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Are Shooting Videos not allowed?
- Thread starter TX Hunter
- Start date
Shooting videos are certainly allowed.
Drive By/Cut & Paste postings are against the rules.
Forum Rules
Drive By Postings
Drive By/Cut & Paste postings are against the rules.
Forum Rules
Drive By Postings
Double Naught Spy
New member
You have to provide a verbal explanation about the video.
Pond James Pond
New member
The general practice seems to be to provide a short synopsis of what the video contains. It doesn't need to be a blow-by-blow account, but nor should it be too vague.
I've never posted a video but have linked news reports in the past. I remember one did have a short accompanying text. Too short it seemed as it too was closed as a drive by. So, as I said, don't be too vague: enough for people to know what they are likely to be seeing.
I've never posted a video but have linked news reports in the past. I remember one did have a short accompanying text. Too short it seemed as it too was closed as a drive by. So, as I said, don't be too vague: enough for people to know what they are likely to be seeing.
The rules on drive-by posts are outlined here.
To explain, we're a discussion forum, not an advertising billboard. We have slews of people who sign up for the sole purpose of promoting their own goods or services, with no intention of actually participating in the forum. They profit, but they don't contribute anything in return.
In short, the rule discourages that behavior and it keeps the signal/noise ratio high, which is something in which we take pride.
Am I accusing the OP of this? Absolutely not. He's a longstanding member. However, the rule against drive-by posts applies across the board. Posting a link to an outside video is fine, but it has to be placed in context. Giving a description and some food for discussion makes it acceptable.
To explain, we're a discussion forum, not an advertising billboard. We have slews of people who sign up for the sole purpose of promoting their own goods or services, with no intention of actually participating in the forum. They profit, but they don't contribute anything in return.
In short, the rule discourages that behavior and it keeps the signal/noise ratio high, which is something in which we take pride.
Am I accusing the OP of this? Absolutely not. He's a longstanding member. However, the rule against drive-by posts applies across the board. Posting a link to an outside video is fine, but it has to be placed in context. Giving a description and some food for discussion makes it acceptable.
There are a number of reasons for not allowing drive buy/cut & paste. Here's an incomplete list in no particular order (and perhaps including some that have already been given).
The link I provided in my first post on the thread contains a more lengthy explanation with other reasons and comments.
- Given the general idea of TFL and why people frequent the site, it's not particularly common for a link or cut & paste with no commentary to further the purpose of TFL or benefit the membership.
- Many people do not like to click on a link without some idea of what they are seeing and why. This can be for a number of reasons including safe websurfing, the limitations of the computer/device being used for surfing, personal preference regarding content viewed, etc.
- Spam is often posted in the form of a drive-by post with a link. By discouraging the membership from posting in this form it makes spam easier to spot.
The link I provided in my first post on the thread contains a more lengthy explanation with other reasons and comments.
Sure, some commentary on what you were doing in the video, what gun were shooting, why you made the video, etc. would have turned it from a drive-by into a regular post with a link.
Something like a summary of the narrated introduction you put on the video would be perfect.
By the way, a lot of the WWII rifles were sighted to hit high at around 100 yards. Some as much as a foot high. That may be why your first shot hit high on the target.
Something like a summary of the narrated introduction you put on the video would be perfect.
By the way, a lot of the WWII rifles were sighted to hit high at around 100 yards. Some as much as a foot high. That may be why your first shot hit high on the target.
Mal H
Clark, did you see post #2?
I do now.
He was a good guy, who made an appropriate video, but he just gave a link, and did not set it up with an introduction.
"Who'd a thought reading and writing would pay off?" - Homer Simpson
Theohazard
New member
I really like the strict rules against drive-bys that TFL has. That's the main reason I prefer this forum over other similar gun forums.
There are few things here that I dislike more than when someone posts a link with little to no commentary. So I'm supposed to use up my data plan and bandwidth to load and then watch an external video just to understand what the thread is about? In my opinion, posting only a link to a video is lazy and rude and doesn't belong in a discussion forum.
There are few things here that I dislike more than when someone posts a link with little to no commentary. So I'm supposed to use up my data plan and bandwidth to load and then watch an external video just to understand what the thread is about? In my opinion, posting only a link to a video is lazy and rude and doesn't belong in a discussion forum.
I have a few YouTube vids of shooting. I have never opened a thread to showcase them. I wait until the is a thread discussing a topic that my video can contribute to. Question about a type of gun or ammo, or what it takes to cast lead etc. If I feel my vid can add substance to a topic ill mention it. I understand that practically noone here profits of their videos, except for one that I know of, I have 20k views on one and haven't earned a single cent, but I also don't know what kind of response people expect to get from posting "here's a vid of me shooting" except a couple atta-boy's and complaints on your technique. If your reviewing a apecific gun, i think those are acceptable as "drive-by's" because some folks are genuinely interested on visual reviews of specific firearms.