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Originally Posted by jimmy
Make a difference dude, moderate a secion and have an influence as you seem level-headed enough to me. Don't sit and complain that I'm doing a bad job as it doesn't really help the matters you discussed. Your problem is with the way the site is run, not these users. These users you've rightly criticized are from racechat / have used racechat (as I have)- but you're not on racechat complaining about them, you're on here. The difference is me and how I've run things.
The onroad thing? I think your point is bogus to be honest. There's a very simple reason that there's limited on-road users on here, that's because the site was set up for 10th off road, there's photos of buggies all over the place and very limited promotion of flat-track racing in general on here. Coupled with the fact that places like racechat have active sponsorship of on-road forums and a decent on-road following then it's going to be slow growth.
If I start covering races, reviewing cars and promoting products it'll be a much quicker rise in the forum numbers for those classes - but I just don't have time for everything right now.
I take pride in how friendly and helpful this website is - if you don't agree then perhaps I need to look again and change some things. If you're looking at just this thread then of course that's different from talking about the entire website.
To be honest, 99.99% of the forum is fantastic I feel - I don't want to change how things are or the approach. I'm not sure why you quote Dave Grunill and in reference to what he's said you claim that it's the reason certain users don't come on here - I think it's complete utter fantasy, in all respect.  |
Steady tiger! I didn't say you did a bad job, you do a different job. I'd be happy to moderate, but have never been asked.
I quote Dave because he post makes clear that he doesn't give a stuff about what he posts, and expects someone else (Oople or a parent) to stop people reading it - not on! We don't take that attitude at our race meetings, on or off the track. We are subject to Rules about behaviour, and we stick to them by an large. Off-road and TC events (I've done both) are friendly places where people josh, but are not arrogant and rude. Give them a keyboard however... !
Why not apply that on here, or any other forum? Your posts suggest you would prefer that.
I've nothing against you or Oople, Jimmy, sorry if it came across that way.