Other places to chat

[AK47frizzle]

Man, I still regularly visit the forums after all these years. Started off on it, went off for a while, and now still coming back. The quality and pace of discussions here is still much higher than the skibidi-rizz-adhd-gooner-mogging talk everywhere else.

 

Discord is a decent place to chat about airsoft too but you have to be more selective and in the know-how on where to go because, being the real-time chat service it is, there are quite the few special folk of all sorts that don't think before they speak.

[Lyndication]

Some Discords and WhatsApps I've peeked in feel like back in middle school, when boys tried to outdo each other on slur count per sentence for brownie points. Absolute lack of patter. 

 

Plus just not actually having any knowledge to share. 

[Galvatron]

44 minutes ago, Lyndication said:

Some Discords and WhatsApps I've peeked in feel like back in middle school, when boys tried to outdo each other on slur count per sentence for brownie points. Absolute lack of patter. 

 

 

Some WhatsApp chats were insufferable. It wasn't just the slurs, it's the memes lampooning those with disabilities and other shock jock behaviour. I didn't ask for that shit on my phone. I have a dark, childish and often distasteful sense of humour but there's a time and place.

 

The worst is where you find 100+ unread messages and you'd be lucky to find 5% of them to actually discuss airsoft. I do appreciate that some chats have somewhat strict rules to keep the discussion to sales and tech/equipment advice only and use the dedicated chat if they want to dick about.

[rj1986]

I sometimes use whatsapp - the groups im in tend to be more product/brand specific so its a bit less chit-chatty, but not super strict.

 

I rarely use discord as i feel like an old man with all the kids using brain-rot lingo.

 

I use reddit but avoid airsoft stuff there as the mods are power-hungry and often wrong. I also had an argument with a couple of people on there about TM AK NGRS mag compatibility (to stop OP spending about £200 on incorrect mags). They didn't listen to me saying it, didn't listen to the TM website/retailer website saying they're not compatible. OP did listen to me when i showed a video of it not working, and some people said i was still wrong because their Specna AK could do it.

[Mtemprell]

4 hours ago, Galvatron said:

 

Some WhatsApp chats were insufferable. It wasn't just the slurs, it's the memes lampooning those with disabilities and other shock jock behaviour. I didn't ask for that shit on my phone. I have a dark, childish and often distasteful sense of humour but there's a time and place.

 

The worst is where you find 100+ unread messages and you'd be lucky to find 5% of them to actually discuss airsoft. I do appreciate that some chats have somewhat strict rules to keep the discussion to sales and tech/equipment advice only and use the dedicated chat if they want to dick about.

I can agree here with WhatsApp groups. I've been in a few for the car hobby side of things, and some of the chats are just nonsense, can finish work and got 200+ unread messages about nothing to do with the group subject. Added in when people feel the need to send voice notes in the chat. 

[ruskitseller]

Reading all this stuff about whatsapp/discord makes me feel quite nauseous and even more glad this forum exists. 🤣

[Lyndication]

I will admit I have sat in the corner throwing peanuts when the TAD WhatsApp Sales chat kicks off. They're very easy to get riled up in there.