Agree that this is a great way to do it, unfortunately, the forum has no way to introduce people to this.

The forum needs this message:

"Hi! Welcome to TGR. We are a very tight group, and we...

Wow, touchy group.

Agree, contribute! Hence, equating "contributions" = post count is very silly. Calling that "contributing" is also silly.

Also, just a thought about microeconomics: the word...

Fair enough. Seems to me that fluff posts is a very 1998 way of gatekeeping newcomers. Either do it right, or don't do it, but let's not pretend that suddenly someone is contributing after ten posts!

I also find the system confusing. I'm a real person who got into BC from a friend, and my friend recommended TGR (and has been a member for years). Being able to actually USE TGR for buying gear,...

As someone who just got turned onto the miracle of heat-molded liners, very curious to see where this goes.

Freaking inspiring! thanks for sharing.

Thanks from a newbie here. Very helpful.

just trying to up my posts here! hopefully I can buy touring skis soon...

Unbelievable. I had the privilege of visiting Brazil in spring 2018, and I tell Americans that it's difficult to appreciate how huge and the diverse the country is. I think that we flew from Rio to...

I hope that replying to this will help me be able to reply to buy/sell posts.