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?

[sinner96ST]

There are no dyno sheets on this site, I see no discussion of serious legal racing. Hell, look at one of the stickies in the engine/performance section. It's pretty obvious that there are bunch of kids asking stupid questions, if somebody has to make a sticky entitled "QUIT ASKING ABOUT SWAPPING YOUR ENGINE WITH THE ONE IN THE MOVIE FAST & FURIOUS". That is a direct indication as to what is wrong with the forums.

Lack of GT-FOUR information. The GT-4 crowd seems to be more mild mannered, more technically inclined, and generally over in other countries. Some stuff they do will not apply to us, but some of it will. I think you should cater to these people as well. Getting them on here would help us, immensely.

Archives. Stickies. FAQ's I don't see any archive here of any information, posts that were supposed to be stickied, or anything like that. It would be a massive help if we had a repository of information on here to reference when we wanted to.

When you have 9 different tutorials explaining what to do with side markers / tail lights, there is a lack of good, solid information. I know aftermarket on our cars suck, but really, come on. What would make me come to this site? You need a hook, something that other sites dont have.

Thanks for reading, i know it was a long post but i don't want to see this site go down. Sorry for the BOLD, but I want to illustrate the points i'm trying to make, so you don't just skim over the thing.

This post has been edited by sinner96ST: Jun 11, 2004 - 8:48 AM