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?

[playr158]

OK well since i've had time to sit down and read page 1, half of page 2, and page 4...i've gotten a pretty good sense of everything... i still consider myself a tiny bit of a noobie....i've been here for a lil over a year and i have learned 80% of what i know about the celica here...i've made friends here...i've learned to view other views that people have...basically i've learned ALOT here...that said i'm goin to get to the bone......
The off topic forum is pretty crazy i'll admit that but you can expect that craziness. But what one person thinks is crap another finds value...but yes there are those blatant STUPID posts....and people need to be held accountable.
Then as SPEEDTOE has mentioned...age limit of 16.......THIS WILL DO NOTHING AT ALL...if you really look at it the issue of immaturity...its people that are OLDER than 16....i'm 18 right now but i remember getting bashed on just for being younger but thats not the answer age has nothing to do with it.
The FAQ section is the best idea yet..i think that it should be on the forum "opening" page when you select the forum option from the side menu. GO defgeph!
Coomer- this section is for you....I'm amazed at what you have done here. Your what 19?! and look at this crazy accomplishment of bring thousands of people from around the world together for one soul purpose...the celica....how many of us can say that? If you look at the forums as a whole then your doing really really really good....and i can understand your disappointment because this site is your baby...but we should really use that warning feature on here...does it work even?i see the lil warning bar but never seen it move on anyones thing...
The Female issue......YES GIRLS GET BASHED ON....personally thats wrong....not cause they are girls and SHOULD BE treated nicely for that reason, but because they are part of the "family of celica owners" is why they should be treated nice...especially for Lori Ann since she IMMEDIATLY got bashed soon as she came here..i give her props for still being here. and the rest of you girls ROCK shoot i think the few of you have helped me just as much as the million guys here...but keep rockin on...and if a guy nails you hard then call him out to coomer or sumone...get it fixed
All in all this is the only forum i've really been with....i'd never leave it cause i learn soo much and this place is like my online "home" and we should be like family.....not the leave it to beaver fam...but more of a that 70's show family...yea theres bickering and fighting heck thats human nature but we should all get along *GROUP HUG* lol jk on that one

peace i'm out,
YANG