Banning a member

[riptides]

All of this talk about making someone go away got me to thinking about the ones who have gone away.
Members slip away all the time and mostly go unnoticed.
Death or physically unable to continue will come to all.
A lot of the ones I interacted with when I first came to the forum are gone
New people have taken their place and one day hopefully they will wonder what ever happened to that one guy.

The forum owner graciously remembers them by editing their profile.

 

[JJT]

I vote it's time to shut this poll down.

 

[lilranch2001]

I don't know... who is the worst instigator ?

I think we all know……

 

[paulsharvey]

All of this talk about making someone go away got me to thinking about the ones who have gone away.
Members slip away all the time and mostly go unnoticed.
Death or physically unable to continue will come to all.
A lot of the ones I interacted with when I first came to the forum are gone
New people have taken their place and one day hopefully they will wonder what ever happened to that one guy.

I was going through some Old posts, probably 11-12 years old, when I bought my old L285; and remembered a guy named 'Soundguy' who has extremely active for years and dropped off the face of the earth; don't know if he quit, died, changed his name or what

 

[lman]

I was going through some Old posts, probably 11-12 years old, when I bought my old L285; and remembered a guy named 'Soundguy' who has extremely active for years and dropped off the face of the earth; don't know if he quit, died, changed his name or what

Maybe he actually found something more constructive to spend his time at after he got his tractor fixed.

 

[tacticalturnip]

All of this talk about making someone go away got me to thinking about the ones who have gone away.
Members slip away all the time and mostly go unnoticed.
Death or physically unable to continue will come to all.
A lot of the ones I interacted with when I first came to the forum are gone
New people have taken their place and one day hopefully they will wonder what ever happened to that one guy.

Unfortunately it's a part of forum life; I've been frequenting message boards since 2000, when I joined a message board for a computer game and I've seen so many good friends just disappear. Sometimes you find out why, but often you don't.

That said, between here, GTT, and MTF I've seen a lot of folks pass, and often it seems someone comes around to fill us in. That is always appreciated, and I think it speaks to how close these communities are.

 

[lilranch2001]

I don’t remember the old guy out, in Arizona that lived by himself, I think his sister came on and said that he passed

 

[YanmarFever]

Sound Guy is alive and well and lives in Florida, Im sure he found other interests besides TBN.

 

[gstrom99]

I was going through some Old posts, probably 11-12 years old, when I bought my old L285; and remembered a guy named 'Soundguy' who has extremely active for years and dropped off the face of the earth; don't know if he quit, died, changed his name or what

?

He was last seen on TBN 10/20/2020

Soundguy

www.tractorbynet.com

 

[dstig1]

The reality of most forums is that people come and go for a million reasons. Probably the biggest one for long term posters being that they got bored with the same stuff over and over and just drifted away. I think you would find that the number of users that were banned (other than the obvious spammer accounts) is quite tiny. Some pass away, for sure, given the general demographic here and we hear about some of them, but I think you would find that most who go, do so of their own volition.

 

[ultrarunner]

Bird is the member that welcomed me so many years ago...

It's been awhile since his last activity.

[IMG alt="Bird"]https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/data/avatars/m/0/6.jpg?1614405151[/IMG]

Bird​

Epic Contributor · From Corinth, Texas
Joined Mar 20, 2000
Last seen Sep 21, 2023

 

[Alan W.]

Bird is the member that welcomed me so many years ago...

It's been awhile since his last activity.

[IMG alt="Bird"]https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/data/avatars/m/0/6.jpg?1614405151[/IMG]

Bird​

Epic Contributor · From Corinth, Texas
Joined Mar 20, 2000
Last seen Sep 21, 2023

Bird is one of the ones I can remember when I first came on.

 

[JJT]

Lots of good advice from Bird.

 

[jyoutz]

I remember Bird being the most prolific poster and helpful member.

 

[lilranch2001]

2019 was when the last state (Montana) quit requiring blood tests for marriage

 

[ultrarunner]

Had no idea... no test required to get married... explains a lot.

 

[paulsharvey]

2019 was when the last state (Montana) quit requiring blood tests for marriage

If two guys can get married, why can't some 2nd cousins?

 

[lilranch2001]

It would surprise me if those laws haven’t been removed as well, but I haven’t googled it so I don’t know

 

[Yander]

I was going through some Old posts, probably 11-12 years old, when I bought my old L285; and remembered a guy named 'Soundguy' who has extremely active for years and dropped off the face of the earth; don't know if he quit, died, changed his name or what

I was on here about 9 years ago under a different name and then sold my tractor and didn't log on for years and forgot my password and finally just created a new account. I remember Soundguy and a guy named TripleR and a few others that I do not see any longer.

 

[lilranch2001]

And “ Jim” from MO. He was into electronics and radio, and did Medicare insurance.

Can’t remember his TBN NAME, but I always watched for his posts, very informative!

And had a kioti

Just found his name, k0ua