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Originally Posted by Chris R.
If it's a place of last resort, why not just abolish it? I mean it's jusy infuriating to see all the topics moved to other spots in the site.
There are thousands of other sites that work this way and it seems to work well; I ask why this site is so different and where the need to move topics came from?
Lastly, do you think it might be an indication that it's over policed when you (moderator) had to move the site's owners post? You would think he would know the rules, or at least trump them!
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The only other p-car sites I know are rennlist, rennteam, 6speed, roadfly and
Porsche Pete's Boxster Board. The number of posts there on Caymans is far fewer than here. Try reading ppbb sometime. I find it about impossible to read through.
In fact, I find the other p-car forums very difficult to sort through. Here is a forum with a large number of posts and you can see how many forums they have
MINI COOPER :: North American Motoring - Forum List The more threads that are posted everyday, the far more difficult it becomes to sort through the threads.
I understand you like what you like but consider everybody else. If you don't care about Cayman Sales or comparisons with other cars or OT or Specs, then having all those threads cluttering up one giant forum would get a lot of people, who don't care about ... whatever .... irritated because the have to sort through all them. How about the people who don't want to sort through hundreds of new threads a day?
Why does chat exist? I presume to chat about stuff not part of "modifications", "sales", "OT", etc. I view it at the "non-technical" forum. Your not talking mods, not talk tech, not talking electronics, not talking wheels, etc. etc. etc.
I didn't move K-man S's thread. In fact, I have no idea who did. Any of the mods could have. I know I moved the threads on light bulbs, 997 PCM and GT3 comparison and one more. They don't belong in "chat". In fact, many times people start threads in chat having nothing to do with Caymans. The rules are clearly stated in the admin post.
Do I think its overpoliced if the mods have to move threads? No, I think the originators of the threads don't follow the posting rules they agreed to use the forum. It's not overpolicing, IMO, but just ensuring that threads are where they are supposed to be and it would help if members followed the posting rules.