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Post by FFS Corders on Sept 9, 2017 6:16:22 GMT
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Post by Horney on Feb 22, 2018 8:35:56 GMT
Loads of new members recently so mission statement bump!
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Post by Horney on Mar 31, 2018 6:59:28 GMT
Another bump for the good old mission statement.
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Post by Horney on Jul 6, 2018 8:26:59 GMT
Lots of new folks, time for a bump.
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Post by daz on Jul 27, 2018 16:30:39 GMT
I know that I'm very late to the party.
I'd just like to say that I'm sorry. Selling the 'almonds' forum was a huge mistake.
I'm setting a new one up, not in competition with this but in cooperation, if Nick will agree. In competition with Facebook, which has been trying to drive forums out for years.
Daz
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Post by Horney on Jul 27, 2018 17:26:35 GMT
Hey Daz,
I’ve got not issue. This place was never set up to replace Nutz, just be another home for people who were fed up with the Canadians not listening to the users. To be honest I never thought more than about 10 people would sign up. Lol.
Facebook Car groups can Canoe right off as well. I Canoeing hate those Canoeers. Great for promoting events but total prarrie canoe as a resource for looking after your car.
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Post by jonathanlc on Jul 27, 2018 18:22:24 GMT
Just need Miles now and we have a ‘set’ 🙂
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Post by daz on Jul 27, 2018 19:25:00 GMT
Not at all Nick, my vision for the future is for forums to stick together against the likes of FB. One thing I've learned is that forums are far more personal. FB cannot replace them no matter how hard it tries. And members on one good forum will also be members on another.
Daz
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Post by daz on Jul 27, 2018 19:34:43 GMT
As far as the Canadians are concerned I am contractually not allowed to say much. But I can say that they don't listen to me either. I can shout, but it's as effective as shouting at a brick. Daz |
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Post by Zed. on Jul 27, 2018 20:13:10 GMT
One thing I've learned is that forums are far more personal. except that most forum users have a username or nickname that they can hide behind.... ok, I'm a hypocrite as I use a nickname (admittedly one I've had for about 25 years and I have used as part of my given name when entering rallies & other competitions) Rich. |
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Post by Horney on Jul 27, 2018 20:37:02 GMT
I’m really a 59 year old woman with a hook nose and terrible personal hygiene.
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Post by daz on Jul 27, 2018 21:33:09 GMT
I’m really a 59 year old woman with a hook nose and terrible personal hygiene. I'm, well aware of this. |
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Post by FFS Corders on Jul 28, 2018 6:33:23 GMT
Have you seen the rambling vlogs by the Retrorides chap on YouTube? He has done some thinking about issues around forums vs Facebook with things like convenience, ability to quickly share photos etc
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Post by Horney on Jul 28, 2018 9:16:54 GMT
I love David’s videos. The Facebook one was really interesting. He makes a great point about groups working best for geographically local groups.
I used to be a member rod the Basingstoke New Mini Owners Group on Facebook and it was brilliant. I went to a few local meet ups and went to a few people’s houses to help or be helped with things on the cars. We had a ew club stands at national events and cruised up together.
About 6 months ago the Admins got together and decided they wanted more members so they changed the name to Sticlty:MINI and started whoring it out all over the place. It quickly filled with people from everywhere posting pics of their minis and it’s lost the only thing that differentiated it for all the other big mini groups. Now all it is filled with is people asking stupid questions or “thanks for the add, here’s my mini” posts from people who sign up, post once and never return. It’s ok though as the group now has over 1k members instead of 30 and the admins can all pat themselves on the back for a job well done. It’s now a busy-ish group but as community it is dead.
Boils my piss. I very nearly started a new Basingstoke MINI group to prove a point but I just don’t have the time.
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Post by jonathanlc on Jul 28, 2018 17:54:02 GMT
I totally agree about the local bit. You can help each other out if they are close to you, pooling your experience, or go as a "convoy" to events etc. Maybe a location on the signature or avatar box as per 'other sites'  Just a point, UK is no use to anyone! Jonathan in Telford |
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Just a point, UK is no use to anyone! Jonathan in Telford 
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