What do you guys think?

by **Punisher** » August 3rd, 2011, 10:22 pm

Genuine poll to weed out the pricks who like getting their jollies from ruining it for everyone.

by **SnyperEB** » August 3rd, 2011, 10:24 pm

Maybe need to be more specific about who your talking about!

depends on whos asking the question, and the nature of the question.

if its something that could be answered with a simple search, then its on.

Poll updated so it isn't one sided.

Also I think you will find this place WILL turn into aff if we aren't allowed to give people shit when they ask dumb questions.

by **LOW_XR** » August 3rd, 2011, 10:44 pm

i thought this thread is a waste of time. but that option wasnt available. :scratch:

by **superhuS!** » August 3rd, 2011, 11:38 pm : **juiceman Likes this post**

I'm pretty sick of the kids that have no spelling and grammar skills.

I think that whoever doesn't use paragraphs should be banned. I really cannot be fucked answering any questions if i'm going to have a brain haemorrhage reading the question.

by **misk** » August 4th, 2011, 12:40 am

yeah i reckon **** that cant spell or put a sentence together are worse than any smart **** or people having a crack.
its the interweb, have a cry and crack a can if someone has a go at you, but **** me reading a 20 line sentence is gay as aids.

He is talking about the bonnet buldge thread.

I was actually disappointed on how many people gave a serious reply to that thread... It started off funny

by **iCER** » August 4th, 2011, 10:30 am

so many ban's would be given out in any thread i make.

So i say 1 month ban!

by **misk** » August 4th, 2011, 11:38 am

well i guess if they are fuckwit regardless of what they do, ban lol

by **[Sterling]** » August 4th, 2011, 12:45 pm

misk wrote:well i guess if they are fuckwit regardless of what they do, ban lol

Or in icers case, just a fuckwit.

by **SnyperEB** » August 4th, 2011, 1:07 pm

If we are wanting to the club to get bigger and more successful and more noticed as a serious club. Flaming new blokes like that is probably not the way to go about it.

Newbies seeing that would be deterred away from posting about their car and planned mods for the chance of being bagged out about it.

LUXO_8 wrote:put it in the bin.....installed

Dansedgli wrote:Wear it like a hat.

TechXR wrote:Duct tape, if it doesn't work, you haven't used enough.

by **nothin suss** » August 4th, 2011, 1:19 pm

I'm all for a laugh/payout now and then between 'older' members but you gotta go easy on the newbies.
There will always be stupid questions and crap ideas posted, can't help that. It's an internet based forum based on $200 e-series falcons after all.

The young blokes that are passionate will hang about and grow up. Time wasters will fizzle away.

by **Dansedgli** » August 4th, 2011, 1:38 pm

The dude was/is a muppet, check his thread.

by **killer_ef** » August 4th, 2011, 1:56 pm

Dansedgli wrote:The dude was/is a muppet, check his thread.

That's not nice, I'm just lazy and couldn't be assed to use it. And besides its off topic who gives a rats ass, I got bored, no crime in that is there?

by **[Sterling]** » August 4th, 2011, 2:09 pm

EBGLT wrote:If we are wanting to the club to get bigger and more successful and more noticed as a serious club. Flaming new blokes like that is probably not the way to go about it.

Newbies seeing that would be deterred away from posting about their car and planned mods for the chance of being bagged out about it.

LUXO_8 wrote:put it in the bin.....installed

Dansedgli wrote:Wear it like a hat.

TechXR wrote:Duct tape, if it doesn't work, you haven't used enough.

When was the last time you attended a full cruise or even helped out at cruise shaun?

by **misk** » August 4th, 2011, 2:20 pm

Is it maybe we that are the fuckwits? And by we I mean all you guys...
Maybe the special newbies are alright after all?

I was a newbie once. All I wanted was this dansedgli guy to like me, but it never happened and my life is ruined

Seriously though, if you can't turn to duct tape as a professional solution, what else is there?

by **SnyperEB** » August 4th, 2011, 2:59 pm

[Sterling] wrote:
EBGLT wrote:If we are wanting to the club to get bigger and more successful and more noticed as a serious club. Flaming new blokes like that is probably not the way to go about it.

Newbies seeing that would be deterred away from posting about their car and planned mods for the chance of being bagged out about it.

LUXO_8 wrote:put it in the bin.....installed

Dansedgli wrote:Wear it like a hat.

TechXR wrote:Duct tape, if it doesn't work, you haven't used enough.

When was the last time you attended a full cruise or even helped out at cruise shaun?

Nothing to do with the topic Kest!

by **[Sterling]** » August 4th, 2011, 3:04 pm

Well it does actually, when you say "If we are wanting to the club to get bigger and more successful and more noticed as a serious club". So I'm just curios?

fuckwits like killer_ef need a warning, then flaming/banning if they continue. They just bring the forums down. Killer_ef is clearly trolling.

Newbies in general should be looked after, but fuckwittedry should be strongly discouraged.

by **SnyperEB** » August 4th, 2011, 4:20 pm : **nothin suss Likes this post**

[Sterling] wrote:Well it does actually, when you say "If we are wanting to the club to get bigger and more successful and more noticed as a serious club". So I'm just curios?

Im just more thinking the fact the creating a better enviroment and taking care of newbies rather then bagging the out. Creating it will encourage people to join, get a good word out there for the club and get more people involved in shows cruises and meets.

There's 450+ Build threads.

We should have more the 30 cars for next weekend.

by **misk** » August 4th, 2011, 4:59 pm : **holmsy Likes this post**

New **** just need to pull there head in and search for shit.
I never copped it from anyone even though I'm a nuffy.

If your a fuckwit in real life you have no friends or get shit from everyone.
AFF and fordmods is for soft ****, boosted is for sick **** n shit

by **pHaT`eL** » August 4th, 2011, 5:45 pm : **nothin suss Likes this post**

Yep, give noobs a chance, if they ark up about every tiny little detail, GONE!

If they seem genuinely interested in taking info provided by other members, then they are welcomed with open arms /endhomosecks.

by **AaronEF8** » August 4th, 2011, 6:42 pm : **LUXO_8 Likes this post**

There is the 'noob questions' thread, people seem to get answers pretty quickly on there without smartass comments.

People posting tech questions in the general discussion area, or panel questions in the 6cyl section are fail.

Out of curiosity, how many cars are usually at Vic AFF meets?
I'm all for expanding the club and junk, but not if it's going to become full of fucktards in their $300 shitboxes expecting instant answers about simple questions that have been answered in great detail in another thread.

by **XR_Lightning** » August 4th, 2011, 7:09 pm

to be honest you are always gona get fuckwits, but how often does it actually happen?? alot of new guys are pretty cool, but occassionally your just gonna get a total fuckwit and there gonna cop shit, so im pretty much backing up what Dave said

by **Rollin** » August 7th, 2011, 4:15 pm : **AaronEF8 Likes this post**

Quality members > Quantity of members.

How big is AFF?

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » August 7th, 2011, 4:22 pm

Theres abit over 65,000 members on AFF. Alot of soft cocks though

by **Bob Lablaw** » August 7th, 2011, 5:18 pm

pay out on stupid questions, if they didnt search thats their fault. A newbie will either pull their head in, have a cry and go away or be banned. You learn alot more with a search anyway.
Another note, month ban for bad grammer?

by **xf372** » August 7th, 2011, 10:20 pm

i reckon it`s a good idea, one of the reasons i have less than 5 posts is that i have always searched for what i`ve been looking for.
unfortunately sometimes you do have to sort through a lot of smartass posts to find the answer your after, but that does happen on any site.

Why does his thread even exist? You want a 100% serious club? Join a paid members only club.

I get grilled for looking an arab, my car being a double colour fvck box and not knowing when I'm too loud. WHO FVCKING CARES!

So fvcking over people who decide there should be some moral high ground, how about you throw the soap box in the fire and send ya fvcking moral high horse to the glue factory.

Ban me, love me, ignore me... I don't care, I come along, have a laugh, a drink, then go home. No skin off my sack.

Josh :drinks2:

Josh L wrote:Why does his thread even exist? You want a 100% serious club? Join a paid members only club.

I get grilled for looking an arab, my car being a double colour fvck box and not knowing when I'm too loud. WHO FVCKING CARES!

So fvcking over people who decide there should be some moral high ground, how about you throw the soap box in the fire and send ya fvcking moral high horse to the glue factory.

Ban me, love me, ignore me... I don't care, I come along, have a laugh, a drink, then go home. No skin off my sack.

Josh

well said Josh!!!

isnt it one of the reasons that this forum was made aswell, to get away from all the nazi fuckheads on AFF??? why do some people want this site to go all pussy??? go join AFF if you dont like it!!!

by **pHaT`eL** » August 8th, 2011, 5:26 pm : **NUT347 Likes this post**

Im all for a free forum and inviting anyone in, but I REALLY cbf reading some of the dribble/novels people write without hitting the enter key and starting a new line.
Also for people not posting pics, location or prices in for sale threads!!

by **AaronEF8** » August 8th, 2011, 6:22 pm

Im all for a free forum and inviting anyone in, but I REALLY cbf reading some of the dribble/novels people write without hitting the enter key and starting a new line.

My thoughts exactly.

I know I'm one to post the link to the search page when someone asks a simple question, but I do a search myself first, just to check the question has been answered, partly so I can be a smartass too

It doesn't help that people can't spell for shit, or don't know how to search for something. I learnt both of those things by the age of 13, what do they teach in school nowdays?

I'm predicting that it will only get worse in the future as XR6Ts get cheaper, and more dumbshits buy thrashed out 300,000km examples then stumble across this forum asking if disconnecting the wastegate line is the best way to make more boost or something.

by **Punisher** » August 8th, 2011, 11:20 pm : **pedrobta Likes this post**

Let me apologize for not making this thread clear...

It's not about making this forum 100% serious and I know that we can get the scum from the bottom of the barrel sometimes...

But my point is, we now have some big names joining the club eg; members from the Street Fords Magazine and members from other reputable establishments, so having members who slag and "flame" others, in build threads and in the "General Admin" area is not on. Don't you think it would be better for the club, if such crap was kept in a "Private - Get things off your chest" section? That's how some U.S. forums work. And they've been operating a lot longer and have a lot more members than a few of the Aus forums combined. I would rather be part of a club that helps out the average Joe, not matter how stupid the question/modification might be, than be like some of the members from the ORSM reach-arounds who think they're better than everybody else and not give the little guy a time of day.

I only joined this forum a few years ago, and between then and now, I've seen more than a fair share of drop kicks asking the same question over and over again. I did a lot of searching, but the response "go search for it" sometimes doesn't always provide a good enough solution. Here's a thought... Why not start things off with a proper "Welcome" email.
Here's one example from one of the other forums I'm a member of that i have altered.
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Thank you for signing up to BoostedFalcon.net! Here you will find everything you need to know about your Ford Falcon and much more.

Please make sure you introduce yourself here -

*BoostedFalcon.net's Introduction Section* (viewforum.php?f=27)

and also please take a look at our rules and terms for the forums.

*BoostedFalcon.net's Forum & Posting Rules!* (viewtopic.php?f=27&t=15181)

Thanks again for becoming a new member here at BoostedFalcon.net

From the BoostedFalcon.net Team
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The mere fact that the rules and terms are given to everyone when they sign up, they wouldn't have an excuse if they were temporarily banned for typing like "Snookie" on crack!

At the end of the day, I know we all come on here to have a look at someone else's work, have a bit of a laugh and even learn or share our ideas and experiences.

by **pedrobta** » August 9th, 2011, 6:37 am

im with Kosta on this. I like the idea of the welcome email. I think a general rundown of what the site has to offer with the forum rules/ettiquet(?) and even tips on how to use the search function (ie trying different word combinations) would benefit new members.
I think its all fair that some of you dont give a **** and just want to stir shit and have a laugh (thats a large part of why i decided to join and be active at boosted), but there are times when comments become exessivly abusive.

by **slammeb** » August 10th, 2011, 9:19 am : **Punisher Likes this post**

If you're a genuine drop kick in life, would you read a welcome email?

by **pedrobta** » August 10th, 2011, 9:32 am

slammeb wrote:If you're a genuine drop kick in life, would you read a welcome email?

then its open season!

by **slammeb** » August 10th, 2011, 9:39 am

There's threads everywhere saying everything a welcome email could tell you but no one reads it.
What's the point of a welcome email if people can't read a thread in capitals stuck to the top of a page.
Why not some simple info like below on pages?

by **09ZAFIRA** » August 10th, 2011, 12:53 pm

people shouldnt been banned for giving stupid answers to stupid questions :banghead:

by **vegabass** » August 10th, 2011, 2:12 pm : **nstg8a Likes this post**

Epic lols ^^^^^^

I feel a little more youthful when I hang out at boosted.net, its nice time out from the kids and wife. :drinks2:

Ban users who put smartass comments in someone's thread(especially if it's for genuine help) or not?

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