Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Rick]

I moved this into its own thread.

[Job-Rated]

I too, have been guilty of joining message boards & very rarely visiting them, so I try & keep a check on them now - I think I'm currently an active member of about a dozen - but it gets more & more difficult to find the time to read through all the posts, let alone write any replies.
Luckily, I do have the ability to determine which boards are worth contributing to, usually by the sincerity, politeness & community spirit found there &, naturally, the common interest.

As for low post counts - this is a very tricky subject that needs to be batted around a bit to come up with a solution.
UJ has a point. However, I'm only speaking for myself when I say that I've never had a forum cancel my membership, for low post count or any other reason.
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[Rick]

Thanks for chiming in J-R with your thoughts

[47p2]

Does it really matter if they join and don't post.

Yes it would be nice to look at the members list and see exactly who's who but it isn't really that important and does not affect the forums everyday running.

If you wish to see who the members are who are using the forum click Memberlist-Total Posts-Descending and scroll down.
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[Uncle Joe]

I can understand the points that everyone has made, so I would like to add one other.

I think that member list / profile access should be restricted. Shall we say, not available until a certain number of posts are made. The way it is now, if some shall we say ''spurious person'' joined the forum, then that person could easily use it for things that arent intended, ie sending spam, and other messages/emails. I realise that this doesnt happen on any other forum either, but someone has to be first.

This is the first thing that I thought of when I first saw how many members have never posted. I didnt think that there could be other reasons...Dont think I'm being paranoid either, I did actually get one suspicious pm just before the forum went down a while ago.

[Job-Rated]

It seems this whole matter was raised due to another issue - that of new members posting without introducing themselves first.

Maybe if we can address that, we'll sort it all out in one go.
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[Rick]

I hear what you're saying UJ. I've not received any spam PMs yet, so if you think you've received spam (ie unwanted sales offers, v1agra deals and so on) from a forum member, just let me know who it is, and what the PM said, and I'll look into it. I have a feeling that a while back I removed the email entry from the memberlist anyway, to lessen the risks of this occurring.

I'll keep my eyes open, and if I hear of routine problems materialising with members being spammed via the Memberlist, I'll look into it.

thanks, R
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[old gto]

I have searched MANY forums, but I only linger on those with a great lack of vulgarity, arrogance, and insults. So that means I pretty much stay with about 3....this one and 2 others....on a regular basis. But as Rick said, I fall into that catagory of those who do not spend hours at the computer. What with young kids at home, work, household maintainence, work on the toys, and just life in general, time for cruising the internet is limited. Then divide that time by 3 forums to chat on, and it becomes easy to see why some members are not frequent posters.
Many that know me say I`m very picky, almost to the level of "perfectionist", so I would think for me to say that THIS board is one of the top three of the hundreds I`ve visited, would be a big compliment.
Keep it as it is, and remember the old saying,
"If it ain`t broke, don`t fix it!"
Thanks for having me!

[Uncle Joe]

Personally, I think that this is the best forum that I have visited! So congratulations are in order to all of the regular posters, as wellas some of the not so regular. I find it,as I have said before, a light and happy place, and as such I think that we all should try to keep it that way, be a bit protective in other words.

But theres another saying or two....''nothing is so good that it cant be improved'', and one that may apply in the future ''its no good closing the barn door after the horse has bolted''

No offence to anyone, by the way!

[Rick]

Thankyou, good to know the forum has a few keen supporters on board. I think this highlights the fact that *any* changes, whatever area of the forum they relate to, have to be made with the utmost care, and only after a great deal of thought, so as to improve things, rather than disrupt things that are working just fine as they are (as ably summed up by old gto ).

ta, RJ
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[dpr59]

I try to keep my posts relevant and to things that might be of interest or helpfull.

A posting rule might just increase the off topic stuff potentially diluting an excellent forum.

Just my thoughts

Dave

[Uncle Joe]

I think that postings have a tendency to drift off topic here, but its just part of the friendly nature of the forum.

[47p2]

[Giggles]

One thing we don't seem to get on here apppears to be the trolls, where they come onto a forum just to stir up trouble. Thank goodness for that.

Drifting off topic: yes I am guilty of that, but if it's a friendly forum does it really matter? Over moderation kills forums.
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