Joeychgo 11-25-2005, 03:03 PM How do you feel about your forum members criticizing other competitive forums?
In general, I dont stop them, but I try to guide them away from criticizing other forums too harshly. Mostly because I generally believe that a forum isnt everyone's cup of tea, and vice versa. Forums have personalities.
What are your feelings?
theMusicMan 11-25-2005, 04:44 PM Neither do I stop members posting about them Joey.
They can discuss them all they like, but not criticise them in an unfair or rude manner. I am all for hot debate, and only jump in if things get a tad too personal, which they of course sometimes do.
gprime 11-25-2005, 05:35 PM By all means, I love it to here the competition spoken of badly.
Joeychgo 11-25-2005, 06:26 PM I tend to think it often cheapens things. - But, at the same time, sometimes the criticism is constructive and deserved.
ChrisLM2001 11-25-2005, 06:37 PM I find criticism only seems to work when they take the advice, otherwise the same 'o, same 'o will continues (as they're too defensive to see past the walls).
And usually by the time they do, the forum is beyond help.
Chris
Joeychgo 11-25-2005, 06:52 PM I agree generally regarding the defensive part - ive seen the same thing many times.
theMusicMan 11-26-2005, 01:00 AM Hehe Chris... there's another saying I often use to describe what you have... and that is... "if you always do what you did, you will always get what you got..." :):)
Joeychgo 11-26-2005, 01:08 AM I got a better one...
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
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theMusicMan 11-26-2005, 01:29 AM Hey Joey... you're not just an ugly face then (hmmm..... I might have that saying mistaken for another one). hehehehe
I like that one... not heard that before and is now most certainly added to the tMM list of sayings to use in appropriate circumstances.
Joeychgo 11-26-2005, 01:37 AM Car people usually love my sig quote
ChrisLM2001 11-26-2005, 06:11 AM Hehe Chris... there's another saying I often use to describe what you have... and that is... "if you always do what you did, you will always get what you got..." :):)
Yep, and then the process repeats in reverse.
Karma is like that. :D
Chris
The_Lizard 11-26-2005, 07:38 AM I really don't want to see any feuds develop bewteen my board and others; I've seen some BBQ lists in the past turn really ugly. One thing in our favor is that we center on the Outback models while other Subaru boards tend to treat Outbacks like the goofy uncle who lives in the apartment over the garage. So we can say we offer a focus the general Subaru boards don't, and while we may chuckle at all the bling on other lists, we don't really cultivate ill will with them.
AnthonyCea 12-04-2005, 11:12 AM Well it is a good way to start the old forum wars up, a good way to get attention for both forums involved also, any publicity is good publicity it the old saying!:)
I am always willing to attack folks that act like idiots at any time, forum moderators, members or administrators!
Some in the community are frauds and deserve to be exposed, most of them are cowards and will not answer the charges in most cases!
Loukrhtia 12-07-2005, 01:11 AM I delete the forum name and tell them to stop doing it. :)
swanienufan 12-07-2005, 09:46 AM Someone left a post on one of the largest military forums warning users to be careful if they went to my site because "We weren't very politically correct". I don't know if they meant it as a slam, but I took it as the best compliment someone could give to a forum.
minstrel 12-11-2005, 11:05 AM ]I've seen some BBQ lists in the past turn really ugly
:eek:
People get irate over barbeques? Good grief... I think my reaction would be something along the lines of "get a life"...
AnthonyCea 12-11-2005, 11:11 AM I don't eat pork so I will not hang out at that forum Minstrel :D :wave:
The_Lizard 12-15-2005, 01:30 PM :eek:
People get irate over barbeques? Good grief... I think my reaction would be something along the lines of "get a life"...
I'm telling ya, it got to the point of comments like 'tell us where you live so me and some of my buddies can stop by for a visit." Q can be a really fussy topic, and people tend to find fault with others who do it differently. And in the competition Q world, for a lot of folks it really _is_ their life, they are professional cooks and competitors. You should see some of their rigs!
The more I read about other groups, the more lucky I feel that our is very well-mannered. Maybe it's because we're all boring station wagon drivers? I haven't looked for mention of our board on any other boards, so if someone is making fun of us somewhere, I haven't heard of it.
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