ukmastiff
New member
I genuinely missed the dodgy posts/row whatever they were , sorry for that. However as for the forum , I agree with Hairy and Nutter in almost all that they say.
All I would add is that we live in the real world, people get miffed off with people and people can be lazy typists ( like me) or can use text speak ( which I don't really like)
but it doesn't make them bad people. I don't think it's good to start ordering people to type a certain way or not use abbreviations , just ignore their posts if you like.
Hiding behind a forum to be gobby and offensive though is pathetic but the web is full of it as such folk who tend to love insulting or winding people up at a distance. Personally I use the web to help others / find help or socialise and even make the occasional friend. I have made one or two friends on another car community who I have a lot of time for.
They are decent helpful people and I would go out of my way to help them as I would most folk if it was needed.I try to remember that we don't 'really' know each other and that person you don't particularly feel drawn to ( being polite) could in fact be a really decent person who does a lot of good in his 'real life'.
Re how I find this forum, I have always thought it just skims under the 'over moderation' mark for me and does so quite well. If you kill freedoms completely you will be shocked how quickly folk drift away , just as I quickly leave any forum where folk get nasty. The MG rover forum totally shocked me when I joined it with some of the nasty vicious
individuals posting on there and I swiftly found the far friendlier Rover 75/ZT forum where I still hang out today. It's not perfect as it's run purely as a money making business but the people can be very good folk. I didn't get shouty when someone was foul to me on here a year or 2 ago, all I did was walk away and not post for about 6 months and just enjoyed my time elsewhere as I thought that was the adult thing to do.
As for stopping or severely restricting guests, yes do it if you want but it would be like banning all immigrants, many of them come with a lot to offer and I think much the same can be said of 'guests'. In the main personally I think it is a good forum and I wouldn't change much at all.
regards
Mas
All I would add is that we live in the real world, people get miffed off with people and people can be lazy typists ( like me) or can use text speak ( which I don't really like)
but it doesn't make them bad people. I don't think it's good to start ordering people to type a certain way or not use abbreviations , just ignore their posts if you like.
Hiding behind a forum to be gobby and offensive though is pathetic but the web is full of it as such folk who tend to love insulting or winding people up at a distance. Personally I use the web to help others / find help or socialise and even make the occasional friend. I have made one or two friends on another car community who I have a lot of time for.
They are decent helpful people and I would go out of my way to help them as I would most folk if it was needed.I try to remember that we don't 'really' know each other and that person you don't particularly feel drawn to ( being polite) could in fact be a really decent person who does a lot of good in his 'real life'.
Re how I find this forum, I have always thought it just skims under the 'over moderation' mark for me and does so quite well. If you kill freedoms completely you will be shocked how quickly folk drift away , just as I quickly leave any forum where folk get nasty. The MG rover forum totally shocked me when I joined it with some of the nasty vicious
individuals posting on there and I swiftly found the far friendlier Rover 75/ZT forum where I still hang out today. It's not perfect as it's run purely as a money making business but the people can be very good folk. I didn't get shouty when someone was foul to me on here a year or 2 ago, all I did was walk away and not post for about 6 months and just enjoyed my time elsewhere as I thought that was the adult thing to do.
As for stopping or severely restricting guests, yes do it if you want but it would be like banning all immigrants, many of them come with a lot to offer and I think much the same can be said of 'guests'. In the main personally I think it is a good forum and I wouldn't change much at all.
regards
Mas