Thread: Concerned about the flood of new folks

First off, Welcome to the site! I didnt see an introduction for you so let me be the first to welcome you.

As the site grows, Admin will appoint more Moderators that share the same vision as they do. I am not sure about the Bandwidth, but thus far the Admins have a plan for things to come. I am sure they will be more than happy to jump in here and answer your concerns more thoroughly.

The Admin's and Moderators are up to the task, and welcome the new comers. There are a set of guidelines posted in every forum that everyone should read and follow. This will make things run smoothly. We are all (mostly)adults here, we know what content is appropriate, and what is not.

This Forum is not vendor Bias per say. Admins welcome even the little ones, this is what makes the competition so great. Even if you have an idea, feel free to post it up in the "Necessity Corner forum." As far as ad Mouseovers....I would have to have the Admin answer that. I do know if a vendor becomes a sponsor, they MUST follow the same rules as each and every other person on the board.

^^^ Well said.

I'll add that dont be too concerned. And thats not meant in a voice of "dont bring this up" its meant in a voice "its okay and we got it under control". There is no way to avoid any of the trash talkers from signing up here, and to be frank, I dont want to keep them from signing up here and here's why.

First, I believe that the other site kinda brought it out in people because the checks and balances were not that good over there. People will inherently go as far as you let them. In other words, they will push the boundaries until the boundaries push back. Unfortunately for over there, the boundaries was usually a ban when you went too far. Im not saying that is the case for all occasions just that the perception is that and I saw little else so if things were different from that, I wasn't partied to the information. Here, the rules are VERY clear and the actions that will be taken are VERY spelled out. If you get banned here, I think after the number of chances we give, you deserved to be banned.

Secondly, I believe in second chances. Second chances are inherently difficult to give because to do so means you have to be willing to lay aside what has taken place and how it made you feel and to do any less is not a true second chance. I would prefer they come here and see the environment we have, the commitment we have, the atmosphere we have and let that affect them to such a point they self-police and reign in any behavior that could be deemed incompatible with our home here.

That said, if they do take it too far and do get out of line here action will be taken. I am not here for a popularity contest. My goal and vision is to promote the Grand Prix, Regal, Monte Carlo, and all the others and the 3800 as a whole. To spread an infectious enthusiasm to such a degree and level that anyone outside the community wants to go look for an buy one of the vehicles in our community because they cannot stand to NOT be a part of this.

With regards to bandwidth, we got it covered. We try to sit back and take stock of where we are at and what may be needed in the near future so we keep an eye on those things and we have plenty of room.

I don't for see this forum turning into the cubgp that so many people were tired of. I don't know what Mikes goal was over on clubgp in the beginning but over here it is made very clear what the Admin's want. They have clearly stated that no matter who you are the rules will be enforced the same for everyone. As long as the rules are enforced that in itself should keep the "buttheads" from staying here. Also once the people using profanity realize that profanity is not allowed here they will learn to change the words they use here if they want to be a part of this community. That is just how I see things.

I dont think that was AlphaBetaBase's intent, but I am not going to speak for him. What I will do is tell you that EVERY person is welcome here in this forum and EVERY person will be treated the same, whether you are a vendor or a user.

Right now we are on a server that can handle WAY more than we have right now, and by design the server is overkill for 1000 users, so 287.....well lets just say thats not a problem

As far as rollover Advertisments.....Yes it is a good way to make SMALL amounts of money to help run the site, we dont think its worth ticking everyone off and losing a good user base, so what the plan right now is, is that if you are signed in as a guest, you will get rollover advertisements....If you are signed in as a user, you do not....

As far as the "buttheads" from other sites.....well they to will have to follow the rules. Think of it like this...3 strikes your out for a week, come back and mess up again, your out for a month, come back and mess up again, your gone, period. Infractions are held for 12 months and then drop off your record, so if your a "butthead", get banned for a month, come back on and decide to follow the rules for 12 months straight, you have a clean slate now.

webracin

Meh no big deal what so ever to me. I know none of you from any other site.

Originally Posted by AlphaBetaBase

Actually, that's why I posted. After a couple of the vendors were banned, several known idiots that go around only placing insults in questions were banned too after cursing at the admin on the "why did ... get banned" threads. They took advantange of the situation so they can have fun.

I'm not worried anymore based on the replies and I noticed some people migrated over with their free will.

I think much of the spamming was done out of Anger and frustration at the ClubGP Admin. That place as almost no clue how to run a Car Club. The Owner is in it for money, and $$MONEY ONLY$$. I mean from the get go, the Owner appointed 2 -3 Mods and basically left them to tend to the site. They did not coordinate. rarely updated, and rarely participated. You can not have 10,000+ members roaming an online forum with only 2-3 mods trying to enforce... They got overwhelmed fairly quick.

Well with every type of public venue, you are going to have good and bad. The key is to stay ontop of the bad and not to let it get out of hand. Once people understand what the rules are and that they are enforced equally across the board, then a majority of people will stay within the rules....you will always have a few that have to push it.

webracin

If it is a must to keep the site open I can tolerate the ad mouseovers but they were a PITA at ClubGP. I can do without the profanity and constant arguments about whether or not someone is lying about what they have installed or their track times with minimal upgrades.
On the other note, I like having the "bad boys" around because they are the ones that are thinking outside the box. They have an idea and they actually follow thru with them. Sometimes we like the upgrades and sometimes not, but all in all they truley come up with some great ideas that work unlike most of the junk that ebay is peddaling for our cars.

Originally Posted by 03GPScottyd

On the other note, I like having the "bad boys" around because they are the ones that are thinking outside the box.

Based on that, Trannyman and GR8racingfool are just evil people. LOL