03-12-2019, 08:43 PM | #121 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Austin
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Some free-form thoughts on this and other seemingly-related forum issues: (I initially posted about the likes disappearing in the "Comments, Suggestions, and Help" section, and no moderators visited that thread, so I suppose if I would like to contribute to the conversation , I will have to do it here...) (These are only MY opinions, obviously!) I'm a paid member. I am not on FaceBook, and only in my pre-crawler days was I on other RC forums - The JANG's URC mainly, in case anyone is curious. I "Like" the "Like". I also post a lot - trying to contribute to conversations, discuss new products, appreciate member's build threads, and showing my own rigs. I fail to see how the "Like" hurts, as it can be ignored by those who aren't into it, and those who wish to post more than just a "Like" typically do so. To me, removing it seems like a way to "force" more interaction in an artificial manner. It might be different if the "Like" button never existed before, but the Pandora's box had already opened some time ago on this site (and elsewhere on the internet). The world today is a fast-paced place with lots of distractions, most of us here work and many have families. We don't always have time to compose a post in response to everything that elicits a desire to publicly approve of another post. I, for one, enjoy the back-and-forth of "Likes" and will admit freely that it feels good to have one of my posts "Liked" - so sue me... I'm a single guy in his mid-50's that doesn't really do much more than obsess over RC crawlers and this site means a lot to me. Since this change has happened, I'm personally feeling somewhat dissatisfied, and reading this thread is depressing. Actually, I'm going to slightly revise that statement - I suppose it really kicked off when the Proline Metric body thread went completely haywire. Threads do that around here every so often, but it's been ages since one went as bad as that one did. I was one of the first commenters, but all I said was it was too rich for my blood, and then I stayed out of it. My general feelings of discomfort with the site began as that thread "blew up", and I was hoping it would settle down - but I see the direct link from it to the other changes happening. My thoughts on vendors, well - vendors on here help the site in some ways, and they supply the hobby and us with products. But - they are also earning money from selling their products - they chose to work in the business that they are in. If they cannot take criticism of their products, they are in the wrong business. Obviously, any criticism given should be as constructive as possible, no need to be rude. But, this site does occasionally have rudeness in non-vendor related threads, with the perpetrators typically falling back on that tire old mantra of "toughen up, you shoulda seen what this place USED to be like". Just because things once were that way shouldn't excuse that behavior - we are just hanging out here talkin' toy trucks, after all. I also thought it was interesting seeing the vendor mention the green "flipoff" emoji, and how he took that as rude - I also can't help but take it as rudeness, but I have long ago stopped reacting to it. (Well, I guess I'll stop here... Please take this post as it was meant - as a collection of observations and opinions - I hope everything dies down, we get back to "normal", and - as a final note, We get the "Like" option back!) |
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03-12-2019, 08:46 PM | #122 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Detroit
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You can also use the plus sign like this: chit chat+rccrawler.com It will be the first thing to pop up.
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03-12-2019, 09:07 PM | #123 | |
RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Surprise
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Wish there was a LIKE button....... Well said Durok ! | |
03-12-2019, 09:35 PM | #124 | |
Slow is the new Fast Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Winterpeg
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03-12-2019, 10:33 PM | #125 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Suffolk
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03-12-2019, 10:37 PM | #126 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Detroit
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There is a "how to use the search function" in the newbies section. Its a sticky too. But what I was talking about was using the google search engine itself. Sent from my LGMP260 using Tapatalk |
03-12-2019, 10:44 PM | #127 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Perth, Western Australia, 6108
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Nice truck.
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03-12-2019, 11:21 PM | #128 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Caldwell ID.
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03-12-2019, 11:26 PM | #129 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tri-cities, WA
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03-12-2019, 11:29 PM | #130 |
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03-13-2019, 01:05 AM | #131 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tri-cities, WA
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03-13-2019, 04:00 AM | #132 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Suffolk
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I also think it might help if you re-ordered the sub forums a little and put the newbie stuff at the very top instead of the new parts vendor forum. | |
03-13-2019, 08:14 AM | #133 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Northeast PA
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...and this is our life now. Sorting through pages of quotes because everyone is forced to quote and re-post to agree. Up until a couple weeks ago, moderator activity was so rare I honestly couldn't have identified one by screen name or avatar. I appreciate the renewed attention and effort, but between this and disappearing threads I'm not sure we're on the right track yet. Keep trying guys. | |
03-13-2019, 08:30 AM | #134 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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| Re: "Like" Button We are also in the midst of "I'm going to post that I like this as a protest to not having the like button" phase of adjustment to a recent change. Should this be a permanent change, those type posts will hopefully evolve into something furthering the conversation.
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03-13-2019, 08:54 AM | #135 | ||
Gold Star Baby! Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Las Vegas
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At this point the forum’s survival will be in spite of them taking the like away, not because of it. | ||
03-13-2019, 09:06 AM | #136 | |
RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: The OC
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Exactly. The comments in support far outweigh any detractors. Removing features doesn't 'improve' the forum. I call this a 'solution looking for a problem'. Seems to be all the rage these days...pretty much everywhere. Either that or I'm just getting old and resistant to change. They call me 'Walter' at work - after Jeff Dunham's puppet. | |
03-13-2019, 09:50 AM | #137 | |||||
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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That would be ridiculous... quoting and emojis arent going anywhere...be realistic dude You say your on popular forums but yet all the popular forums I am on don't have it: Nasioc forums for subaru Zilvia forums for nissan Scale Builders Guild for Scale rock crawlers Quote:
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You have a right to free speech but this is a privately owned forum and the owners can dictate what they allow and don't allow. RCC has been pretty good about that over the years but lets not get into a constitution debate Quote:
Appreciate the feedback, I do hope you choose to renew Quote:
Someone has to hold the gavel...Yes Jim I am not a fan of the like button, however whatever my opinion on it may be my ultimate goal is success for the forum. If I am wrong in having John/Badger remove it and the data supports it, then Ill gladly take the internet beat down that I have coming | |||||
03-13-2019, 09:52 AM | #138 | ||||||||
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Thanks for the support Nate Quote:
I'm beginning to feel like everything thinks I turned the like button off... I didn't... Badger did, one of the 2 current owners of the forum. I spent an hour on the phone with John on Monday night and collectively, a long with influence from others, WE decided to do a pilot run of it being off. Regardless, I hope you continue to support RCC Quote:
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You sir win, As i read through some of the very long winded comments I cant help but think if guys put even a 1/4 of this into build threads and tech what great shape we'd be in Quote:
Thank you, I believe that utilizing the social media outlets to bring people here is something that needs to happen. Last edited by 1BadJeepBruiser; 03-13-2019 at 09:58 AM. | ||||||||
03-13-2019, 09:53 AM | #139 | |||||||
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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I concur Quote:
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Appreciate the kind words and feedback Quote:
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They haven't turned keys over to me, they are still the current owners. Badger does a lot of the behind the scenes stuff that 99.9% would have no idea about. Getting admin access allows me to address issues that as a regular moderator I couldn't. I agree, we have the tech and info and I want to get that stuff back on top. Quote:
Ive always thought the search function worked well and I figured searching for say something scx10 related in the scx10 forum made sense but I guess I could see that being an issue. That would be something for badger then to look into Quote:
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03-13-2019, 09:53 AM | #140 | |
Gold Star Baby! Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Las Vegas
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The data you have won’t tell you what you think it will. I’d rather not scapegoat this move on flawed data and just chalk it up to two people that hold the power making a unilateral decision that the majority of the community here vocally disagrees with. | |
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