I would like to take the blame for forum destroying. Before me there was happiness and light. All questions triathlon where posted and answered. Then I came. I want all subject topic forms destroyed. I will destroy this forum, Gordos forum and all others.
Fear my name. My name is evil. My name is forum death. MY name is Mr. Tibbs.
It seems ironic that “another post” has at last count 22 replies and the “Powercranks vs rotorcranks” has 26. I don’t think any thread can ever stay totally on topic all of the time but topics that start out with no interest in the sport only serve to take up board space beteer spent on topics that interest us as triathletes. I would rather only see a small number of posts per day on tri that got thousands of views and hundred’s of replies instead of the myriad of “filler” posts that are off the topic.
Just my $.02
“I would like to take the blame for forum destroying. Before me there was happiness and light.”
There has always been a certain amount of off topic posts on this forum. Look back a few months. Huge discussions about the war, the French, and other religious debates. One person was even banned from the forum.
I don’t post a whole lot but I read what interests me. You’re not a forum destroyer at all.
Don
I have to take my share of the blame also.
The real-life me needs to tell the internet me to “Shuddup and get to the point already”. I’m “Mr. One-Liner” in the flesh, but in print I’m “Mr. War and Peace”. I never realized how much of my real-life communication is non-verbal. My facial expressions, tone, gestures, and posture allow me to say a lot in one or two sentences. The internet me is not a big hit (not even with myself). I’m buffudled with trying to merge the two.
I also realize, even though I knew somewhat beforehand, how addictive the internet can be … especially during cold months. I didn’t recognize how often I post, until I realized I am posting “too often”. As I mentioned before, this was something that started out as a quick 5 minutes here and there. Then, since it was new and exciting (and really FUN with the characters we have here), it became much more than a “work break”.
These two items will change pronto and that will be “Ryan doing his part to keep the board productive”. The rest of you (us) have to do your part also. Stating the problem only does so much.
There are to many things in life that are gray in other words more than one way to skin a cat but some times when you read replies on the forum they are stated in a condescending manner which really turnes me off no matter if it is a post I’m participating in or another post I’m no a party to. this is something that kills a forum for me. I realy enjoy the humor and sarcasum on thios forum, there are obviously some very witty people here, but when you can’t tell if it’s that or an ass I tend to be very discouraged to say the least. We are all ,although diverse in many ways, are interested in the same things lifestyle tri’s etc so I would like to see more consideration for individuals their opinions and view points. Just my 0.02. mike
You guys could start your own forum… httP://www.ramblings.of.nonsense.com/
What’s up doc?