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I think OTW did address the issue, but they did so on their own terms and their own way. I think that publishing the Phantom Beach shows a great deal of creative responsiveness.
Over on another website there was a long thread about the web being an altogether better resource than traditional print. Personally, I think that's an oversimplification. Internet threads are a superb resource, but not the end-all-be-all. Moreover, the information within is often not well organized or is peppered with a lot of information that is simply wrong. In short, the Internet could use a good editor.
In OTW the publisher referenced the fact that because criticism from the message boards came from anonymous sources, it held no value. That's an oversimplification also. Web Forums, though too often over-the-top, are undeniably an excellent barometer of public opinion, and of important trends within the sportfishing community.
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