Whats the Theory of the PM
 

I can understand trying to keep secrets BUT whats the point of posting in a thread.....sent you a pm for some secret spots....or....pm me if you want to know more. Anyone reading the thread that wants to know will then PM you so whats accomplished?.......might as well have just posted it for all to read.
Dont post anything and just pm that person, so it stays relatively secret

lemme send you a PM...but remember...it's top secret!!! Don't tell anybody you got it or who it was from!! :scared0018:

maybe I like only 1 person who is posting on my thread and I only want to give said advice to a select few.

idk interesting to see what will be said on this one

Then why not send that person a pm without posting for the whole membership you have the answer. What do you reply to the people you dont like when they pm you?..........lol

Because members have reputations on here, so for the most part, the offering members know who will not abuse the information. Also, for every active member on this site, there are hundreds (maybe thousands) who can see the published threads. Shows up in google searches etc. But non-members cannot PM... Publishing secrets to the world is a good way to destroy a good spot. Not everyone has the respect for our resources like most members on here do. Helping out a true fellow outdoorsman in a PM is the better way of going about it. :)

understood......so why post....PM sent...or PM me?........youve just told the world you know the answer and they will PM you......what do you reply to their PM's?..........oh i forgot....or.....sorry i cant tell you.....or....your not in the cool club.......

i dont like pm i will continue to post my fishing reports about hermitage on this forum i have received several pm asking to stop i wont give away my honey holes but well known spots i will post reports pming me asking me to stop only makes me want to do it more just saying

If they know who will and who wont abuse the info why not just send the info to the people you figure won't abuse it and save the rest of us the rejection

I like the PM feature for buy sell as I get emails that I have a private message and I don't need to log in and check every hour if there was a question.

How else can we talk about you behind your back? Its way better in a PM....

LC

Personally, I'd think it would make a lot of sense in the "Buy and Sell" section, to allow ONLY PM's, and no thread replies or responses. Too many people ridiculing with posts in public on those threads about price etc. Buy and Sell is no place for public scrutiny. IMO...

I get your point chub, and really it makes no sense other than to blow your own horn when posting "PM sent" or "I'll PM you the bestest mostest wonderfullestest trophy honey hole in the wholest widestest world" Maybe it's to rack up more posts...maybe its to bump the post..who knows...:thinking-006:

to boost your post count!!!!!!!!


nice pics, thanks for posting!:)

pm's boost your post count?

no. but replying in a thread to say you sent a pm does.......
and so does this!!
+1

no the post stating "PM SENT" boosts post count

Great explaination.....thanks for sharing

this could turn into "who's on first"

For myself, I appreciate when someone says pm sent in one of my threads. I only have access via my Iphone a lot, and the notification does not show up on there most of the time, so then at least I know, and go looking for it.

Everyone send HorseTrader a PM...he has a secret

PM sent
:sHa_shakeshout:

ditto
X3

anyone else notice that our post counts aren't counting..? errrr.....wait a minute....what?

mine are! at 327 before this one.... It's a secret. PM sent!

Rocky has deleted thousands of my posts....i stopped counting

i'm convinced cabelas is paying everyone $1 every time they mention cabelas on this site......

Only secret I got is I don't answer PM'S cause i got nothing to hide

Its like, what came first the chicken or the egg? Well your wrong its the Rooster.

+1 Post count:sign0161:

I think some people just want others to know that they have secret honey holes, so then they will think "Oohhh so-and-so must be such a good fisherman, they've got secret honey-holes that they only share with their friends!" Then they get a good ego-stroking when new people PM them asking to share their secrets.


I've got some 'skunk-holes', PM me for them, I'll share, honest.

purely to irritate those who think they know everything about everything

hahahhhahahahahahh....i dont think the membership stops laughing long enough to be irritated......unless Pike are gaurding their nests again:scared0018: