The Direction In Which The Site Is Going, And what to do about it Options

[Coomer]

Recently,
I've became fairly discouraged with this site. I get on the site multiple times every day, and each time I get on, I find all kinds of new stuff that irritates me.

Mindless, completely-useless posts in off-topic; non-related, stupid, or mean posts that ruin what would be good threads; topic titles that don't follow the rules in buying/selling that have been there for well over a year; people who only come to the site to cause trouble or irritate people; It all irritates me, along with the rest of the site's management.

We, the management of the site, think that lately the forums as a whole have gone a bit downhill, but we're curious what all of you think.

We're also curious as to what you all think should be done. Pete's in Japan and couldn't get in on the discussion of this idea, but Tim and I are considering changing the off-topic forum to be an "other cars" forum. That most likely won't happen, but we're sick of the completely pointless posts in off-topic. We all also are considering what to do about the people who constantly question others such as in the Lori Ann thread, and what to do about the people who constantly post pointless, off-topic stuff in the Celica forums, and what to do about the people who always post mean stuff on the site, and what to do about people who are mean to girls and treat them as if they've never talked to a girl before. I've had at least four girls talk to me and say that they didn't want to join the site or post in the forums, simply because of the way girls are treated on the site.

Tim is sick of it. John is sick of it. Pete is sick of it. I'm sick of it. Tim put it well when he said, "i feel like i havent left highschool yet when i go on 6gc..."

We're just wondering, what do you all think about what's happened lately, and what do you think should be done?

[Tweek]

I'd just like to say that I really like this site. The moderators do a good job from what I can see. I am kind of disappointed when I hear people saying that this engine or that engine sucks and you should get a new one.

I have yet to go into the off topic, and the only point I can see for it is to keep it out of the real forums. Maybe you should delete the off topic forum but keep the button and link it to some other site's forums.

I guess I must be missing out on the degrading, sexist comments cause I don't go in the OT discussions. I don't have to read mindless chit chat from you just because you have the same car as me. I've got a girlfriend who gives me all the mindless chit chat I need. Just kidding, geez don't ban me.

I don't know how to solve all that high-school immaturities, but if you figure it out let me know so I can apply it to every placed I've ever worked. And if you figure out how to get rid of the stupid, degrading, or mean comments, let me know so I can apply that to the rest of my everyday life.

Thanks for the site. Nice work. Maybe you should have a small membership fee for your trouble. And anyone that did'nt have it can only post like 1 topic a month, and only reply a certain amount of times. Then they would think about what they're posting.