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

[Wes Rose]

Thanks Postholer, explanation much appreciated.

For a dirty rotten scoundrel, you seem like a pretty good guy.  That being said,  I think your figures 
may be slightly misstate in regards to the PCT-L traffic.  Also, I suspect that the traffic generated on 
Postholer.com is primarily driven by Journal readers, which, either way, makes no difference to me 
since I believe Postholer.com is a fantastic site offering a real value to the hiking community at large.
Your labor of love in providing it - free of charge to all – is much appreciated.  Thank you.  

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

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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