Just hit 100 days since getting booted from that hiking forum

I got banned from a popular hiking group last year for arguing about trail etiquette on a crowded weekend. Felt pretty stupid at first, but now I've been out on real trails every weekend since then without posting about it. Not sure I'd go back even if they let me. Anyone else find being banned actually got them doing more of the real thing?

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terry_bailey3523d ago

Got booted from a local birding forum once for pointing out that someone's "rare sighting" was clearly a pigeon with a weird feather (whoops). Being offline forced me to actually learn what I was talking about instead of just bluffing my way through bad takes. Kinda embarrassing honestly, but the trails don't care about your ban status.

janac5922d ago

Oh man, that is a rough lesson to learn but probably a good one. Getting banned for calling out a pigeon as a pigeon sounds like something I would do too, I can't keep my mouth shut about obvious stuff like that. Being forced offline actually helped you get better at birding instead of just guessing, that's kind of ironic. Sometimes getting a reality check like that is what we need to actually improve instead of just pretending we know everything.