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Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.
Where Have All the Posters Gone
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Shadow
New member
I've intentionally stayed out of this thread and my interaction here will be limited but...
Your opinion is so noted, but my statement stands:thumbsup:
Not meeting up with you was my fault totally. When I got to the Port of Miami it was, bang-bang-on the boat. Not a lot of waiting around as I expected.
When we returned, I didn't have service until I was half way out of miami on the gereatric bus:lmao::lmao:
I'll get with you next time I'm down there.
And don't get me wrong. I've met up with a lot of people over the years from various groups, clubs, forums, etc. All good folks.
This particular forum however, has availed me of the opportunity to meet up more frequently with others from the local corvette community. We meet at Insty Lube, at the Hob-Nob in Bradenton when I'm there, have lunch when Thor or some of the others have work done on thier cars up here, and as we saw just the other day, even support each other during a crises such as the FireFighters death.
These are things that have not happened on other forums...for me. I did get together in the pouring rain for a fundraiser for Michael Holt in Vero, and have attended other such events to raise money for various charities, but it doesn't happen anymore for whatever reason.
BTW, happy the car insurance worked out for you:thumbsup: Thats what these communities are really all about..friends helping friends:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Posted by Rich Z
indeed
Posted by ChaZ51
Couldn't have said it any better brother.:thumbsup:
Posted by paychotic avian:
A-Freakin' men!
Your opinion is so noted, but my statement stands:thumbsup:
Not meeting up with you was my fault totally. When I got to the Port of Miami it was, bang-bang-on the boat. Not a lot of waiting around as I expected.
When we returned, I didn't have service until I was half way out of miami on the gereatric bus:lmao::lmao:
I'll get with you next time I'm down there.
And don't get me wrong. I've met up with a lot of people over the years from various groups, clubs, forums, etc. All good folks.
This particular forum however, has availed me of the opportunity to meet up more frequently with others from the local corvette community. We meet at Insty Lube, at the Hob-Nob in Bradenton when I'm there, have lunch when Thor or some of the others have work done on thier cars up here, and as we saw just the other day, even support each other during a crises such as the FireFighters death.
These are things that have not happened on other forums...for me. I did get together in the pouring rain for a fundraiser for Michael Holt in Vero, and have attended other such events to raise money for various charities, but it doesn't happen anymore for whatever reason.
BTW, happy the car insurance worked out for you:thumbsup: Thats what these communities are really all about..friends helping friends:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Posted by Rich Z
indeed
Posted by ChaZ51
Couldn't have said it any better brother.:thumbsup:
Posted by paychotic avian:
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A-Freakin' men!
Shadow
New member
I'm probably going to regret this but I've regretted more...:
Posted by Yellow:
There's always going to be personality conflicts and strife, power struggles, power trippers, attitudes and opinions, it's what makes the world go round.
I've never seen a site that didn't have some drama.
I can say that I too have met "more people" on CF (via the internet) than here. That said, I've had much more human interaction and local meetings HERE that I ever had there. Thats not a good thing or a bad thing...it's just "a thing" for me:thumbsup:
I know for a fact, it's been demonstrated more than once, that I can call on the people here and get the assistance we need, be it raising $$ for a Deputy that's lost his belongings in a fire, supporting each other in times of death and anguish, or simply calling on Q man:lmao:to bring me a breaker bar and socket so I can replace the damed serpentine belt whe it goes south:lmao::lmao:
I've met with members from other counties and taken them home. I've had people come get me. Again, it's a family an one I cherish:thumbsup:
I never reallly warmed up to TBV only because I can't make thier cruises and meetings. They're held in Brandon and I live in NW Hillsborough County. Have committments on Sunday mornings and usually up to my coulo in paperwork on Tuesdays. Not thier fault, again, just a thing.
It's a great group of people!:thumbsup: When I can make an event, I do.
Maybe look deeper?
As previously stated, many are members of multiple forums. I dont' get to the Valley as much as i used to but I still stay logged in a lurk:thumbsup:
Posted by als2052:
I agree!
Personality conflicts and "forum wars" reared thier ugly head
It's partially my fault and I accept the blame. As moderator, I should have known better and not let it go "there."
Gordon
Posted by Yellow:
There's always going to be personality conflicts and strife, power struggles, power trippers, attitudes and opinions, it's what makes the world go round.
I've never seen a site that didn't have some drama.
I can say that I too have met "more people" on CF (via the internet) than here. That said, I've had much more human interaction and local meetings HERE that I ever had there. Thats not a good thing or a bad thing...it's just "a thing" for me:thumbsup:
I know for a fact, it's been demonstrated more than once, that I can call on the people here and get the assistance we need, be it raising $$ for a Deputy that's lost his belongings in a fire, supporting each other in times of death and anguish, or simply calling on Q man:lmao:to bring me a breaker bar and socket so I can replace the damed serpentine belt whe it goes south:lmao::lmao:
I've met with members from other counties and taken them home. I've had people come get me. Again, it's a family an one I cherish:thumbsup:
I never reallly warmed up to TBV only because I can't make thier cruises and meetings. They're held in Brandon and I live in NW Hillsborough County. Have committments on Sunday mornings and usually up to my coulo in paperwork on Tuesdays. Not thier fault, again, just a thing.
It's a great group of people!:thumbsup: When I can make an event, I do.
Maybe look deeper?
As previously stated, many are members of multiple forums. I dont' get to the Valley as much as i used to but I still stay logged in a lurk:thumbsup:
Posted by als2052:
:thumbsup:
I agree!
Personality conflicts and "forum wars" reared thier ugly head
It's partially my fault and I accept the blame. As moderator, I should have known better and not let it go "there."Gordon
Psychotic Avian
New member
It is all good. :thumbsup:
I know the real reason you didn't want to meet up is you were embarassed to show me what POS Carnival Cruise ship you were going to sail on. :lmao:
Shadow
New member
Actually, I just didn't want you to see me getting onand off the gereatric bus:lmao::lmao::rofl1::rofl1:
THOR
New member
Wow, an interesting read. I don't think Rick realized this would turn into some of the twisted dialogue here. His original question is valid and I've wondered the same. I check this site several times a day and some of the posts are days and weeks old. I don't think there's one answer for the lack of reponses. I will say that the old 80/20 rule seems to be in effect. 20% of the members are doing the work, writing threads, etc. for the benefit of the 80%. This old rule prevails throughout our society because we let it happen. Look around and you'll see that in almost any organization, etc., there's a few doing the work for the "masses". Just my .02 worth.
Gannet
New member
Wow, what drama. Did I stumble on to the Oprah show somehow? :lmao:
Since I probably qualify as one of the "lost posters" I'll make a couple comments. All said with a smile, so I hope no one will take offense.
The proximate cause of my absence is that Rich and I had a little disagreement. Since it's his ball, all I could do was go home, and I did.
But a contributing factor for my, and perhaps other's, lack of posting here is that the forum doesn't "move", as was pointed out above. The only portions that get much activity are, ironically, the non-Corvette subforums, such as this one. I'll make the same comment I made some time ago when this same question came up: there are way too many subforums here. Yes, it's nice to have everything "organized" so it's "easy to find". But the very fact of having to navigate all that makes things harder to find, imo. Where should a given topic go? An open question in many cases.
The larger problem with excessive subforums is that there isn't enough post volume here to make them "move". And so they sit. What's the point of logging into the forum twice a day and seeing that there are a handful of new posts, and none at all on the great majority of subforums? It's boring, it's not interesting.
On many of the subforums here the oldest post on the front page is several months old. In some cases ALL the posts are several months old. IMO such subforums should be closed, and combined into a larger subforum. For example, there was a comment above about the low (read: nonexistent) activity in the club subforums. They are promoted to club members but they don't come. What I suspect is that they come once, take a look, and decide there's nothing there. And they're right. What to do? Combine ALL the club subforums into ONE subforum. I would be happy to read about what's going on in Tampa, Naples, Orlando, even Tallahassee and St. Augustine. Those of you who know us know that we drive a LOT on weekends - distance is not a deterrent. But I'm not going to click through 27 or however many there are club subforums just to see what''s going on.
The same applies to the "tech" subforums, which is where I usually hang out. Those who know me know that I often have something to contribute in those areas (perhaps of questionable value, but hey, it's the Internet), and I genuinely enjoy it. But I'm not going to check 11 potentially "techie" subforums (I just counted) to find and possibly respond to a couple of threads a day.
I want to log in, quickly review pretty much everything that's going on that I might be interested in, make my contributions, and get out. That way it's fun. Right now it's almost like work.
I think the general rule of thumb should be that a subforum should not exist unless it is either so specialized that it cannot be combined (for instance Staging Area), or the topic of the subforum generates so much traffic that it would swamp a more general subforum. The reason is that each subforum MUST HAVE ACTIVITY or people won't read it. It doesn't matter how well non-existent content is organized.
If I were king I would think hard about this:
Collapse Feedback and Suggestion Box to one subforum.
Collapse Welcome Room, General BS, Ray's, Just for Laughs, Movie Reviews into one subforum.
Drop the Roadhouse altogether.
Collapse General Florida, Legal Issues, Police Blotter into one subforum.
Collapse On the Road, Events, and Caravan into one subforum.
Drop the News Feeds or combine them under the same parent subforum. These are not conversation forums, as I discovered.
Combine every subforum under General Corvette into one subforum, save News Feeds and NCM. Include Board of Inquiry and the 5 "company" forums.
Collapse all the club forums into a single subforum, and include NCM.
Collapse Corvette Classifieds and Flea Market into one subforum
You would go from 45 subforums down to 8. Right there, the average "velocity" of each forum goes up by a factor of better than 4. See what I mean?
Anyways, just some typically long-winded thoughts, and offered with good spirit. I'm not looking for an argument. I wish everyone here well, especially RichZ, who, let's remember, does this whole thing voluntarily.
Since I probably qualify as one of the "lost posters" I'll make a couple comments. All said with a smile, so I hope no one will take offense.
The proximate cause of my absence is that Rich and I had a little disagreement. Since it's his ball, all I could do was go home, and I did.
But a contributing factor for my, and perhaps other's, lack of posting here is that the forum doesn't "move", as was pointed out above. The only portions that get much activity are, ironically, the non-Corvette subforums, such as this one. I'll make the same comment I made some time ago when this same question came up: there are way too many subforums here. Yes, it's nice to have everything "organized" so it's "easy to find". But the very fact of having to navigate all that makes things harder to find, imo. Where should a given topic go? An open question in many cases.
The larger problem with excessive subforums is that there isn't enough post volume here to make them "move". And so they sit. What's the point of logging into the forum twice a day and seeing that there are a handful of new posts, and none at all on the great majority of subforums? It's boring, it's not interesting.
On many of the subforums here the oldest post on the front page is several months old. In some cases ALL the posts are several months old. IMO such subforums should be closed, and combined into a larger subforum. For example, there was a comment above about the low (read: nonexistent) activity in the club subforums. They are promoted to club members but they don't come. What I suspect is that they come once, take a look, and decide there's nothing there. And they're right. What to do? Combine ALL the club subforums into ONE subforum. I would be happy to read about what's going on in Tampa, Naples, Orlando, even Tallahassee and St. Augustine. Those of you who know us know that we drive a LOT on weekends - distance is not a deterrent. But I'm not going to click through 27 or however many there are club subforums just to see what''s going on.
The same applies to the "tech" subforums, which is where I usually hang out. Those who know me know that I often have something to contribute in those areas (perhaps of questionable value, but hey, it's the Internet), and I genuinely enjoy it. But I'm not going to check 11 potentially "techie" subforums (I just counted) to find and possibly respond to a couple of threads a day.
I want to log in, quickly review pretty much everything that's going on that I might be interested in, make my contributions, and get out. That way it's fun. Right now it's almost like work.
I think the general rule of thumb should be that a subforum should not exist unless it is either so specialized that it cannot be combined (for instance Staging Area), or the topic of the subforum generates so much traffic that it would swamp a more general subforum. The reason is that each subforum MUST HAVE ACTIVITY or people won't read it. It doesn't matter how well non-existent content is organized.
If I were king I would think hard about this:
Collapse Feedback and Suggestion Box to one subforum.
Collapse Welcome Room, General BS, Ray's, Just for Laughs, Movie Reviews into one subforum.
Drop the Roadhouse altogether.
Collapse General Florida, Legal Issues, Police Blotter into one subforum.
Collapse On the Road, Events, and Caravan into one subforum.
Drop the News Feeds or combine them under the same parent subforum. These are not conversation forums, as I discovered.
Combine every subforum under General Corvette into one subforum, save News Feeds and NCM. Include Board of Inquiry and the 5 "company" forums.
Collapse all the club forums into a single subforum, and include NCM.
Collapse Corvette Classifieds and Flea Market into one subforum
You would go from 45 subforums down to 8. Right there, the average "velocity" of each forum goes up by a factor of better than 4. See what I mean?
Anyways, just some typically long-winded thoughts, and offered with good spirit. I'm not looking for an argument. I wish everyone here well, especially RichZ, who, let's remember, does this whole thing voluntarily.
Sorry but this is just bizarre to me. I have run forums for a long time, something like 12 years, and never in all that time have I ever had someone get so upset that I moved their thread from one forum to another that they took their ball and bat and went home because of it. In this particular case, Gannet posted a thread asking for input about dealerships in a particular locality in the General Corvette Forum, and I moved to the Board of Inquiry forum where I felt (and still do) that it would be more appropriately placed. That was the extent of the disagreement mentioned here.
For reference:
http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14662
Just wanted to clear the air about this in case the statement quoted left some impression that I was some sort of ogre bashing on one of the members of this site over something serious.
Sorry, but I simply disagree with your diagnosis that the problem with this site is the over complication concerning the number of forums. You may be right, of course, but I just disagree. Matter of fact, I would say that this site is probably overly simplified in most cases. Further, a number of the forums you are recommending being removed were specifically asked for by other members here. So in effect, I am asked to value one later recommendation over earlier ones without any compelling evidence that it be worthwhile, AND it has the likely potential to piss off those members who requested those forums when they find they are gone.
Yes, certainly I could just simplify the forum structure to try to make the site have the appearance of more traffic at the expense of being useful for later visitors and members actually wanting to find information they are looking for, but quite frankly, I think that would wind up being self defeating. This site is not here just to generate traffic. It's here to provide a useful meeting place for all who are interested. It's here to hopefully provide something they are looking for, which makes my job to try to make that as easy as possible for them to find. So that likely means segregated information in a format that they can easily determine where topics of interest would most likely be located.
If you look around, this site is actually much more simpler to navigate than a lot out there because many take a visitor to a front end that is likely very confusing to someone not experienced with such a page and in fact, it can sometimes be quite difficult to even FIND the forums. Here, you are taken directly to the main page of the forums, and every forum available is visible right on that page without having to select a generation of vehicle nor do you have to navigate through one or more levels of subforums that are not directly accessible from that main page.
Certainly, nothing will ever please 100 percent of everyone, but I believe the compromises I selected for this site are suitable for the target audience and the traffic now as well as in the foreseeable future. There will always be people who will think it is too complicated, just as there will always be people who think it is too simplified (in particular by wanting separate sections for each generation of Corvette).
Now, that being said, I will grant the point that the Corvette Clubs section has been pretty much a complete failure. I investigated as many Florida based Corvette club web pages as I could find, and in nearly all cases, NONE of them had an interactive forum available for their members. So I thought it would be a benefit to them to offer such a forum here, free of charge, for them to use for such a purpose without having to set up a forum on their own sites. Not only are those forums pretty much stagnant, for the most part, the offerings to the clubs themselves were basically snubbed without even the courtesy of some reply. But I tried it anyway. Perhaps it is getting to be time to think about reclaiming that screen real estate and subsequent bandwidth that is just going to waste every time the main forum page is loaded.
So yes, that section may very well go away for lack of use or interest. I had hoped the various clubs would see the benefit of having a public place where their members could interface with members of other clubs easily and perhaps generate more interest in their own clubs from remote members, but perhaps I was hoping for too much and the clubs just don't have an interest in such things. Be that as it may, I thought it was worth giving it a shot.
Anyway Dave, sorry to took my moving your thread as such a slap to the face and decided to just take off rather than discussing it with me to exchange points of view.
As for the rest, if this site fails to provide what you want out of it, then that's just the way it will be. Wouldn't be the first time I failed at something I wanted to try. But at least I was willing to give it a go.
Psychotic Avian
New member
Yeah, I thought that was very strange you took a f'ing bus down here to hop on a cruise ship. Considering the "discount" you received getting on that cheap garbage scowl I cannot understand why you didn't invest in a rental car. Cheap bastard. :lmao:
Psychotic Avian
New member
Your post WOULD have had relevance and appeared more genunie if you didn't perform one of those Grandstanding Goodbye posts in the thread that was linked by the admin. The real reason you left this site was because your thread was moved. Your other content is mostly an attempt to belittle this site because you simply were offended by the actions that the admin took towards one of your threads. A pretty petty gripe if you ask me. Yeah, there is SOME helpful information in there, but there is a sense of evil in the "suggestions" if you ask me. The reason I say this is the timing and what it took to get you to post this information.
The funny thing is those who make Grandstanding Goodbye posts such as yours usually come back, just as you did. And you will likely continue to come back as well.
It just makes me :lmao:
Gannet
New member
Huh? I'm not "that upset". I was mildly irritated. At this point it's history and I'm sorry I mentioned it. I tried to explain in the rest of that post some of the factors that make the site less of a priority for me. Intended as helpful suggestions, and maybe to provoke discussion.
Gannet
New member
Spare me. Get over yourself, even. I didn't "leave the site", nor did I do any "grandstanding". I just haven't been around much lately. I'm here in this thread, trying to make the site work better, ain't I? If I didn't GAF, believe me, I wouldn't be here.
The only reason I showed up here yesterday is I wanted to share the pics I took of the cookout at AntiVenom. I had already posted them up at Teh Evil CorvetteForum but I knew a bunch of people HERE took their bat and went home from that place and hence likely wouldn't see them. Since those people are my FRIENDS I wanted to be sure they saw them. While I was here I was checking around, and since you drama queens had pushed this thread to the top page I happened to see it, and the rest is history.
I'll tell ya what, if this is the level of discourse here now, if this is the subject matter that really gets people posting, well, that's pretty sad.
Just FYI Psychotic: I may post here, or I may not, and I really, truly don't GAF what you think about it, or me.
Shadow
New member
Cheap bastard.:lmao:
There's your answer right there
:lmao:(oh, and the fact that I worked until 3 am the moring we left. Figured I'd let someone else do the driving andI'd sleep
:thumbsup
Shadow
New member
At least you tried. It's been said that people only place value in what they pay for. I've offered free training over the years and only a handfull of people would show up. Put a dollar amount on it though and you pack the room
I've seen the same happen i other businesses? I guess "Free" simply can't be of any value?
Clubs I've found over the years are generally cliquish. Not all, but some, just will not interact with others.
Also, the leadership of a particular club will drive the club. If the leadership is prone to a particular site, then they'll place thier eggs in that basket.
Most of the larger forums have some sort of "General" or "Regional" club or events forum where you can look to find events and club activities.
The problem for me was I had to sift through tons of stuff that was maybe interesting, but of no value to me because of the distance.
And finally, I think most clubs would rather spend the $$ on thier own site so they're not necessarily "tied" to another site. If this site were to go down, someone get's banned (not likely) or closed, they'd lose thier or thier members access to the information.
I can certainly understand that concern if it were the only site they had. If it's just a link to thier site, then I don't understand the problem? Arrogance? Petty bickering? Other? I don't know?
I'd certianly think that the more you could get your clubs name in front of potential members, the better off you'd be? But since I'm not really active in a club at the moment, I probably have no idea.
Maybe a "GENERAL CLUB FORUM" such as Gannett suggests might actually benefit the site and it's members better? Give everyone someplace to look for club functions when nothing else is going on?
Either way, his suggestion is worth a thought IMO.:thumbsup:
Shadow
New member
Posted by Gannet:...
It was great seeing you yesterday and thanks for taking all the pics.
And thanks for posting them here as well:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Actually, I was handed my bat and asked to leave:rofl1::rofl1:
And thanks for the suggestions:thumbsup: I think some of them have merit. I'm no website guru. Hell, I can barely navigate my way through the computer at times:rofl1: but some of the suggestions do make sense. Some I think not, but hey, it's a start:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Come on brother. No one ever said they were evil:NoNo: And not everyone there is in the same boat anyway. Just because one logs into a particular site, doesn't mean they share the same mindset or opinions, be it here, there or anywhere.
I know a lot of guys and gals on other sites that still log into the other forum for information, sales and parts. They don't or rarely post, but they still surf for information and add to the sites #'s. :thumbsup:
They generally do thier posting elsewhere for the most part.
And I still have a few friends from the other site as well such as yourself:thumbsup:
I personally appreciate that:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Who you callin' a "Queen" beotch!:lmao::lmao:
I have to agree. This has always been a friendly place with good people and a lot of interaction (off the net):thumbsup: We've had the chance to hang out together and interact in the real world on many occasions and I've always enjoyed it.
Then a couple of bugs popped up, opinions got in the way of common sense. Attitudes, angers flared, personalities, arrogance and power struggles followed and the rest was bad
Every site has it's issues. But unlike mods, we tend to leave things open rather than locking or deleting the threads. As you saw, I locked it, it was unlocked. That's how serious the administration is about free speech:thumbsup:
..so here we are...
As I've said publically before, I have to take partial responsibility for my part in that fiasco and full responsibility for my actions.
My apologies to anyone who has been caught up in this mess and my sincere desire that we can get back on track to where we were before this all started
And to Rick (the OP) thanks for posting the ORIGINAL THREAD:thumbsup:
If it had stayed on track, it might have led to a more positive end:thumbsup:
Gordon
It was great seeing you yesterday and thanks for taking all the pics.
And thanks for posting them here as well:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Actually, I was handed my bat and asked to leave:rofl1::rofl1:
And thanks for the suggestions:thumbsup: I think some of them have merit. I'm no website guru. Hell, I can barely navigate my way through the computer at times:rofl1: but some of the suggestions do make sense. Some I think not, but hey, it's a start:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Come on brother. No one ever said they were evil:NoNo: And not everyone there is in the same boat anyway. Just because one logs into a particular site, doesn't mean they share the same mindset or opinions, be it here, there or anywhere.
I know a lot of guys and gals on other sites that still log into the other forum for information, sales and parts. They don't or rarely post, but they still surf for information and add to the sites #'s. :thumbsup:
They generally do thier posting elsewhere for the most part.
And I still have a few friends from the other site as well such as yourself:thumbsup:
I personally appreciate that:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Who you callin' a "Queen" beotch!:lmao::lmao:
I have to agree. This has always been a friendly place with good people and a lot of interaction (off the net):thumbsup: We've had the chance to hang out together and interact in the real world on many occasions and I've always enjoyed it.
Then a couple of bugs popped up, opinions got in the way of common sense. Attitudes, angers flared, personalities, arrogance and power struggles followed and the rest was bad
Every site has it's issues. But unlike mods, we tend to leave things open rather than locking or deleting the threads. As you saw, I locked it, it was unlocked. That's how serious the administration is about free speech:thumbsup:
..so here we are...
As I've said publically before, I have to take partial responsibility for my part in that fiasco and full responsibility for my actions.
My apologies to anyone who has been caught up in this mess and my sincere desire that we can get back on track to where we were before this all started
And to Rick (the OP) thanks for posting the ORIGINAL THREAD:thumbsup:
If it had stayed on track, it might have led to a more positive end:thumbsup:
Gordon
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Be that as it may, Dave, from what I interpretted, my moving your thread was an event that appeared to be the catalyst that caused you to decide to leave this site. I sent you a PM explaining my reasoning and you never even bothered to reply.
Here's the PM I sent you at that time:
Rich Z said:
Why did moving that thread of yours even "mildly irritate" you? I didn't realize nor intend for it to be taken as a personal slap in the face of any kind. But it appears to me that is how you took it.
I have to move threads here and on my other sites every day. Even though I have taken the trouble to post a rough guideline of what each forum is basically designed to hold, there are still people who will post threads that are certainly more appropriately placed in another forum. I move them, then leave a redirect for 2 or 3 days so the original author and other viewers can easily find the thread and take note of it's new location. Certainly just throwing my hands up in the air in resignation and leaving them where they are posted is certainly an option. Is that what you and everyone else really wants around here?
Sorry, but I have been a database programmer for a spell, and I find that I like to have things categorized in such a way that the "data" is logically arranged and presented in an orderly fashion for easy access later on. Lord knows I have been on mine and other sites more times than I can remember trying to find a thread or post I remember reading years ago, and I ALWAYS checked the forums where it would most logically be located. Threads contain information and I do hope such information will be of as much use to the person posting it NOW as it will be to someone else looking for that same information three years from now. So I'm trying to make it easy on them to find it. Heck, how many times do you see someone post a reply to someone's query on OTHER sites saying something to the effect "DO A SEARCH! IT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED HERE!" Yeah, probably so, but unless a forum site imposes some structure, it would make it all the more difficult for that poor soul to FIND that info before getting slammed about not looking for it. And I SERIOUSLY doubt that other sites do not move threads as well.
Again, that was not intended as a personal affront to you, and I'm sorry that you apparently took it that way.
CHASZ51
Z51
I missed a cookout at Anti Venoms? I never knew anything about it.
Shadow
New member
It was right there in the events section and an ongoing post for days:
http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16734&highlight=ANTIVENOM
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Thank you for highlighting a point I've been trying to make. If members would post all events in the calendar section of this site that they are aware of, it might make this site more attractive to everyone interested in such events if they could easily find out about them. The calendar is a very effective way for events to get some more exposure and quite likely get more attendance if more people knew about them.
All registered members can post such events in the calendar, so I'm sure everyone would greatly appreciate more attentiveness at keeping it accurate and uptodate.
Matter of fact, giving kudos where due, Gannet was the one who originally populated the calendar with all of the events that were known about at the time. If more people would make this sort of effort, maybe we WOULD give more people reasons to make it a habit of stopping by here.