by GreenLake » Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:55 pm
There's been a spate of private messages to me recently with detailed questions on various subjects. I love to help out, but unless the question is about moderation or off-topic to the forum or in some way related to me personally, I'd rather see it asked out on the forum.
As a moderator, if you post a question in the wrong area, I can fix it. If you post something inappropriate, I can remove it for you. But if I get a private message, I can't turn it into a post for you - others won't be able to chime in with better answers, and any answer I give won't have a chance to be seen by others who might find it helpful.
Being a moderator gives me no better insight into the Daysailer - in fact, others are far more knowledgeable in many, if not most, aspects of buying, equipping, fixing and sailing a DS.
I'm interested in making this forum a place for detailed discussions which hopefully help not only the person asking at the moment, but also people who just join to read. For most questions there isn't a single "best" answer, so having multiple perspectives is useful.
So, if in doubt, trust the process and post your question as a new topic in whatever subforum looks best for the purpose.
~ green ~ lake ~ ~