The Direction In Which The Site Is Going, And what to do about it Options

[Coomer]

Recently,
I've became fairly discouraged with this site. I get on the site multiple times every day, and each time I get on, I find all kinds of new stuff that irritates me.

Mindless, completely-useless posts in off-topic; non-related, stupid, or mean posts that ruin what would be good threads; topic titles that don't follow the rules in buying/selling that have been there for well over a year; people who only come to the site to cause trouble or irritate people; It all irritates me, along with the rest of the site's management.

We, the management of the site, think that lately the forums as a whole have gone a bit downhill, but we're curious what all of you think.

We're also curious as to what you all think should be done. Pete's in Japan and couldn't get in on the discussion of this idea, but Tim and I are considering changing the off-topic forum to be an "other cars" forum. That most likely won't happen, but we're sick of the completely pointless posts in off-topic. We all also are considering what to do about the people who constantly question others such as in the Lori Ann thread, and what to do about the people who constantly post pointless, off-topic stuff in the Celica forums, and what to do about the people who always post mean stuff on the site, and what to do about people who are mean to girls and treat them as if they've never talked to a girl before. I've had at least four girls talk to me and say that they didn't want to join the site or post in the forums, simply because of the way girls are treated on the site.

Tim is sick of it. John is sick of it. Pete is sick of it. I'm sick of it. Tim put it well when he said, "i feel like i havent left highschool yet when i go on 6gc..."

We're just wondering, what do you all think about what's happened lately, and what do you think should be done?

[Andason]

Nothing personal coomer: this may be a car site, but it is one of the "nicer" forums I've been to. If members don't want to join because of people being unfriend tell them to go to celica.net and see how nice they are there. I have learned a lot from this site, and I am greatful for that. I think people are serious when they need to be. There is only so much that can be said about the 6gc though. No one wants to talk cars 24/7. I can promise you that my rediculous posts have made people smile on bad days. I just think a lot of us here ARE adults or are moderatly appropriate. I understand that there needs to be som censorship, which I think is appropriately done as is. I feel safe to browse at work and sure there is a few exceptional threads, but browse the internet for 10 minutes where anyone else talks and see if you can avoid it.

I agree that the b/s thread violations were bs, but thats something you should use that warning system you came up with. Rules are supposed to be read blah blah blah.

Once again, as pointless as some of the off-topic posts are, I like to see them. I don't want to hear about how your you need your EGR for emissions every day. I like seeing how other people live and everything. Its like touring someone elses house.

EDIT: And I also see that some of those comments are directed towards some of my actions. If I came on here and said I was Wesley snipes how many people would believe me? I asked for her to do a simple thing and she agreed to do it. If the girls thing is directed at me, I really dont care. They want equal rights, so they get them. I'll treat them how I treat other guys.

This post has been edited by Andason: Jun 9, 2004 - 11:43 PM