The Direction In Which The Site Is Going, And what to do about it |
The Direction In Which The Site Is Going, And what to do about it |
Jun 9, 2004 - 11:31 PM |
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
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? -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Jun 10, 2004 - 4:55 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Dallas, Tx Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Bingo. I don't really care about OT. The way I see it, if you don't like it, don't go in. Let Coomer mod it however he wants. I'm totally sick of the lack of new information and the proliferation of mis-information. There was a time that I cared and tried to do my part to correct these things, but now theres so much of it nobody can keep up. I've said to people many times: "If you don't know what you're talking about, don't offer an answer!!!" This is such a stupid thing to do and all it does it attempt to inflate the ego of the person trying to answer the question and spread misinformation. I don't have a problem with noobs asking questions (if they at least made an attempt to search) but what I can't stand is one noob trying to tell another noob how much they know when in reality they don't know ****. I suppose my oppinion on things is biased because this is what I do all day every day. Not to brag but I know more about cars and performance than many of the members on this site ever will. I think its sad that people like me (and there are others) don't want to help any more. Many people would probably be opposed to it, but I dont think it would be a bad idea to have a minimum age of 16 for the site. No offense to our 'quality' younger members, but it is often the younger members that cause the most problems. If you're too young to drive then maybe you don't need to be in our car forum? Anyway, thats all. I'm not sure that I'll be sticking around much longer. If anybody is interested in how the turbo project turns out you can follow updates on my website. I don't know when it'll be finished because I'm working or out off town so much, but its going to be very nice when its done. Peace out everybody. |
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