Calling all 'General Cycling' thread starters!!!!

[ttcycle]

3BM planks are us is a good place to try.

As for Rich P- not much we can do to help him, he's too far gone!

 

[lukesdad]

The OP was serious comment. Why don t you go back and read it again, and come back to the table when you have something sensible to offer.

GC is a lot of peoples first contact with CC, It needs to be sorted.

 

[rich p]

Why do you care where threads are located?

OCD?

"Control"?

Why do you adopt such a seemingly aggressive tone? Maybe you haven't, the internet doesn't transmit nuance very well sometimes.

It's a genuine debate about Cyclechat and its content given that we will be moving to a new software soon.

Moderation is necessary obviously to keep it clean and Admin is the bloke who owns and runs the site.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Certainly been a bit of tidying up in this section. Where do I post my celebrated plywood manufacturing videos

Bike Radar?

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

by being thread nazi's is just going to push potential users away. i've noticed a massive drop in traffic recently and i'm sure that people don't think '**** it' i'm sticking this in gc and they can like it or lump it. i, probably like most most people, just use the new posts button and don't even pay attention to what is in which forum.

i'm sure that admin is not really bothered as this is a financial venture that is now paying for it's self, therefore traffic is traffic. i also don't seem to remember that many threads where people are complaining that they can't find what they want, when they want it.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

The OP was serious comment. Why don t you go back and read it again, and come back to the table when you have something sensible to offer.

GC is a lot of peoples first contact with CC, It needs to be sorted.

does admins stats support this? or is it based on your assumptions?

 

[lukesdad]

by being thread nazi's is just going to push potential users away. i've noticed a massive drop in traffic recently and i'm sure that people don't think '**** it' i'm sticking this in gc and they can like it or lump it. i, probably like most most people, just use the new posts button and don't even pay attention to what is in which forum.

i'm sure that admin is not really bothered as this is a financial venture that is now paying for it's self, therefore traffic is traffic. i also don't seem to remember that many threads where people are complaining that they can't find what they want, when they want it.

There are no thread nazi s and I think you have the potential users thing arse about face. How many people do you think who join get into double figures in posts, and why do you think that might be ?

 

[400bhp]

Why do you adopt such a seemingly aggressive tone? Maybe you haven't, the internet doesn't transmit nuance very well sometimes.

It's a genuine debate about Cyclechat and its content given that we will be moving to a new software soon.

Moderation is necessary obviously to keep it clean and Admin is the bloke who owns and runs the site.

How are questions agressive?

Here we go......usual thread generation in GC

 

[lukesdad]

does admins stats support this? or is it based on your assumptions?

Forget it . Rich you maybe wasting your time.

 

[Pottsy]

A perfectly reasonable request by the moderators and you end up with people getting shirty.

I tell you, some people here could start an argument in an empty room.

There's a thread pointing this out elsewhere, Crackle I think started it. Can everyone calm down or go for a ride if they're in that kind of mood and try and make this a more cheerful place.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Forget it . Rich you maybe wasting your time.

genuine question, i'm sorry if its upset you. but if you make a comment about usage to put someone's pov down, at least be prepared to back it up.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

A perfectly reasonable request by the moderators and you end up with people getting shirty.

I tell you, some people here could start an argument in an empty room.

There's a thread pointing this out elsewhere, Crackle I think started it. Can everyone calm down or go for a ride if they're in that kind of mood and try and make this a more cheerful place.

i don't know where you are coming from, who's getting shirty? ever watched the house of commons? debate is debate and just because people don't like their pov being questioned doesn't mean the questioners are getting shirty.

 

[Mugshot]

Would it encourage you to get about the forum more?

Why don't some of you explore and post in the correct sections in the first place?

I think it may well encourage me to explore the forum more, I have made the odd foray into different areas (I was amazed the other night when I found an area related to health and fitness!) and sometimes find the GC area a little confusing, I think I've caught up with new posts then return to find a page full again, that may be an age thing of course
However, I wonder if I may miss something of interest if it's not posted in here or commuting, again though that probably demonstrates my lack of exploration.
With regard to things being moved though, if they are moved why do they still appear in the same section, I posted on a thread which was then moved and panicked that I wouldn't be able to find it again, but I can still click and post on the thread though GC, so how does this moving lark make any difference?

 

[MacB]

by being thread nazi's is just going to push potential users away. i've noticed a massive drop in traffic recently and i'm sure that people don't think '**** it' i'm sticking this in gc and they can like it or lump it. i, probably like most most people, just use the new posts button and don't even pay attention to what is in which forum.

i'm sure that admin is not really bothered as this is a financial venture that is now paying for it's self, therefore traffic is traffic. i also don't seem to remember that many threads where people are complaining that they can't find what they want, when they want it.

Fair comment as far as it goes but what is being suggested in the OP isn't rocket science, just a bit of give and take. Like you I use the new posts button but I can easily understand that, if the sections are there, it makes sense to have threads in the right place, particularly for those trying to search for information. Also my use of new posts doesn't mean I don't have a think about where is appropriate if I'm starting a thread, that just seems common sense and courtesy to me. I do find a fair bit of crossover between bikes and know how, which is to be expected, so I'm not expecting rigidity on the seperation.

Other bugbears could be:-

thread titles - have a think and don't try to be mysterious it only ever ends in an anticlimax
posting - the joke of making a post, then lots of spaces followed by that zinger of a last line or smiley - that is a truly ***** habit the likes of which should only be indulged in by proven card carrying members of the ***** brigade....3BM springs to mind

All in I like this forum and the way it's run, I've been using forums for years and use other cycling forums as well. I'm sure I'd tweak stuff if I was in charge but that would mean work, I'm quite happy to leave that to Shaun and live with whatever comes out of it. If one of those things are seperate titled sections then it would seem to me that it's a bit of as hint that I should post threads where they best match the section description.

 

[ttcycle]

I think it may well encourage me to explore the forum more, I have made the odd foray into different areas (I was amazed the other night when I found an area related to health and fitness!) and sometimes find the GC area a little confusing, I think I've caught up with new posts then return to find a page full again, that may be an age thing of course
However, I wonder if I may miss something of interest if it's not posted in here or commuting, again though that probably demonstrates my lack of exploration.
With regard to things being moved though, if they are moved why do they still appear in the same section, I posted on a thread which was then moved and panicked that I wouldn't be able to find it again, but I can still click and post on the thread though GC, so how does this moving lark make any difference?

The moving tab is so that you can still find it - it would be really hard to locate it if it was moved without a notification.