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 11, 2004 - 11:52 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 1, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I think one of the problems is that the stickies and other standard info is hard to find. I know where to find it and so do all the other memebers who have been around for a few months. But lets say im a newb who just found this site off google and i want to know what engine swaps are available. I would have to know to go to the forums, go to the engine forum, look up at the top and then read massive peice of text. Sure, that sounds simple, but again it does to those of us who have been around here forever. To a newb, it might be confusing. Im not sure how to make them more noticable, maybe change the color of the sticky topics to red or something. Or write something that will automatically send newly registered members a PM saying "Welcome to the site, make sure to check out the FAQs and stickies" -------------------- Its Orville's Celica, i just drive it... |
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