What's a brother to do...

[Shagaroo]

Can't we all just get along and remain on topic in appropriate places. Also, its just the internet so don't take it too seriously.

I have been running, moderating and using forums for over 10 years now. In 99% of the cases I would fully agree that it's just the internet and to not take it seriously. However, in the case of cigar forums, that could not be any further from accurate.

People put a lot on the line in cigar forums. Trades, passes, bombing runs, etc. You can do a search for Bad Trader lists and Cigar Thiefs and such and see how "real" it is. If we were all smoking swisher sweets it would be different. Some folks have lost every cigar they had and were not in a position to replace them simply because they were trying to be generous BOTLs. People have been taken many times, and will be many more times, participating on cigar forums and some folks don't like seeing their fellow BOTLs getting shafted. We take it personally because we look out for each other because we tend to develop real world friendships.

Scotty here is a good example. He screwed over his own brother-in-law in a pass and then fucked over an entire message forum just so he could be a moderator on a low-class forum that is now dead because of his actions.

What people fail to realize is, this shit wouldn't be happening in no one gave a fuck about this community. People are being taken to task because some of us like this forum and want to see it achieve success much like other cigar forums. But they are few and far between because of scumbags running them down.