Dead Forums

Chevy · Garyboys.co.uk

Dead Forums

Chevy · Garyboys.co.uk

Chevy wrote:

There always seem to be a long list of "members" who never post but always seem to join.

Marky boy over at West Suffolk has just deleted all the peeps who have never posted.....As they`re probaly kids or peeps who don`t own a motor or even can`t drive so much the better.............

woolleyman123 · garyboys.co.uk

Shame west suffolk site is shit and full of chavs hence y i havent been on there for ages

Joe Joe · garyboys.co.uk

Yes mate i ave noticed this too and the Cruise scene is pretty crap at the moment too. I think it's mainly cause of the weather but that don't really explain why the Forums are so quiet i guess.

Hopefully once the weather improves and events are happening most weekends everything will liven up again!!

old bird · Garyboys.co.uk

woolleyman123 wrote:

Shame west suffolk site is shit and full of chavs hence y i havent been on there for ages

I heard that Mr Woolleyman.

Chevy · Garyboys.co.uk

Joe Joe wrote:

why the Forums are so quiet i guess.

If you take some time to visit a few of the forums you will soon see that mostly the membership appear to have run out of things to say once they`ve got past the school play ground drivel.Many peeps can in fact be found on many different websites repeating the mundane crap they`ve spouted already .

If you want to see how a good forum works try these of which I am on :

The main reason why these forums work well is the basics

1 all are actual fee paying club members,

2 All members own n drive cars

3 All can repair n build

4 all posts are intelligent

What they don`t have are

1 Area reps(What do they do)

2 pictures of someone elses car as their siggy ........thats really sad

3 non posters

4 A rise in registrations during half term.

How many new topics have you made since you first registered ?

-- Edited by Chevy at 10:56, 2006-02-16

woolleyman123 · garyboys.co.uk

Apart fro the vauxhall based forum i only really go on one www.essexmcc.co.uk most the ppl are allright we do geta lot of chavs which cant drive etc but we have been working on getting rid of the one that no one can understand and also in the middle of re building the hole site with paid membership etc.

old bird · Garyboys.co.uk

Mike is on the Retrorides forum and that is also very busy, it does seem that the nationwide forums do better as well.

Chevy · Garyboys.co.uk

went on cruises4causes yesterday..........sara says she`s gettin no support from the so called admin team despite repeated pm,texts & E mails.......so her decision is to dump the forum in july.

just went on a site in Kngs Lynn n I couldn`t believe it..................I actually spoke with a member who while claiming to be a cruiser on a cruise site didn`t actually have a car...n guess why ?????????????????????? She was only 16 !!!!!!!!!! No,I didn`t hang round for advice on motoring issues...Is it me?......................................

old bird · Garyboys.co.uk

The problem that Cruises4causes suffered was that someone kept going on the forum, slagging it off and it suffered a major problem where post disappeared and were tempered with, so the forum re-invented itself. But in doing this, people had to re-join the forum and that p1ssed loads of people. It went from having several hundred members to just a handfull and then winter came and people forgot to go on the forum for whatever reason and found new ones to go on, like retro rides. (Lot's of people you'd know are on there Chevy!)

old bird · Garyboys.co.uk

SOme of the forums tend to become quite clicky as well (I won't name names), so if you don't know the in joke then you're lost. However, for car clubs like our Humber one, forums are going to be the answer, they are a way of seeking advice and keeping in contact with each other etc. Our museum has a private one, where only members can acess it. It works quite well, as it is email based a bit like the Uk Hot Rods one.

Chevy · Garyboys.co.uk

old bird wrote:

The problem that Cruises4causes suffered was that someone kept going on the forum, slagging it off and it suffered a major problem where post disappeared and were tempered with

I thought that the only peeps that were able to tamper with a forum were those that have access.???

Chevy · Garyboys.co.uk

woolleyman123 wrote:

Shame west suffolk site is shit and full of chavs hence y i havent been on there for ages

Come back n have a look,all the Chavs are gone......probaly to those sites where peeps can`t drive but like to vote for models that appear in chavs newspapers..(sorry,picture papers)

old bird · Garyboys.co.uk

Chevy wrote:

I thought that the only peeps that were able to tamper with a forum were those that have access.???

That's what they thought as well, but this clever sod managed to to do. Don't ask me how.

old bird · Garyboys.co.uk

Chevy wrote:

woolleyman123 wrote: Shame west suffolk site is shit and full of chavs hence y i havent been on there for ages Come back n have a look,all the Chavs are gone......probaly to those sites where peeps can`t drive but like to vote for models that appear in chavs newspapers..(sorry,picture papers)

I'll probably get hung-drawn-&-quarter for saying this, but WSMCuk has a lot of guys & gals on there that are getting into the old skool stuff, early Golfs & the like.

Mind you if you go onto Retro-rides, you've got to be into tractors & other weird stuff as well as proper old skool cars.

woolleyman123 · garyboys.co.uk

Wont be goingback on west suffolk full stop i have a look every now and then but they think there the bollock and there cars are the best in the uk and that from cing them at cruises. Ill stick to be vauxhall owners club and Essexmcc at least i have laugh on there.

Cruise for causes ha ha ha ha ha that wasa joke started off good then went shit fast and got worse once they done the revamp they were very clickey on there and that wasnt well know round the cruise industry and there cars were all cars that were be showing by other sites.

mark_wsmcuk · First Modded Motor

woolleyman123 wrote:

Wont be goingback on west suffolk full stop i have a look every now and then but they think there the bollock and there cars are the best in the uk and that from cing them at cruises. Ill stick to be vauxhall owners club and Essexmcc at least i have laugh on there. Cruise for causes ha ha ha ha ha that wasa joke started off good then went shit fast and got worse once they done the revamp they were very clickey on there and that wasnt well know round the cruise industry and there cars were all cars that were be showing by other sites.

cheers, glad you like it. well no one else seems to mind, just ask freddie, deuce, flamer etc.

not trying to show off or be bitchy, but on an 'off day' wsmcUK is busier than the 11 guest that this forum shows as its max visitors in one go ever.

woolleyman123 · garyboys.co.uk

Yur welcome and this site is dead why do you think we only ever come on here once in a blue moon.

Deuce · Garyboys.co.uk

Woah!! It's been a long time since I've read an argy bargy starting on thr GB site. Yes it's dead but a few of us that drop in keep it breathing until a GB organised cruise/show...maybe will get it more popular again.

Not wishing to perpetuate an argument. But I think that the WSMCUK attitude of turning up to cruises and shows, whether by invite or not, can only be applauded as being in the 'spirit of cruising'. They are also entitled to be proud of their cars.

C4C I've never found to be clicky. In fact they are very welcoming to whatever car you drive.

I think some forums emerge when that particular forum organises it's own event. So flyers are handed out everywhere to advertise the show. Naturally this attracts peeps to the site. Then a year or maybe Two go by without any event from that site and it dies.

WSMCUK work well because it is more like a club. Like AHRA and even the Vauxhall owners club.

Just my penithworth !! usual essay format....sorry

mark_wsmcuk · First Modded Motor

wooley, spoken to ya in the past, didn't realise that it was a prob.

cant please everyone tho.. deuce, glad you see where i'm coming from.