Sorry Flatzie - but I have to disagree with you on this. I think Ausfish is managed very well.
The thing you have to remember is that people are allowed to have an opinion or a viewpoint that is different to yours.
When you are posting on a public forum - you are in a sense giving people the right to give their 2c about what you have posted. Some of it will be positive and some negative..
That is just a fact of life. You need to be able to take the good with the bad - in anything you say or do (not just here on Ausfish) Some comments (positive and negative) will be constructive - some will not. Whatever you hold to be valuable to you - file away - whatever doesn't work for you - discard.
I have a "concern" with people posting photo's of large hauls of fish - for no other reason than it gives the greenies and those who want to lock away our fishing grounds, ammunition. Look, it's a real no brainer here - but we don't need to be handing them fish on a platter (so to speak). and by "large hauls " of fish - I'm not talking 10 or 20 here - but cricket score catches - 50, 100 and more...
My thoughts are - by all means post photo's of the best fish etc. but we need to be a little smarter about what we post in the public domain.
This is my opinion - some will agree and some won't - but that's OK. I'm not going to stop posting because someone might have a go at me about it (my opinion). I am more than happy to explain it and at the end - we can agree to disagree.
If they sink to the level of abuse, or name calling - that's their problem, not mine.
I think labelling the culture at Ausfish "Negative" is bit of a generalisation that really only applies to a "few" - I think you will find most of those have been banned anyway.
Anyway, my 2c.
Mark