Hornblower clogging job postings

[john]

@johnny.dollar

the few that are self-written by a certain author are so terribly written that they are incomprehensible.

I did go to a maritime college ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[ombugge]

@tugsailor

@ccaptain was also very knowledgeable and a great contributor to the forum. He is certainly a difficult personality, and too often infuriating, not to mention amusing. He often got carried away with rants and personal slights.

I also miss @ccaptain and the banter with him about just about any subject. Anybody know where he has taken his writing?

@RickD

I’m not sure what the Norwegian word for humility is, but I’m certain it’s not in his vocabulary.

Why would you want to know anything in Norwegian? Isn’t English good enough?:

Humility is the quality of being humble . If you meet one of your heroes and feel nervous and in awe of her, you are experiencing humility.

Source: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/humility

In that context I don’t feel humble, nor have any heroes here. There are some who’s opinion I respect more than others, though.

Add on:
It is said that “all publicity is good publicity”. Not sure if that only apply to politicians, but it is nice to have been the centre of attention for a brief moment, no matter what’s the occasion.

[Bayrunner]

I follow your Twitter, I still like it here though.

[Future_Maritime]

Thanks for the internal update on gCaptain @john … I have long appreciated this website in all it’s forms & the broad work you do, but you still have “Parking Attendant” etc etc still up on the jobs page vis-a-vis Hornblower.

Referring to the OP, so the maritime jobs page is now just a ‘jobs’ page?? I would hope there’s some standards.

Disney has cruise ships, guess I’ll be on the lookout for the Micky Mouse maskot & Dream Maker janitor positing.

Standards are needed. Otherwise applicable positions and reputable companies of the merchant marine will continue to go elsewhere. With a modicum of effort gCaptains jobs page could easily be the A#1 US maritime jobs page.

A bit disappointed.

Best regards to all.

[john]

@Future_Maritime

With a modicum of effort gCaptains jobs page could easily be the A#1 US maritime jobs page.

I’m all ears for how this effort should be applied just note, we give away news and forum memberships free of charge, jobs postings can’t also be given away for free.

[MAK]

@john

We have only ever banned one person permanently

Is this accurate?

[RickD]

I’m not a fan of banning people. The current public flogging is not a bad start. How about limit the amount of links somebody can put up so that a little more thought goes into the content. It’s borderline robot-level spamming.

[Lee_Shore]

@john

We would love you guys to submit more article from deep within the industry.

All due respect John, the “you guys” on this forum aren’t going to beat a path to your door with polished copy. This is coming from a part time copy editor providing support to an established in-demand content editor: IMO, you need a content editor with the ability to find and cultivate a stable of writers to produce a flow of content. I know it’s an investment and from the sound of it, you don’t have the resources. It’s a shame because you already have some of the framework.

PS - My content editor has a full plate but if you’re ever in the market for a freelance copy editor…

[john]

@Lee_Shore

IMO, you need a content editor with the ability to find and cultivate a stable of writers to produce a flow of content.

I totally agree and we have brought on content editors in the past but, let’s just say, managing mariners even (maybe especially) highly intelligent, well spoken ones is a unique talent.

[HalfaDomer]

As for the jobs section, pay more attention to the Hornblower - Seaward Services jobs. I work there, and it’s the best company I’ve ever worked for. Those are coastwise OSV (Trinity class) jobs doing military contracts and blue water/MSC, and Civ RoPax ferry jobs. If you want more info message me. Need mates AB’s QMEDs Engineers and Stews.

[ombugge]

@HalfaDomer

Need mates AB’s QMEDs Engineers and Stews.

Would that be Oxtail Stew, Irish Stew, or just any type of stews?

[john]

@tugsailor

The Forum does not have nearly the volume of active participants that it did a few years ago. Some of the best contributors have disappeared or drastically reduced their participation. Perhaps that’s just a natural cycle for most forums.

As mentioned the website is having a banner year in terms of review and readership. I can’t share that but I did get ask the webdev team for a report on the forum stats (not including the jobs board and main website that get’s multitudes more). Here they are:

587,700 pageviews int he last 30 days:

Here are the engagement charts: