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Bill G · Jan 29, 2026

Seachaser said:
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Link? Never heard of it.

www.chainsawcollectors.se

Seachaser · Jan 29, 2026

Bill G said:
www.chainsawcollectors.se

Tor R · Jan 29, 2026

Wasn't there a woman who was admin at ST and moved over to AS when they were bought up as admin.
T1 only had good words for her, and @Czed too

Woodtroll · Feb 26, 2026

Now AS is offering a chance at a free Stihl 500i if you just download their app, ironically enough on a platform named "Gather". Yes, indeed, I bet it is gathering, alright.

And all of a sudden folks who joined years ago and have three prior posts in all that time are showing up to say "I love the app, it's great", but when you look at the "last seen" user history they haven't been on the site in several years. I distrusted their sales pitch when they pushed the new app after the response from current users was poor, but now my distrust is cinched. It seems like they're always pushing to join new forums or some such, too. Why would they divert "business" from their own forum? Something ain't right.

Seachaser · Feb 26, 2026

Woodtroll said:
Now AS is offering a chance at a free Stihl 500i if you just download their app, ironically enough on a platform named "Gather". Yes, indeed, I bet it is gathering, alright.

And all of a sudden folks who joined years ago and have three prior posts in all that time are showing up to say "I love the app, it's great", but when you look at the "last seen" user history they haven't been on the site in several years. I distrusted their sales pitch when they pushed the new app after the response from current users was poor, but now my distrust is cinched. It seems like they're always pushing to join new forums or some such, too. Why would they divert "business" from their own forum? Something ain't right.

I feel the same. I’ve never won anything at a drawing, lottery, etc. Except a cake.
Especially on the inter web. Of course my tin foil fits pretty tight.

Woodtroll · Feb 26, 2026

Seachaser said:
I feel the same. I’ve never won anything at a drawing, lottery, etc. Except a cake.
Especially on the inter web. Of course my tin foil fits pretty tight.

Well, a free cake isn't bad! LOL

Tor R · Feb 26, 2026

Woodtroll said:
Now AS is offering a chance at a free Stihl 500i if you just download their app, ironically enough on a platform named "Gather". Yes, indeed, I bet it is gathering, alright.

And all of a sudden folks who joined years ago and have three prior posts in all that time are showing up to say "I love the app, it's great", but when you look at the "last seen" user history they haven't been on the site in several years. I distrusted their sales pitch when they pushed the new app after the response from current users was poor, but now my distrust is cinched. It seems like they're always pushing to join new forums or some such, too. Why would they divert "business" from their own forum? Something ain't right.

I would probably have been more interested in downloading the app if there had been a McDonald's burger as a prize.

pbillyi69 · Feb 26, 2026

Woodtroll said:
Now AS is offering a chance at a free Stihl 500i if you just download their app, ironically enough on a platform named "Gather". Yes, indeed, I bet it is gathering, alright.

And all of a sudden folks who joined years ago and have three prior posts in all that time are showing up to say "I love the app, it's great", but when you look at the "last seen" user history they haven't been on the site in several years. I distrusted their sales pitch when they pushed the new app after the response from current users was poor, but now my distrust is cinched. It seems like they're always pushing to join new forums or some such, too. Why would they divert "business" from their own forum? Something ain't right.

all apps are made specifically for data mining

pbillyi69 · Feb 26, 2026

if there is a browser version that you can use for any app it is the better way

singinwoodwackr · Feb 26, 2026

pbillyi69 said:
all apps are made specifically for data mining

Ding, ding, ding!
Yup!

Bill G · Mar 1, 2026

pbillyi69 said:
all apps are made specifically for data mining

They do not want to mine my "data"

pbillyi69 · Mar 1, 2026

sure they do..... they want your money

Bill G · Mar 2, 2026

?

pbillyi69 said:
sure they do..... they want your money

How is it they are "mining my data"......they banned me for life

singinwoodwackr · Mar 2, 2026

Bill G said:
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How is it they are "mining my data"......they banned me for life

they know where you live...know what you do...what you eat...what you buy...

pbillyi69 · Mar 2, 2026

Bill G said:
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How is it they are "mining my data"......they banned me for life

i dont just mean that site they banned me too. but all apps are pushed because they dont have to follow the same protocalls as websites. apps are made for data mining

59billy · Mar 2, 2026

Bill G said:
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How is it they are "mining my data"......they banned me for life

Congratulations! What did you allegedly do?

singinwoodwackr said:
they know where you live...know what you do...what you eat...what you buy...

"Every step you take... I'll be watching you."

Bill G · Sunday at 1:20 PM

59billy said:
Congratulations! What did you allegedly do?

"Every step you take... I'll be watching you."

I became a member on AS in March 2, 2002 shortly after it began......hard to believe that was over 24 years ago. I did not know anything about web forums and such. The late John Lambert "Gypo Logger" urged me to join anyway. He said it was a great place to talk about saws, forestry, and such. It really was a great place and I conversed with a lot of great members. That lead to some great phone conversations, some of which I still BS on the phone with to this day. I also met many members at GTG's, shows, races, and such.

I want to be clear this issue was prior to current ownership of the site by Cultured Media. The first issue I had was probably around 2006-2008......I am estimating

.... At that time the rules for the trading post/for sale/wanted section was constantly changing. There were times when the rule was only sponsors could reply to certain ads for the first 3 days. That was a mess and was eliminated. It went through several other changes that improved it. I was listing/selling/trading a lot of saws and parts. I then received a message that if I did not buy a sponsorship I would not be allowed to continue. I replied to management I would gladly do so if the issues I had raised previously regarding inappropriate posts related to females were addressed. I had a record of the private messages I had sent to management regarding posts that clearly were vile and disgusting in relation to women. Not only were they never addressed I never even got a reply. Eventually they dropped the sponsorship threat.

After that things went along smoothly until 2022.....................

Bill G · Sunday at 1:26 PM

singinwoodwackr said:
they know where you live...know what you do...what you eat...what you buy...

You remember ole Commie Matt.......He argued the definition of pi. Since he was a visual learner I baked a pie for him.

Stihl036 · Sunday at 3:04 PM

Bill G said:
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How is it they are "mining my data"......they banned me for life

It's good to see that you got over it.

Bill G · Sunday at 3:41 PM

Stihl036 said:
It's good to see that you got over it.

How would you feel if you were still being charged for a service that banned you?

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