Observation: the comment section on Tyler's new blog is unbearable. 

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 08/17/2016 at 19:34 • Filed to: None

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Foxtrot Alpha used to have such great comments, but The Warzone’s comments are pretty much just 1/3 Russian Stans, 1/3 people arguing with the Stans, and 1/3 tacticool prepper kids.

It's kind of depressing. Tyler is still great, but I just don't find myself as interested in his stuff anymore.

LongbowMkII > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/17/2016 at 19:40

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FA’s comments are down too. I think most rational discussion went out the window and now it's purely variations on gawkers liberal bias.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/17/2016 at 19:41

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So it’s just the FA commentariat without the Jalops. There was all that when he was here.

Honeybunchesofgoats > LongbowMkII 08/17/2016 at 19:42

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My favorite thing about FA was how Tyler would write about something and then a bunch of current and ex-military people would chime in with personal experiences. I really miss that.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/17/2016 at 19:43

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Yeah. I still try to read his stuff, but half of what made FA awesome was the commenters. There were clearly people there who'd done the things he wrote about. Those were cool stories to read.

Honeybunchesofgoats > interstate366, now In The Industry 08/17/2016 at 19:43

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I disagree. There was definitely tons of crap, but it usually stayed in the grays and Tyler seemed pretty good about policing the comments himself.

Honeybunchesofgoats > The Lurktastic Opponaught 08/17/2016 at 19:45

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That’s exactly how I feel. I loved reading through one of his articles and to go down to the comments and read someone’s first hand experiences or see people who clearly knew what they were talking about get into an argument over jet engine intakes.

jimz > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/17/2016 at 19:58

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it’s the same with Sean. When he wrote for Lanesplitter we had tons of discussion. The comments at Cycle World are *crickets*

Viggen > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/17/2016 at 20:38

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It’s what we do. I don’t bother now unless it’s Chinook related. In the past I had some pretty good conversations with Tyler at FA.

And I stopped myself from posting over at the pissing contest that is The Warzone comments.

Viggen > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/17/2016 at 20:43

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The comments are pretty bad over there. Too much doom and gloom without evidence or first hand knowledge/experience to back it up.

And nowhere near enough Fred Thompson.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Viggen 08/17/2016 at 20:49

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I keep looking for that in the comments over there and it never shows up!

Pickup_man > jimz 08/18/2016 at 10:30

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I’ve been trying to comment more on Cycle World, for some reason though the articles there just feel like articles, and not topics for discussion.

jimz > Pickup_man 08/18/2016 at 10:33

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cycle world is stuck in the “print” mentality, where we are here to receive their wisdom, and if they deign to respond to a handful of “Letters to the Editor” we should be so lucky. Sean has hinted that part of the reason he’s there is to help change that.

Pickup_man > jimz 08/18/2016 at 10:36

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I really hope he does, I loved him at Lanesplitter, and I still really enjoy his work, but the discussions were a huge part of what made Lanesplitter so good.

Viggen > LongbowMkII 08/18/2016 at 14:57

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Tyler left, I don’t comment anymore.