This is a car club, increasingly being flooded with rubbish.
Either ban the people posting it, or remove the general chat so there is no opertunity...
dont give me all that freedom of speech crap i couldnt give a toss... its ruining the club.
This club does not need politics, fuel threads blah blah blah
SORT IT OUT
Infact lets put a poll up, see if people want threads like this removed... or the people.
+1 here. Total cr@p in the main. Someone take some action.
you have an issue with general chat then dont look, not hard is it?
Originally Posted by 5alldaway
simples
i say keep gen chat . why you ask . simmple it lets you get to know peeps . if it was just cars and nothing else it would get boaring
i for one like to know about people and get to know them
So you're against a democratic poll?
all the general chat randomness on the old site was hilarious, and thats what made me a member for the past 7 years
True on the old site, this is not hillarious, normaly just crap, that i have to sift through and many others get sick of sifting through... it ruins the live function
Sorry but that would be a mistake, it does/can supply some light relief. I am as fed up as everyone woth these threads that degenerate into utter bollocks but its not the answer.
So you're against a democratic poll? where did i say that? lol
no im going to be just like our goverments and refuse to give a referrendum thats how democracy works doesnt it!
Agreed. There's a difference between banter, movie chat etc and repeatedly preaching end of the world beliefs/conspiracies at every turn.
I didn't say that you did say it, I was asking a question. Are you able to understand?So you're against a democratic poll? where did i say that? lol
no im going to be just like our goverments and refuse to give a referrendum thats how democracy works doesnt it!
So, why be just like the government? Why aren't you campaigning?
I have just signed back up to this site for another year having missed all the recent goings on.
Moral seems to be really low, how can I help to raise everyones spirits?
Do that dance you doI have just signed back up to this site for another year having missed all the recent goings on.
Moral seems to be really low, how can I help to raise everyones spirits?and dont highlight my name in threads unless prior permission given.. LMFAO
no you was asumeing trefor.
are you against a democratic poll? anwser would be no
and it looks more like a statement with a question mark.
You mean the truffle shuffle?Do that dance you do
I promise not to highlight your name again
YES the truffle!You mean the truffle shuffle?
I promise not to highlight your name again
Oh if only you could see me. My belly is gonna wobble for a week once I have finished busting this truffle!
Right then you're for having a poll about this. That's one thing sorted.
Now what about doing something constructive about the country's issues because it seems to me you're doing nothing at present, which makes you part of the problem does it not. <that's a statement>
I would of thought it would look like a question? would a statement not have an exclamation mark?
He was trying to read between the lines Kempy whilst detracting from the point of the 'conversation'. Don't worry too much about it.
Haha this club is going down the ****ter! so much e-hatred to people!!! It's a general forum for ANY general chit chat... you really don't have to look at that one thread you know.. nor do you have to reply to it. Clearly you don't see the point in GENERAL chat where GENERAL issues can be raised at any GENERAL time?!?!?
Why are people feeling so much anger these days anyway?! It's like you are all bored of the car talk so want to argue about anything else lol
The way to get out of these "dark" times is to not start threads like this in the first place, which is going to cause a rukus anyhow meaning you are just as bad as the people you are fighting against which aren't actually doing anything wrong.
Let's just all smile and hug
JRP I am not having a go at you either nor trying to piss you off, this is just my opinion on the matter
Sphinx, let me try and put it in a nutshell for you
Saying things like "Clearly you don't see the point.." is not going to score you any points. Its condescending, ofcourse people know what it means. So yes you can post what you like within reason, but when a majority of members don't want to read something you shouldn't be offended when someone speaks up. If it were up to me alone I'd delete anything to do with politics, religion, conspiricy theories and everything else in between that's currently giving me a headache everytime I log on. Unfortunately it isn't up to me alone and I need to be a little more tolerant.Haha this club is going down the ****ter! so much e-hatred to people!!! It's a general forum for ANY general chit chat... you really don't have to look at that one thread you know.. nor do you have to reply to it. Clearly you don't see the point in GENERAL chat where GENERAL issues can be raised at any GENERAL time?!?!?
As for the "don't read it if you don't want to" comment - unfortunately if you use the live feature you have NO OPTION but to read the threads (or posts) like the ones in question. You can't just ignore them. I use the live window to keep up with what's going on, I don't have the time to seletively browse the forum in the mannor you might. So yes, it's a real problem.
Because they're pationate about the Renault turbo owners club and they don't want to see it descend into some un-hinged political debate forum.
No, the way out is to not have people disrupting otherwise fine threads with the topics and themes we've seen of late.
Am hearin ya mate, I just posted something in genral chat but it was something to do with 5s so a suppose it's not to bad
Scoff, +1. Well articulated.
People are intrested in all sorts these days , read/learn what you want.
Dont get distracted from what you are doing, and get on with life. Doing whatever you please. no point making a point, If your not intrested or have no intrest of topics of that nature.
Everyone who bitch's about another members post OR THE CLUB or any negitive demeanor towards RTOC and or any member.
Could do with afrom the committee and told to Relaxe an bit
I thought you said that we're all brainwashed by the media and government? If that's so, how is it possible that people are 'interested in all sorts these days'? Make up your mind.
thats the sort of sh*trtoc dosnt need trev
Last edited by dave j gtt; 17-04-2010 at 12:01.
I agree completely. Although there's no need to swear.
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dave, friendly word of advice mate. stop digging holes for yourself, the forum is a better place without this sort of "debate".
edit: - that comment made more sence before some posts were edited by their owners
Scoff, I'm not going to quote everything you said to clog up this thread ha
But anyway, you do make a good point about everything especially the live feature and I can understand why people are getting pissed off about these threads but to remove the whole general chat is a bit OTT.
Anyway that's my two cents I'll just leave the commitee to do what they wish
Scoff, I'm not going to quote everything you said to clog up this thread ha
But anyway, you do make a good point about everything especially the live feature and I can understand why people are getting pissed off about these threads but to remove the whole general chat is a bit OTT.
Anyway that's my two cents I'll just leave the commitee to do what they wish
Scoff, imho, as the main man of this website, and a prominent member of the Committee, if you personally think that these type of threads shouldn't be present, then you shouldn't have to answer to anyone if you want to close/delete them.
If these bollox threads aren't nipped in the bud now, it might not be much longer before the actual passionate rtoc members just call it a day & leave.
You've already got half the Committee wondering why they're putting theirselves out for all the sh1te they've been taking of late, let alone potentially also losing a good core of said members as well.
For the good of the club & its forum, don't let it happen mate
The thing is General chat was ok, some randoms in there but all this politics & religion
you were saying jerp.........
I don't usually add much , but imo, you should keep general chat, because the bollox needs somewhere to go, other than that you'll see more of it in the Technical and other sections
Agreed.Scoff, imho, as the main man of this website, and a prominent member of the Committee, if you personally think that these type of threads shouldn't be present, then you shouldn't have to answer to anyone if you want to close/delete them.
If these bollox threads aren't nipped in the bud now, it might not be much longer before the actual passionate rtoc members just call it a day & leave.
You've already got half the Committee wondering why they're putting theirselves out for all the sh1te they've been taking of late, let alone potentially also losing a good core of said members as well.
For the good of the club & its forum, don't let it happen mate
Let's have some arbitrary, discretionary thread/post monitoring and deleting, if necessary base it on some board rules addenda that specify no religion (or other 'belief' systems), no politics, no doom mongering and one or two other things.
The point I've tried to make yesterday and today by challenging every one of these threads is to highlight just how many there are festering on the boards. RTOC is not the place for it, no matter what the intention of 'general chat' was/is meant to be.
[quote=Trevhib;148214]Agreed.
Let's have some arbitrary, discretionary thread/post monitoring and deleting, if necessary base it on some board rules addenda that specify no religion (or other 'belief' systems), no politics, no doom mongering and one or two other things.
The point I've tried to make yesterday and today by challenging every one of these threads is to highlight just how many there are festering on the boards. RTOC is not the place for it, no matter what the intention of 'general chat' was/is meant to be. [/quote]
General chat isn't going anywhere but some of the **** has to stop. There is a time and a place for it and it isn't here. Having a discussion about this at the moment with the other CM/Mods...I know we're all sick of it
[quote Having a discussion about this at the moment with the other CM/Mods...I know we're all sick of it[/quote]
Woohoo! Hopefully it'll get sorted for the good of everyone as a whole.
Having an opinion is fine but when it degenerates into meaningless drivel what's the point?!
There have been some good threads in the general forum, but increasingly taken over by a particular individual "expressing his point of view" kinda ruins most threads and you cant just skip his comment because theres several after pointing out how annoying he is.
Aslong as the threads are deleted and dont take up valuable space for constructive/informative threads then i geuss its got to stay really, just wish some people would learn that they dont allways have to post an opinion.
Bit like me posting mine now lol probably shouldnt click send but im about to.
Ive read this thread, theres some good points.
However I have to say that when you guys say threads desending into pointless drivel, surely you dont mean the ones started about things you have no interest in.
Now I for one find Dave refreshing, I dont agree with everything he has to say but that doesnt matter.
If any of it was anywhere but general chat i would probably be agreeing with virtually everything the committee have to say. However unless this is the committees club (which its not) You dont have the right to Tell Dave (lets be honest its one of three peeps your all trying to do away with) what he can or cannot talk about.
If a public vote go for the rules to be changed to make it against the rules to talk religion or politics then thats cool. Please dont just make it against the rules for people to talk about things that interest them.
Some people love football, some love horse racing, I HATE golf, however if someone wants to talk about the masters or Tiger woods, Im not going to be too bothered as I simply ignore that thread in general chat.
For gods sakes peeps I log onto RTOC to see if I can help anybody, or to learn a bit. As soon as Ive had a quick 5 minute glance if nothing interests me I move onto something else on the internet (lol no not shockingtube.com) or go do something in REAL life.
If you sit on this site all day then maybe you may find a few people anoying, maybe its time for you to leave. You know, Get a girlfriend or a job.
Any way of seperating general chat from rest of boards so that it doesn't appear in the live feed? Then everyone happy?
BINGO,
Best Comment best idea in this entire thread.
Agree
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