Petition to bring back post reactions

shooter89 said:
I remember a quarrel of sorts in the main comments and a new guy didn’t like the reactions too his post I know I’m knew but ima a go with the flow guy so I did “haha” a few of his post but jeeezzz man lol
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Imma go with…you have no idea what you’re talking about. 😉
 
yard mongrel said:
Are there really people out there that see an ad and think "Hot damn, I could really see myself enjoying that, but first let me scroll down to the reactions to see what the rest of this lot of malcontents thinks" ?
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Probably. There’s nothing really off limits anymore.

My perception of those was that if I liked the item being sold, it had a good price, and was close to me then it got a thumbs up.

If it didn’t meet those criteria then I moved on.

But again, I believe responses are better than reactions.
 
The non paying BST only … insert appropriate term … are not a benefit to this forum.
 
A bunch of you are way too high strung and apparently have too much time on your hands. Once in awhile throwing a laughing emoji on something for sale is ok but if you are actively searching the BST adds just so you can do this then you might be a jackbutt.
And to those who are getting all bent outta shape seeing a laughing emoji on your BST add. Try and grow a pair and ignore it. Maybe that guy who did that is a jerk or maybe your stippled gen 3 G-19 isn’t worth $900. That’s for you to decide.
This is the members fault for not knowing how to act and not the mods fault. With all their therapy sessions and the testosterone blockers they don’t have time left in the day to keep track of all of you mangy mutts. 🤣
 
Emojis in the BST was, for me, a good thing.
Example: I'd be drunk scrolling, see something that interested me (I'm an impulse buyer) just as I was about to PM "I'll take it" I'd notice the 🤣 emoji which would cause me to do a little research which usually saved me $$$ , embarrassment, ridicule or all three.
 
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shooter89 said:
That 😉 is what got him BigWaylon lol 😂… could be wrong but 🤷‍♂️
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I’m not even sure what your reply means. But if you want to keep looking for that one individual/reaction that triggered (pun intended) the change, go for it…knowing it’s a complete waste if your time.
 
Ftr there wasn’t one instance or one individual that lead to this.

It was a group of people and a ton of instances. We talked it over and decided we were tired of dealing with it.
 
Chdamn said:
We use to have an open discussion BST. The rules were simple and few. Don’t be an ass and don’t stomp other people’s ads.

Some people couldn’t handle that. They just had to be asses and stomp other people’s ads.

So our choice was ban a whole bunch of grown men who couldn’t act like grown men or remove comments.

Then these same infants decided instead they would “weaponize” emojis to bully BST ads they didn’t agree with for one reason or another.

So now that’s gone.

I mean grown men could just ignore BST ads they disagree with and grown men could ignore emojis posted on their ads.

But they can’t. They physically cannot. I’m not sure why…yet here we are.

I miss the banter in the BST when it wasn’t antagonizing but we can never go back I’m afraid.

Carolina Firearms Forum. Where common sense is an uncommon virtue.

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, 16 March 1945.…..probably.
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That old banter was a comedic gold mine. Watching folks who can engage without crossing into flagrant bashing was a neat thing to see.

I think we lost a bit of vibrancy when it got whacked. Maybe because I'm part asshole on my father's side.

DuncanLempRIP said:
I love this forum... It's my kinda place...
Just trolling around the Buy/Sells
Puts a big 🤣 on my face
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👏 Call it ''Ode to the emoji''.

If you love your place consider tossing it a $20 and become a supporting member.

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They had to cut the emojis because we can no longer afford them. If enough remoras start contributing 💵 maybe they will bring the emojis back.🤔
 
I sometimes added comments to posts but only if I had any positive input because I had that item at one point. But that was just me.
 
Sooooo....lets see......

Folks misbehave in BST with commentary and attendant unnecessary bumps, replys get locked.

Folks misbehave BST with emoji's and attendant sore-buttox complaints, emoji's get locked.

I think the fix is to eliminate BST. The forum is "More than a Classified..." after all.....

That settles it....send award checks and donations to my GoFundMe! :) (can still do emoji's in a thread, right?????)
 
BigWaylon said:
I’m not even sure what your reply means. But if you want to keep looking for that one individual/reaction that triggered (pun intended) the change, go for it…knowing it’s a complete waste if your time.
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I said I had a idea of who it was a pretty strong idea matter fact but like you said I could be wrong but it weird that when this discussion happened in the chat box some laughing/mad faces were exchanged and the very next moment the emoji buttons are gone could be just happen stance but highly possible 🤷‍♂️
 
Majicmike said:
We all like to think our opinions count but they really don’t.
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So, when you told me that you couldn’t possibly think any less of me than you already did, because I test drove a Subaru, I can ignore that? Right? 😀

There were no commas,,,,,,, anyway,,,,,,, so I figure your account got hacked.
 
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shooter89 said:
I said I had a idea of who it was a pretty strong idea matter fact but like you said I could be wrong but it weird that when this discussion happened in the chat box some laughing/mad faces were exchanged and the very next moment the emoji buttons are gone could be just happen stance but highly possible 🤷‍♂️
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As Chad said…there was no current member/issue/report/etc that caused it.

Anything you see/saw is just coincidence.
 
Wonder if the same people would walk up to someone at a gun show, point and laugh and just walk away? Maybe we need to remember to behave on here like we would in person?
 
Mathieu18 said:
Wonder if the same people would walk up to someone at a gun show, point and laugh and just walk away? Maybe we need to remember to behave on here like we would in person?
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I do quite enjoy harrassing people at shows who ask absurd prices for things. I think most of us have encountered a "thousand dollar mosin" guy at least once. My favorite was an older gentleman who was asking $3500 for a sporterized springfield in a commercial synthetic stock that had been poorly tapped and fitted with an old Tasco TV scope. He said it was a "sniper rifle" as configured, and when I offered him fair market value for his absolutely ruined rifle he accused me of not knowing anything about guns, and then showed me a printed out screenshot of a James D Julia auction listing for an original M1903 USMC sniper rifle that went for around what he was asking several years prior. I laughed in his face and walked away, but as I was leaving he called me a "f*****g prick". For the remainder of the show I would sneak by and place water bottles on his table when he wasn't looking. I think by the end of the day I had snuck at least a dozen onto his table. I overheard him complaining to someone about it later on and was extremely amused. Never saw him at another show.
 
^The same people on Facebook who complained about the wittle emoji on their wittle gun.

That being said, in all seriousness, sometimes I would see a cool gun and then notice 15 laugh reacts on it. Then I would go to the thread where inevitably people were talking about what was wrong with it.
 
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Mathieu18 said:
Wonder if the same people would walk up to someone at a gun show, point and laugh and just walk away? Maybe we need to remember to behave on here like we would in person?
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If you're selling Beanie Babies or endlessly zapping a Chinese stun gun? Absolutely.
 
Mathieu18 said:
Wonder if the same people would walk up to someone at a gun show, point and laugh and just walk away? Maybe we need to remember to behave on here like we would in person?
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I remember one of the sayings on the old forum. Something like : Talk to each other like you were both sitting across from each other at the table both heavily armed. ;)
 
BigWaylon said:
As Chad said…there was no current member/issue/report/etc that caused it.

Anything you see/saw is just coincidence.
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It sounds like the title for "the reason we removed emojis in any post" is still up for grabs. We can't let it go to "no event in particular" again!
 
some_kid6 said:
It sounds like the title for "the reason we removed emojis in any post" is still up for grabs. We can't let it go to "no event in particular" again!
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Just pin it on me if you need a scapegoat. I can handle it. 😎
 
Mathieu18 said:
Wonder if the same people would walk up to someone at a gun show, point and laugh and just walk away? Maybe we need to remember to behave on here like we would in person?
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I have walked up to a vendor at a gun show and asked a price, responded "for real? good luck!" laughed and walked away.... so I don't think those sorts of codes of conduct work.

Nice try, though :)
 
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