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Mods feel free to close this immediately 
I know that the thread on death of a message board was closed but one of the points raised was repeat posting and the poor quality of some threads. As a very very long time member of the Vine, this was a point raised about GYO (and other garden mags) way back when I could only type with one finger and my tongue hanging out the side of my mouth.
It's bound to happen, veg growing is a seasonal thing, there are a limited number of veggies that most people grow, and although there are always some new fangled ideas and equipment, people need to understand the basic principles and techniques before venturing into the realms of the Medwyns etc. I only buy the magazine ocassionally now, but am still a frequent visitor to the Vine. There are a lot of posts that I ignore - don't have chooks cos my dog would kill them all in 10 secs flat, so I don't read the Rule the Roost. I do use the general search button a lot to filter stuff (especially if I haven't been on for a while)
As to the quality of posts, there are a lot more general chat type posts than there used to be but what's the problem with that - nobody forces anyone to read them just as no-one forces anyone to reply or even to join.
As I said, I've been here since almost the very beginning of this forum, and I still find it useful, informative, good fun and very friendly, even after almost 4 years.
There, a grumpy old man has had his say so now you can lock it up and throw away the key
I know that the thread on death of a message board was closed but one of the points raised was repeat posting and the poor quality of some threads. As a very very long time member of the Vine, this was a point raised about GYO (and other garden mags) way back when I could only type with one finger and my tongue hanging out the side of my mouth.
It's bound to happen, veg growing is a seasonal thing, there are a limited number of veggies that most people grow, and although there are always some new fangled ideas and equipment, people need to understand the basic principles and techniques before venturing into the realms of the Medwyns etc. I only buy the magazine ocassionally now, but am still a frequent visitor to the Vine. There are a lot of posts that I ignore - don't have chooks cos my dog would kill them all in 10 secs flat, so I don't read the Rule the Roost. I do use the general search button a lot to filter stuff (especially if I haven't been on for a while)
As to the quality of posts, there are a lot more general chat type posts than there used to be but what's the problem with that - nobody forces anyone to read them just as no-one forces anyone to reply or even to join.
As I said, I've been here since almost the very beginning of this forum, and I still find it useful, informative, good fun and very friendly, even after almost 4 years.
There, a grumpy old man has had his say so now you can lock it up and throw away the key
. Also can be annoying (well it is to be honest) when people keep asking the same questions several times a day (maybe the search function needs highlighting more on the home page ?) and if I've answered it once I can't always be bothered the second time but hopefully somebody else will instead. Not been on much for the past couple of days and am a bit shocked that a couple of people have come on all guns blazing and got themselves banned but hey hoe and all that.
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