[pct-l] PCT-L now in forum format

[John Casterline]

I have to agree.


On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Jim & Jane Moody <moodyjj at comcast.net>wrote:

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> >I will not allow Ned or anyone else to encourage the
> >average hiker to enter terrain that even Ned and his group bailed on,
> >especially using postholer.com resources. It's plainly irresponsible.
>
>
> The genuinely irresponsible action is censoring an opinion that is
> supported by year s of wilderness experience and training.  Agree or
> disagree, fine.  Argue your position and support with facts, anecdotes,
> weather maps, whatever.  But to censor a poster with Ned's experience
> because you disagree strikes me as the height of Narcissism.  I thought the
> web was about the free exchange of ideas.  Guess I was wrong.
>
> Mango
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "PCT List" <pctlist at gmail.com>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 11:41:35 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] PCT-L now in forum format
>
> My best guess is the PCT-L is actively read (not subscribed) by about
> 300 people a day. By contrast, the postholer site has thousands of
> unique visitors daily logging many, many thousands of page views (not
> hits) daily. You, the good folks of the PCT-L community dispensing
> fantastic advice, have been introduced to a another community who is
> unaware of your existence.
>
> We can bicker about our little fiefdoms all day long. At the end of
> the day it's about creating awareness of the PCT, period. This is
> another means of doing just that and it's a good one. Not only do the
> 2 unique entities still retain their identity, they loosely combine
> for a larger presence. No fragmentation here, quite the opposite.
>
> Wes, I sincerely appreciate your comments. As a webmaster the 'smart'
> play would have been the path of objectivity. As a commercial venture
> that would have been my play. As a human and a hiker, subjectivity was
> the only path. I will not allow Ned or anyone else to encourage the
> average hiker to enter terrain that even Ned and his group bailed on,
> especially using postholer.com resources. It's plainly irresponsible.
>
> -postholer
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