Do you think that the originators intended for signatures to be huge pictures that are on the average 10 times larger then the content of the message?

 

I agree 100%, especially the part about the offtopic gang being a totally different class of people.

Its been said many times before, if you dont care to read it, DON'T READ IT.

 

Hmmmmmmm.......let's ask co-founder Troy Roberts.

Here's his sig photo.


Yep, I see what you mean. That's at least 10 lines long. Maybe you should drop him a line about the size.
:D


[Modified by 67HEAVEN, 10:40 PM 10/10/2002]

 

Admit it... you only started this thread so you could show off that fine looking 383 in your sig! :D :D

 

I bet I got all ya beat....check out the size of my sig pic....big pic for a big block, wouldn't ya say?

 

Well with a pic that damn big, at least we can see those beautiful CE rims you put on it.....

Great looking 68 :cheers:

 

I have to disagree :jester

I think it is more efficient if the posts are divided in a very simple way such as C3 Tech and C3 General. I joined the forum when there were 7,000 members about three years ago. The C3 forum contained very few ‘quasi-off-topic’ posts and the majority was technical help. No offence intended, but the quality of the tech help was better back then. Now there are 40,000 members, and it is time to evolve. With this many people posting, obviously the variety of C3 topics is going to increase, which is not a bad thing, but we must accommodate the increased volume. Imagine when there will be 100,000 members?

Also, there were several invaluable tech experts that are no longer around (Ganey, Allan71, Joe Lucia, Tom454, even Lars is rare). I am assuming that they spent so much time sorting through and answering posts that they could not cope. I feel a separate Tech-only section would maybe lure them back.

Just look at the other sections:
C5 Technical: 39,821
C5 General: 24,398

C4 Technical: 39,457
C4 General: 16,825

C3: 59,322

 

so you mean to tell me that because they dont come here any longer that off topic posts are the reason??
not that they moved on to other interests, family, jobs etc???
wow...thats hard to imagine...
no offense intended...i just cant buy that...

 

The C3 forum is a different group of people than the other forums. I think the moderators allow us a little extra room when it comes to off topic posts because they know this. It's not that hard to skip the topics that you are not interested in, or go to the second page. Also I have seen the vote to split up the forums many times and I don't remember it being close at all.

 

Actually, I like the mix of topics here in the C3 forum. I will visit OT and the other forums but I always hang out here most of the time. The C3 group of folks make me feel more comfortable. :cheers: As far as posts to technical questions, all I'm looking for is a few good answers... :)

 

While it may not be the main reason some people leave/have left, I could definitely see it being a contributing factor.

I really don't see what the C3 forum would lose by splitting the forum. The whole "C3 community" thing would still be there. It would logically seperate posts by their content and purpose. People's questions would stay around longer and get a chance to be answered more thoroughly.

So what would we lose? And don't give me the old "this is the way it's always been done" line. Just because something has always been done a certain way doesn't mean it's the best way to do something.

 

If you missed the spider post, you missed the years most funniest post period. And if you live with a C3, a wife, kids, mortgage,etc, then you need some serious funny now and then. I am a fairly new member and am on my first vette, so I am not able to answer every tech question I see here. But I sure am learning a lot in a hurry by reading the posts. And the OTs give me the feeling that we are all friends.

 

Who cares about the topics, dude?
I just come here to find out what color my car should be to get the chicks. Having a big dick just doesn't cut it anymore.....

 

Langadorf, you bring up some interesting points here...
lets see if i can shed some light on those issues for you...
now, please understand that i DO NOT pretend to know all of the answers and i DO realize that these are just my opinions, be they correct or incorrect
but i do however feel as tho i am part of the majority in my thinking on this matter...

"I really don't see what the C3 forum would lose by splitting the forum."

it would very obviously loose that feeling that makes this forum special and different than the others...if you have read alot of the other posts you would see that most of the people here like that...
this place IS different from them and THAT is whats so special and THAT is what we would lose...
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" The whole "C3 community" thing would still be there."

I beg to differ with you...the "C-3" would be there but the "community" would be broken...(as stated above)
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"It would logically seperate posts by their content and purpose."

here lies a REAL problem (IMHO)
this is such an awesome "community" with a WIDE variety of subjects (mostly corvette subjects) being talked about that i cant for the life of me understand how you could possibly divide them into just 2 groups (even if you wanted too)...Tech and OT...the variety is just too vast...
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"People's questions would stay around longer and get a chance to be answered more thoroughly."

"stay around longer"?? where do you think they go? do you think that they just disapear into thin air?
that dosnt make sense at all!
i mean no disrespect to you at all...but please...be open minded and think about what you are saying... :)
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"Just because something has always been done a certain way doesn't mean it's the best way to do something."

i couldnt agree with you more :cheers:
but definetly not in this case....
as they say in my home state of Maine...
"if it ain't broke-dont fix it!"

hope i didnt make anybody mad at me here buy man id hate to see this place change! i love it here...it works...i say "leave it alone"

OH BY THE WAY...here is a perfect example of a great OT post... http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zero...=vote&id=44319
it broke up reading thru the tech posts wonderfully as i read thru them...
it made me smile several times and just think, i never would have seen it if it were hidin away in another section...



[Modified by SIGNGUY, 6:45 PM 10/11/2002]

 

Well, what have we here? A newbie who doesn't know the rules....the rules, no reference to male/female sex organs, else it's gonna cost ya points.

Since you're a newbie, I'll let it slide, but no reference to body parts, foul language, else it will cost ya points in the future

 

Not a flame, and I know I won't sway anyone, but I still want to reply to your reply. :D
This really explains very little. All of the same people and posts would still be here, but you would have to look both places. I can't see how this would destroy the C3 community.
We're going to have to differ here.
I would envision it as Tech and General. There will be some overlap, but if you're looking for tech info, you would spend a lot less time.

He's absolutely right. Tech posts get buried very quickly by all of the general posts. The people that may have the answers won't read far enough to see the questions. I've had this happen to me personally. I posted a TTT reply to get my question back to the first page and got an answer from Lars almost immediately. I think many people, myself included, don't read through to the second page. I feel like I'm whining if I have to post a TTT reply to get an answer. (I know, thats a personal problem)
It wouldn't be hiding. It would be in a forum that you would read regularly.
I'm obviously in the minority and am not planning on leaving soon so,
:cheers: to all my C3 brothers. :cool:

 

Don't you know you need a ricer to pick up chicks these days?

:jester

 

2 cents? That was at LEAST a buck-fifty worth! :jester

One thing you have to note about the post numbers you referenced is the frequency with which the various sections are archived. Those post counts are not TOTAL counts.


Now for my 2 cents:
The C3 section is unique. Tech vs General? Where do you draw the line? Which wheels do you like best? (general) What's the biggest wheel/tire that will fit on my car? (tech?)

So much of what's going on with our cars is how to keep them running and keep them in shape and how to counter the effects of years of Bubba.

I believe that most of the people who frequent C3 stay in C3 sections. We tend to be the wrench-turners of the forum, doing hard-core work ourselves. We're rebuilding engines & trannies and pulling bodies off frames. You don't see that happening in C4 & C5. To that end we most all have many things in common. We're car guys (& gals) for the most part.

We hang out here, we help each other, we come to know each other. Someone gets a classic GTO and posts here? We could shoot it over to "Other Cars", but hey, we (collectively) tend to like classic muscle. It's not a thread that's going to hang on the front page for weeks on end. People will look at it, go :cool: and move on. No harm no foul. When my daughter was born last year, I posted in here. I've been hanging around here for over 3 years and I wanted to share the news with my friends.

The difficulty for us Mods is where to draw the line. Some topics are clearly Off Topic and get moved right away. Other's we'll let hang for a couple days and then move it along. Catch me in a moving mood and it'll get moved right away. Post something inappropriate altogether or against forum rules and it'll get dealt with as soon as one of us sees it.

To that end, we're Moderators, and volunteers at that. Not babysitters or cops. We don't read through EVERY thread that comes up. And we have lives, too (or we try to at least). We might not notice an OT thread for a couple days. If there's a problem brewing, let one of us know (as usually happens).

Just remember, the forum is what you make of it. And for a FREE resource and place to hang out online, I don't think it can be beat.

Dave

 

Very well said Dave :cheers:

And thank you for all the good work you guys do :cheers:

You guys sure earn that CF paycheck everyweek :smash:

 

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I know im not here for the articles! :lol: :jester