Post Whoring

[MR22ZZ]

Due to the large amout of post whoring that has been going on recently outside of the usual whoring posts is it possible to put in place a system where the mods start deleting all irrelevant posts from otherwise good topics?

[oodee]

Due to the large amout of post whoring that has been going on recently outside of the usual whoring posts is it possible to put in place a system where the mods start deleting all irrelevant posts from otherwise good topics?

i hear you brother, i have vented too this week about the whoring situation.

[RedLiner]

I totally agree...

useful threads turn into trash...

[SuperDave]

Drop the whoring threads completely. They don't exactly help the club go forward. If people wanna chat they can use MSN, YIM or PM's

[Sportivo05]

hey come on guys!! its called "relationship building"

we just wont whore in the wrong threads!!!

[Ashs Red Rolla]

Agreed, no one likes asking a question and having to scroll throw 8 pages of s**t, and stuff that is COMPLETELY off topic to find that a couple people actually left useful information

[ChArMs_RT142]

It is getting out of had! there should be just one thread where we can jibber jabber for the regulars lol the rest should be scrapped

[Ashs Red Rolla]

NO not even one thread, that is why you should have MSN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eggbert_99]

some ppl dont have msn .. and still want to communitcate on here ...

this issue has already been brought up in another topic and the mods were looking to it ...\

for those wanting to whore (inc me) ... please keep it in those threads at the moment ..

dont want it to be taken away from us now .... do we .... hopefully this should keep everyone happy

[negatron]

as long as the whore post count doesn't get affected, and only inactive threads get deleted, why not?

or better yet, jsut start an archived section.

[ChArMs_RT142]

NO not even one thread, that is why you should have MSN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Calm down lol

Like eggbert 99 said!!

[blue_rolla]

ok i agree that whoring shouldnt be done in useful threads...

but we have threads like king of the hill and the chicks thread and word association for a bit of fun... what is with people on here whinging all the time? far out just lighten up people! .. without the whoring threads, i wouldnt be half the friends i am with some people on here... i honestly can't see why some of you are so upset with having whoring threads... "if you wanna whore use msn!!" ... WHY?! if you don't want to read pages upon pages of irrelevant dribble, stay out of those threads! some of us have a different perspective on this forum and how we operate on it than you... that doesnt make us wrong or bad people... it means we are just different to you! some people see it as a place strictly for information gathering and question asking... others see it as a fun place to hang out online, and a place to make friends... does it really ruin your life if there are people on here having fun and joking around with each other? without silly whoring (and only in the right threads), the community wouldnt be anything like it is... people wouldnt actually be close friends with each other as they are now... some people wouldnt feel comfortable coming along to meets, as they wouldn't know anyone... but after they come and join in some fun in king of the hill or something, they realise that we're all nice people and they wanna come out and meet us... is that so bad?! if you want examples, PM me or something... i can think of a bunch of examples where members of the community have helped each other out in various issues in their lives through getting to know someone on here, and becoming friends with them on here, and then taking the conversation to msn... i can think of a number of people who wouldnt come to a sydney meet because they aren't the sort of people who will just go join a group, but they have felt comfortable doing that, because they can see the sorts of people we are, and that we just love to have fun...

so having said that, i thing the whores should keep their whoring out of threads that are for information... also stay out of meets threads, unless what you have to say will contribute to what's actually going on at the meet, like routes and directions and suggestions...

apparently the mods are looking into putting the "whoring" threads into a new section, and we will simply keep our whoring in there...

[CORZZA]

It seems to have calmed down past couple of days.

[Ashs Red Rolla]

ok i agree that whoring shouldnt be done in useful threads...

but we have threads like king of the hill and the chicks thread and word association for a bit of fun... what is with people on here whinging all the time? far out just lighten up people! .. without the whoring threads, i wouldnt be half the friends i am with some people on here... i honestly can't see why some of you are so upset with having whoring threads... "if you wanna whore use msn!!" ... WHY?! if you don't want to read pages upon pages of irrelevant dribble, stay out of those threads! some of us have a different perspective on this forum and how we operate on it than you... that doesnt make us wrong or bad people... it means we are just different to you! some people see it as a place strictly for information gathering and question asking... others see it as a fun place to hang out online, and a place to make friends... does it really ruin your life if there are people on here having fun and joking around with each other? without silly whoring (and only in the right threads), the community wouldnt be anything like it is... people wouldnt actually be close friends with each other as they are now... some people wouldnt feel comfortable coming along to meets, as they wouldn't know anyone... but after they come and join in some fun in king of the hill or something, they realise that we're all nice people and they wanna come out and meet us... is that so bad?! if you want examples, PM me or something... i can think of a bunch of examples where members of the community have helped each other out in various issues in their lives through getting to know someone on here, and becoming friends with them on here, and then taking the conversation to msn... i can think of a number of people who wouldnt come to a sydney meet because they aren't the sort of people who will just go join a group, but they have felt comfortable doing that, because they can see the sorts of people we are, and that we just love to have fun...

so having said that, i thing the whores should keep their whoring out of threads that are for information... also stay out of meets threads, unless what you have to say will contribute to what's actually going on at the meet, like routes and directions and suggestions...

apparently the mods are looking into putting the "whoring" threads into a new section, and we will simply keep our whoring in there...

This is exactly my point. It is never in the right threads, that is why if we have NO "whoring" threads it wont give people a chance to. Because in 6 months time we will be in the same position. No one ever said you were a bad person or wrong for being a post whore. Every single person up here, who meet on a regular basis, did so not by posting in "whore" threads, but by asking tech questions, then meeting us on our Thursday night meets. We are all good friends and get along exceptionally.

A good example is HDACHE and i, i posted in her topics maybe twice before she moved back up here from Melbourne, met her the first Thursday night she was back up here. And now talk to her just about every day on MSN, we are now good friends. If you feel to make friends you need to interact with someone, through a computer screen to get to know them, what did these people do when a school/work/real world. Did they not have friends, or have to pass around letters before talking to them face to face. If you are a grown adult and need a computer screen to start friendships, there is an issue.

Lastly MSN is FREEEEEEEEEEEE, doesnt cost a thing? I dont understand the problem.........

Now that i have made my point, i am done. And may whoring in the wrong thread be made a slappable offence :P

[eggbert_99]

Lastly MSN is FREEEEEEEEEEEE, doesnt cost a thing? I dont understand the problem.........

some networks dont allow msn ... eg at work ...or at uni etc .. but the forum is available .. that is the problem

as I have already said .. nothing said here is different to what has already been posted in the other topic and its in the mods hands .. leave it at that ..

[blue_rolla]

This is exactly my point. It is never in the right threads, that is why if we have NO "whoring" threads it wont give people a chance to.

That's ridiculous! if there are NO whoring threads, we're still going to find somewhere to post... its not like we do it to p!ss you people off... its often unintended that a topic will get off track, but it just happens... the smart thing is to have a place for fun and games (i.e whoring), and we will not bother you... i even started a thread a few weeks back in the "forum suggestions" area regarding starting up a section for whoring, because i know some people on here get annoyed with whoring... and if i wasnt one of the post whores, maybe i too would be upset at all the irrelevant posts...

And what the hell is that about "it is never in the right threads"... what is the "king of the hill" thread about... what is the "have the final say" thread about... they certainly aren't about tech questions about a corolla... that's why we have a "GENERAL DISCUSSION" and a "GENERAL CHAT" section of the boards, for CHAT...

Every single person up here, who meet on a regular basis, did so not by posting in "whore" threads, but by asking tech questions, then meeting us on our Thursday night meets. We are all good friends and get along exceptionally.

Good on you... Why is it such a problem that some of us have become good friends by following a different route? some people aren't very technical when it comes to cars, so they don't need to ask or respond to tech questions, but they do want to meet and talk to people about their cars and share their enthusiasm

If you feel to make friends you need to interact with someone, through a computer screen to get to know them, what did these people do when a school/work/real world. Did they not have friends, or have to pass around letters before talking to them face to face. If you are a grown adult and need a computer screen to start friendships, there is an issue.

I think you're missing the point... we don't have to post constantly to be friends, and we know that... i CAN just not post in here, and come along to meets, and be friends with people... there's no issue there with my people skills... but surely its a little more convenient to be sociable on the forums and chat to people and muck around with people on the forum than arrange a meet every day?

Lastly MSN is FREEEEEEEEEEEE, doesnt cost a thing? I dont understand the problem.........

So is the forum? and like jason said, more people can access the forum as its simply web based... its harder for people in tight networks using business computers to access msn...

Now that i have made my point, i am done. And may whoring in the wrong thread be made a slappable offence :P

now that i have made my point... how bout we give up the whinging at people, and find something better in life to think about... and wait for the mods to make a decision about what to do with the situation...

[oodee]

And what the hell is that about "it is never in the right threads"... what is the "king of the hill" thread about... what is the "have the final say" thread about... they certainly aren't about tech questions about a corolla... that's why we have a "GENERAL DISCUSSION" and a "GENERAL CHAT" section of the boards, for CHAT...

i have made my thoughts clear to steve and i am aware that he is looking into it now but ffs what do the first 2 posts on this page have to do with the topic that is mentioned in the title??? http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...6662&st=425 i dont think that is in the right section.

there should be one thread in an "Off Topic" Section and if there is any useless posts in any other threads (as pointed out above) they are to be removed by mods, end of story. there is no need for 6 different threads that you can whore in.

we are all guilty of a little post whoring... but some people are just getting out of hand.

/my little rant

Edited July 2, 2006 by HDACHE

[Ashs Red Rolla]

When you look at the main board index. It shows

General Discussions

General discussions that are Toyota or car related

Once you click and enter you find

General Chat

Non car or club related topics...

AT THE TOP OF PAGE

without even clicking on that you scroll down to find

Word association 123» 441

I'll give this a go and see the result.. 11013

Have The Final Say!!! 123» 71

Free silver membership up for grabs!! 1765

King of the Hill 123» 320 7987

IS "BIG BROTHER" A NATIONAL DISGRACE

Are there any chicks in this forum?? 123» 95

Or is it a boys club...?

Todays top 10 posters: 123» 19 474

I could go on and on. Post whoring would never of bothered me had it been done in the right way. More the fact it is SO out of hand is what bothers me. I dont go in the General Chat section, becuase i know i wont find anything that interests me, but having to sift through threads and posts to find collectively helpful posts annoys the sh*t out of me...

[-JC-]

What he said!!!!!!

[eggbert_99]

as I have already said .. nothing said here is different to what has already been posted in the other topic and its in the mods hands .. leave it at that ..

[-JC-]

as I have already said .. nothing said here is different to what has already been posted in the other topic and its in the mods hands .. leave it at that ..

To be honest eggbert, every time a mod here does anything like deleting posts etc, all it leads to is another thread questioning why the posts were deleted, and then another thread questioning the mods, and then another one to elect new mods.

The answer to this is creating a forum chatroom, where all online can chat to their hearts content, and those who dont want to, can steer clear of it. Easy.

[eggbert_99]

as I have already said .. nothing said here is different to what has already been posted in the other topic and its in the mods hands .. leave it at that ..

To be honest eggbert, every time a mod here does anything like deleting posts etc, all it leads to is another thread questioning why the posts were deleted, and then another thread questioning the mods, and then another one to elect new mods.

The answer to this is creating a forum chatroom, where all online can chat to their hearts content, and those who dont want to, can steer clear of it. Easy.

the request for a seperate area has already been made .... ITS WITH THE MODS AND STEVE ...

what part of that dont people get ?????

am i mumbling ???? do I stutter ??? what is the point of debating an issue that has already been debated and pending a result ....

see the link for the previous debate ....

http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...?showtopic=6515

[CORZZA]

When you look at the main board index. It shows

General Discussions

General discussions that are Toyota or car related

Once you click and enter you find

General Chat

Non car or club related topics...

AT THE TOP OF PAGE

without even clicking on that you scroll down to find

Word association 123» 441

I'll give this a go and see the result.. 11013

Have The Final Say!!! 123» 71

Free silver membership up for grabs!! 1765

King of the Hill 123» 320 7987

IS "BIG BROTHER" A NATIONAL DISGRACE

Are there any chicks in this forum?? 123» 95

Or is it a boys club...?

Todays top 10 posters: 123» 19 474

I could go on and on. Post whoring would never of bothered me had it been done in the right way. More the fact it is SO out of hand is what bothers me. I dont go in the General Chat section, becuase i know i wont find anything that interests me, but having to sift through threads and posts to find collectively helpful posts annoys the sh*t out of me...

Exactly and thats why for relevant info on rollas got to the COROLLA thread and inside & out etc! General discussion is GENERAL DISCUSSION 80% non car related as well as the General chat.

I dont see "whoring" in the other threads.

[MR22ZZ]

I agree the General Discussion and General Chat Forums need a reshuffling.

There are too many off topic threads in the Discussion Forum that are whoring it up, that belong in the chat forum and vice versa too.

Pete, this will be a general comment, not aimed at you as you have improved a lot, but I'll use you as an example. In the early days of your time on the forum you were adding your comments ie 'good idea' or 'that's nice' etc which add no real insight or value to the discussion except if the person has specifically asked for those opinions. These need to stop unless they are asked for. There are things like the picture only threads <_< that have 4 pictures per page and the rest is just whored up space, keep it to the pictures like is asked...

You say it adds to the enjoyment to be able to whore, and I don't disagree, but there is a place for it, there are specific topics. If you want to chit chat, keep it there, otherwise, stay as close to the topic line as you can.

What you guys fail to see here is that if we are able to weed out whoring from the topic specific forums we could have one of the most informative forums going around. But to do this the discussion needs to be condensed and stay on topic. I'm not one for closing threads as soon as they go off topic like other forums do, as it prevents more from being added should new information arise, but some sort of arrangement needs to be reached on how to deal with it.

The level of coverage on 1ZZ and 2ZZ engines rivals that of new celica and others, things just need to be organised and easy to find. Northy has done a great job in simplifying things to date with the commonly asked topic sticky, but more thing can always be added and other things improved, I guess it's just a matter of finding the right balance...

...sorry for the long post, but I felt I needed to clarify my end of the discussion as the thread starter.

oh well... end rant :P

[eggbert_99]

I agree the General Discussion and General Chat Forums need a reshuffling.

There are too many off topic threads in the Discussion Forum that are whoring it up, that belong in the chat forum and vice versa too.

Pete, this will be a general comment, not aimed at you as you have improved a lot, but I'll use you as an example. In the early days of your time on the forum you were adding your comments ie 'good idea' or 'that's nice' etc which add no real insight or value to the discussion except if the person has specifically asked for those opinions. These need to stop unless they are asked for. There are things like the picture only threads <_< that have 4 pictures per page and the rest is just whored up space, keep it to the pictures like is asked...

You say it adds to the enjoyment to be able to whore, and I don't disagree, but there is a place for it, there are specific topics. If you want to chit chat, keep it there, otherwise, stay as close to the topic line as you can.

What you guys fail to see here is that if we are able to weed out whoring from the topic specific forums we could have one of the most informative forums going around. But to do this the discussion needs to be condensed and stay on topic. I'm not one for closing threads as soon as they go off topic like other forums do, as it prevents more from being added should new information arise, but some sort of arrangement needs to be reached on how to deal with it.

The level of coverage on 1ZZ and 2ZZ engines rivals that of new celica and others, things just need to be organised and easy to find. Northy has done a great job in simplifying things to date with the commonly asked topic sticky, but more thing can always be added and other things improved, I guess it's just a matter of finding the right balance...

...sorry for the long post, but I felt I needed to clarify my end of the discussion as the thread starter.

oh well... end rant :P

completely agree with you on that dylan ....

different part of the forum for different parts of our community ...

whilst mods and steve work in this ...

I call on all whorers ....

lets keep it in the right places .... and that way no one is inconvenienced ...

makes sense .. and that way everyone is satisfied ...

so whore it up by all means .... just keep it in the whore threads ...