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What's the Chockstone mood? - PLEASE VOTE 13-Sep-2011 At 11:45:31 AM sbm

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As a new user and generally over-keen bumbly, while Chockstone's a bit hostile, it's not really any worse than a lot of internet forums or your dad's mates down the pub. And I'm not really sure exactly what you hope to acheive as a mod - automatically adding smiley faces to people's posts? Mandatory '/sarcasm' tags? A capital M capital S Mission Statement on cyber-bullying?

Yeah the problem is we don't actually have much to talk about. If you look at say Supertopo you seem to get a steady flow of TR's with pics (where people say "thanks for the post, looks really fun!" and actually discuss the route) and also posts of old articles and pictures where people tell their stories of early ascents and talk about history.

As Australians we do have like to pull people back down to earth and also have an allergy to spray, so doing a TR of that personal achievement you're all chuffed about that you did on the weekend, is putting yourself out there a bit. But I think many people are actually keen to see what others are doing especially if the pics are half decent.