I’ll answer them all.

Yours Aye!

Rick

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