Have to agree a lot with you Bill. I really do not think you need to make special sections for different people. We are all here for the love of cars particularly G body cars. I think people just need to keep their opinion to themselves. If the OP is not asking for an opinion just showing off something cool that he obviously thinks is cool who are we to tell him it is stupid. Move on to another thread where constructive criticism may be asked for or the OP is asking for your opinion. I am here to help people and to learn from others. I am not here to tell you your car looks dumb unless you ask my honest opinion and then that is just my taste. As far as what to do, well, I think you should warn the repeat offenders, you know who they are, we all do.We know who is gonna be the first to tell somebody their car is stupid because it has big wheels or it is running a Chevy and should have an Oldsmobile. If they continue to act like a douche bag then good riddance. Maybe they might learn something, acting like an ******* get's you nowhere fast. Perhaps you need more moderators to help with this. I know it is a daunting task to read every thread and every comment completely when there are so many but I just do not see dividing the board as a good thing.
So What Do YOU Suggest I Do?
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I, like some of the older crowd on here, remember when there wasn't a computer to run to for advice, ideas, tech support or a social life.. G-bodies were underdogs for a really long time and it took quite awhile for aftermarket support to catch up, let alone a site where we could all come and bs about them all day long.
In a perfect world we'd all respect everyone, their ideas, taste, politics, religion, etc. I wish I had a good fix-all suggestion but I don't. If you don't like something then let it be. If you get criticized, man up and shrug it off. In the end it's all words and it means nothing. There's no reason why GP403 should have to babysit grown men and women.
In a perfect world we'd all respect everyone, their ideas, taste, politics, religion, etc. I wish I had a good fix-all suggestion but I don't. If you don't like something then let it be. If you get criticized, man up and shrug it off. In the end it's all words and it means nothing. There's no reason why GP403 should have to babysit grown men and women.
A little off topic of the way this thread is going, but it was a request on how to make the site better...
Is there any way we could have region specific sections? A few years ago I used to frequent nastyz28.com (had an '81 Z28), they had region sections divided up by popular geographic location. Being from Canada, it was really handy to be able to use a section dedicated to Canadian owners. I know there are already sections on this site that cover all of the tech and for sale stuff, but to be able to with selling stuff you'd prefer not to ship, and talking about local car clubs, meets, etc., would be good. I can't remeber all of the specific sections they had (I suppose you could see where a lot of members were from to set it up), but some that come to mind are: Canadian owners, Florida, mid-western US, etc. I guess it depends on the demographic as to the best way to divide it, to avoid having a section with just 2 or 3 members.
Just throwing that out there...
Is there any way we could have region specific sections? A few years ago I used to frequent nastyz28.com (had an '81 Z28), they had region sections divided up by popular geographic location. Being from Canada, it was really handy to be able to use a section dedicated to Canadian owners. I know there are already sections on this site that cover all of the tech and for sale stuff, but to be able to with selling stuff you'd prefer not to ship, and talking about local car clubs, meets, etc., would be good. I can't remeber all of the specific sections they had (I suppose you could see where a lot of members were from to set it up), but some that come to mind are: Canadian owners, Florida, mid-western US, etc. I guess it depends on the demographic as to the best way to divide it, to avoid having a section with just 2 or 3 members.
Just throwing that out there...
So of course, you're going to follow your own advice and stop injecting politics into threads.bill said:
You are correct, I should have kept my mouth shut about the wheels, he didn't ask me now did he? I will refrain from commenting unless comments are solicited from here on. :wink:LSCustoms said:race doesnt have anything to do with it (its more a culture anyway)... but its simple, the problem with going on a thread and post whoring it up with silly comments is that it still takes away from the OPs thread. If you dont like it you should just stay out the thread... most people dont just post, "not for me" type posts... the thread gets filled with a back and forth silly *ss banter, and normally ends up way off the persons intended topic. most of the time someone posts something that they like (ie a car that happens to have 22" or larger wheels), then one of the first posts in response is something stupid or silly... then it goes back and forth, and the thread gets closed because of it, and because of it, both sides, the forum looks worse!Randy_W said:
its just being courteous. most people dont walk around telling everyone what opinions they have of their outfit, look, car, or whatever else, because its rude and their may be consequences for it... sometimes our opinion is best kept to ones self, especially if it is offensive to someone for any reason... its easy to do on the internet, because you really dont feel that person's reaction, kinda takes that part of emotion out the game...
next time you see someone wearing something you think is hideous, walk up to them and tell them that... you prob wont, cause you sound like a decent guy and it just plain sucks to be mean to someone when it isnt called for...
example (I deleted names, cause thats not my point, doesnt matter who says it):
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OP said:
second post
another person said:It's confirmed, cart wheels on cars look stupid!
its pretty much the way its said that provokes a response from the OP and, in my opinion it would have been a more reasonable thing to just click off it and go about your day... a person could have spent a ton of money, sacrifice, time, etc to do what they did and stuff like that to me just isnt necessary... this just invites more silly stuff
When I did comment however, there was someone who immediately threw down the race card and that was also wrong. That is so old and tiresome, playing victims of injustice. If someone is being so victimized how can they afford 26" rims and the car to put them on?
Perhaps jatguit is correct. Some of this may be is too-strict, but at the end of the day I could easily see how this would clean things up. Of course, there is the crowd who will whine about censorship, as if they own the site. I may not agree with everything posted, but I don't slam or try to police things I don't like. (although I did post once to correct a historical error), yet if some restraints were in place like suggested in some of the earlier posts, we would not have to "bother" with some of the negative or unwanted stuff. I don't think it's going to be possible to "please" everybody, so directing the content would be a sticky mess for sure. Good luck with that. I consider it a privilege to be here. If I did not like the format, content or rules....I would go elsewhere.
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It's that simple. I don't like Fords, therefore I don't go to the Ford dealership to look for a car. If your not interested in the post, just go to another post and speak on something that is interesting to you.
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