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07-30-2012, 02:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Is Facebook destroying sites like this?
I am getting a feeling that Facebook has hurt fishing sites like SB (and others). It seems the number of good posts seems to be dropping. Is it me or is it just summer?
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07-30-2012, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
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Its summer time.
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07-30-2012, 04:06 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Skippy, Larry post about 30 times a day over there. I have been trying to unsubscribe and can't figure out how to.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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07-30-2012, 04:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
Posts: 3,436
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
Skippy, Larry post about 30 times a day over there. I have been trying to unsubscribe and can't figure out how to.
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You have to go into settings and diable email notifications, or if you look on the bottom of the notification you get there should be a unsubscribe link.
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07-30-2012, 04:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
Posts: 3,343
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Larrys posts make me laugh ! Much better than the usual "whoa is me " whiners.
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Does your incessant whining make you feel better? How about you just shut the hell up and suck it up? It's a fishing forum , so please just stop.
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07-30-2012, 04:54 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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 I didn't know this site was destroyed
maybe i should join this facebook site you speak of to see what I'm missing
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07-30-2012, 05:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
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The good thing with FB you can choose who to be friends with and who not.
My opinion, this site has run it's course !
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LETS GO BRANDON
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07-30-2012, 06:19 PM
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
Posts: 3,343
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The internet has ruined the internet. The Mayan calender prediction is coming to life.
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07-30-2012, 06:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tysdad115
The internet has ruined the internet. The Mayan calender prediction is coming to life.
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Is that why fishing has been great this year, because it will all end in december? Damn i better sell all my gear asap and buy twinkies.
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07-30-2012, 07:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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Sorry Skip. The Twinkies are all gone, but I'll sell you some.
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07-30-2012, 08:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBo
Sorry Skip. The Twinkies are all gone, but I'll sell you some.
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Your garage was my first stop.
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07-30-2012, 10:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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07-31-2012, 05:51 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
I am getting a feeling that Facebook has hurt fishing sites like SB (and others). It seems the number of good posts seems to be dropping. Is it me or is it just summer?
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It is hurting a bit plus a little bit of summer plus people's lives change. But I have a few things in mind  I'm working on.
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Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie
The good thing with FB you can choose who to be friends with and who not.
My opinion, this site has run it's course !
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Not necessarily Ron, new phase likely coming soon  - And just because you have changed doesn't mean the same as for others.
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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07-31-2012, 06:00 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i like the sound of that JOHN
i have Faith in you- always have
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07-31-2012, 06:41 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
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John if there is anything i can do to assist please let me know.
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07-31-2012, 06:49 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Thanks gents 
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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07-31-2012, 07:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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Skippy will work for Twinkies. 
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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07-31-2012, 07:15 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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I have to confess that after 40+ years, my interest in fishing is at an all-time low, but I still breeze through here once or twice a day.
Despite the great run of fish in the Canal so far this year, I still think the bass are in trouble, and I'm giving them a break. And working on improving myself, health-wise.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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07-31-2012, 09:19 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBo
Skippy will work for Twinkies. 
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Bob you know me all to well.
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07-31-2012, 09:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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Like minds. Like appetites. 
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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07-31-2012, 09:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
Posts: 3,343
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBo
Like minds. Like appetites. 
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Does your incessant whining make you feel better? How about you just shut the hell up and suck it up? It's a fishing forum , so please just stop.
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07-31-2012, 11:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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Facebook is just another means of "dumbing-down" the population, plain and simple.
People tend to refer to Facebook like it's a "place" to go to to meet people, when it is more like a black hole that removes you from society.
Those that spend most of their time online doing things other than work are literally losing their intelligence. Knowlegde and social skills are being replaced with "inst-facts" and online friends, which removes you from what makes you intelligent......the ACT of learning!
I REFUSE to join Facebook or any online gathering site because it removes me from actually going out to meet people, removes moral barriers (people say whatever they want thinking that no one else will know what they said.) and in my view, turns people into self-described cyber kings!
No, Facebook may not be destroying this site, but it's creating a generation of cyber-morons that won't have a clue about fishing or boating, which will start the ball rolling.
Thankfully there are plenty of intelligent people that still favor this site (as well as others) with their input and contributions.
Think about how many times you hear , or have heard younger people say "How did you do that?" while doing something you learned about fishing as a kid?
OK, the soapbox is free now!
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07-31-2012, 12:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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never gonna see me on Face book.. my space or any other clown social media site..I get all the enterrainment and news about things that matter here and I even have made a few friends to boot..
F.B.s just another fad that will fade in time...
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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07-31-2012, 12:09 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
Posts: 2,251
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockfish9
F.B.s just another fad that will fade in time...
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Wall St. Thinks it already has......
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07-31-2012, 04:10 PM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
Posts: 3,781
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the fact that people like Joe are not on facebook just speaks volumes for why it will never destroy sites like this..
If you are new in the fishing game and are looking to learn and aren't on these forums you are really doing yourself a disservice.
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07-31-2012, 05:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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My OLDER brother is on Facebook, and when he's talking with mutual friends on the phone he'll say things like "Oh, Tim's not on Facebook" like it's some "special" club with exclusive membership perks.
I then correct him and say "I don't have Facebook, I have Phonebook, so I can CALL MY FRIENDS instead of sharing every worthless piece of drivel from my daily life online!!!
That usually shuts him up!
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07-31-2012, 06:46 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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I still love it here! Its still great! However F-B allows me to rant un-edited and only include those I choose to include.....and if I have a problem with you....buh-bye!! 
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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07-31-2012, 07:02 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,463
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Im pretty sure this site started going downhill the moment I joined.
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07-31-2012, 07:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,737
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
Im pretty sure this site started going downhill the moment I joined.
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And it gets worse every time you post.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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07-31-2012, 07:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,463
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
And it gets worse every time you post.
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Yea, how does it feel to be an accelerant?
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