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?

[Eddo456]

I know I am not too active of a member, in the sense of replying too often, however this is probably the site I visit the most on the internet, and I have read hundreds of posts. My 2 cents: In regards to the bashing comment on cars and their stock specks, I remember when I first got my celica and soon after found this site, I had a limited edition 97 st, and I was some what embarrassed to post that under my membership info, just the fact that it was an st. However after reading the site for about a month and seeing how people freely gave out this information, and were only given respect, I soon followed and posted the info, feeling confident in my car and my status on the site as a legitimate member. This was a little more than a year ago. However currently it has seemed to me like the disrespect for everyone, no matter their car or their intentions for it, is a bit too much. It reminds me of a friend of mine, who has a Camaro, and bashes on any import just because it is an import and regardless of what potential it has. It is just a complete display of ignorance, and that is that. I doubt that this helps to your decision, Coomer, or any of the other moderators for that matter, but I just figured that as a member I should give my contribution. And again, thanks for a great site that I have been always able to rely on for good information.

-Eddie