An Orange Lifeboat - Are you new to Fetch because The Other Place built a paywall?

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Dave W May 2020 5:05pm, 21 May 2020 1,312 posts	0 Dave W Pretty cliquey? In what manner? It's always seemed pretty welcoming to me.
Windsor Wool May 2020 5:15pm, 21 May 2020 4,608 posts	0 Windsor Wool The daily bloggers are similar, the daily commenters on the daily blogs are similar. If you were someone new coming over from ~~strava~~ or letsrun and looked at the currently active forum threads then you might wonder what you'd walked in to. We had an exact moment of this on the sub 2:45 thread the other day. Someone new comes in asks a training question. There's a bunch of banter by LT fetch users (I won't use the word Fetchie, sorry as I hate that term, I do find that infantile) and the new user asks WTF are you guys about. Fair play, total fair play to them.... I'm guilty too, look at my number of forum posts!! But, Fetch is a weird place imho, once that's been formed by it's users to what they would like it to be. It's the most powerful training log / analytical tool out there but it's much more than that, much more, like it or loathe it and I think that makes it a less obvious choice for some.
Windsor Wool May 2020 5:16pm, 21 May 2020 4,609 posts	0 Windsor Wool but, I totally get the need for anonymity thing for some professions. I have friends on other social media that use pseudonyms. I think that's pretty common.
MsG May 2020 5:18pm, 21 May 2020 1,580 posts	0 MsG Dave W - if you look at page 1 of the forum currently, there are threads with titles that it would be a bit confusing if you're anticipating mostly training related threads. Nothing wrong with it - just a bit more to get your head round. I have found it very welcoming and stayed for the non-training threads
Rosehip May 2020 5:21pm, 21 May 2020 16,106 posts	0 Rosehip I didn't like the "L-plates" but they did make it very obvious when a new forum user was posting, maybe we all need to be a little more aware and inclusive of our new friends. I wonder whether the home page should have the training log more front and centre with a "you can also try..." for forum and blogs etc? I'm guessing most long term users don't see the home page for very long?
MsG May 2020 5:27pm, 21 May 2020 1,582 posts	0 MsG I'd forgotten about the training feed which is similar to the ~~strava~~ activity feed. fetcheveryone.com/whostraining.php?filter=all&category=R&date=2020-05-21 All I need now is for everyone I follow on ~~strava~~ to come over here instead!
TheBeardRunner (aka Abul Choudhury May 2020 5:29pm, 21 May 2020 15 posts	0 TheBeardRunner (aka Abul Choudhury As a newbie I would disagree that it's cliquey. To me it seems a place for people who are really passionate about their running so I personally would expect to see a lot of serious athletes on here (so I'm not sure what I'm doing here lol).
Nellers May 2020 5:32pm, 21 May 2020 36,327 posts	0 Nellers Most of us take our sport seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously.
Velociraptor May 2020 5:32pm, 21 May 2020 46,648 posts	0 Velociraptor If I go into a new forum or online group I expect to take a bit of time to get a feel for the place and be accepted just as I would if I went into a new social group in real life. It's probably easier online because nobody has to see you hanging around looking bewildered.
Old Croc May 2020 5:33pm, 21 May 2020 31,330 posts	0 Old Croc Its a place for people who are passionate about running yes but that doesn't mean you have to be fast or the best - passionate is your feeling for the sport not your ability or I might be asked to leave too!