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Good question.

The way I see it, it's all down to the right atmosphere. If you get the odd one or two who promote a negative atmosphere by being obsessively pig headed or critical then some good posters are going to shy away. It's not rocket science.

Personally, I see joining this site as a natural progression of stages. First stage is obviously joining the forum in the first place as a way to initiate a connection with others and share information. It's a virtual world but it works.

Second stage, if you're like me who believes that small like minded groups/communities are the way to survival in bad SHTF scenarios, would be to meet up and connect with others within a certain radius of where you live. It's a natural progression and forms more of a real world experience.

Further stages would involve day/night/weekends bugging out to test a whole lot of theory!

Ultimately this would lead to forming solid relationships where there's help, trust, openess and extra security for you and yours. Part of the nature of prepping is to be secretive about the extent of your preparations. Meeting up face to face lowers the barriers and allows progression.

Final stage would vary depending on who you are and how you want to live.

This is a good forum packed full of information and a golden opportunity to get together with like minded people. Not joined any other SHTF forums at this stage, don't feel I need to!