One other thing i'd like to add.... members should NOT have to pay to cover the costs of running a forum, your sponsors should be covering the costs of that... get out and find some more sponsors, that's what i do for the mcd racing forum membership is free.
I don't think more then 20 people would donate more then $50, no.
Pete and I have put ideas forward to the owners and we will see what responses we get from them.
What would people think about the chat box again? It did kill the forum a little I think, people stopped posting in threds. But the chat box seems to work on other forums.
IMO I don't have have a big enough regular member base to warrant a chatbox. But I'm all for stickers and so, but in more of a shop format rather than a donations format. Would be good to have stickers and merchandise to promote the forum to get a more people interested in rc and a bigger member base. With decent bashing get togethers in 3 states there's plenty of opportunity to promote ausrc.
Also lets not turn this into a mods discussion. Rod and LD continue your conversation via PMs.
I'm not overly fussed about free merch or pics in sigs etc. I would like a bigger inbox though. I have a massive one on rctech that I rarely ever use, and yet here where I post alot and use the pm system fairly often I constantly have to delete messages to be sure I get any pms.
To be honest though the biggest improvement to the forum would be an end to all the bickering and schoolyard biatch fighting that has been going on lately. Not only that, but I've seen a lot of smartarse comments made in threads posted by new members, which is hardly encouraging new members to come back.
I'm not going to engage in any fingerpointing, nor am I trying to start any new fights. Just saying what I've seen.
im a member and a mod on another forum they have a huge following (not rc )but they dont charge fees for being a member all the money required to keep the forum running comes from sponsors and merchandise
i myself have bought 5 hoodies an two shirts from them and it looks good when you all wear the site logo together makes you look like a real club to others and also promotes the site so more people join up.
they also have stickers, hats, pit shirts are coming, and stubby holders.
all these things are advertising nothing more.
signatures are able to have pics as standard
you do have a 50 limit om pm's
and theres no limit to how many pictures you can post.
I think ask You Mad Ambro or Grafil got banned and no im not playing with ya, I should be in a position to print nice vinyl decal sets in a couple of weeks. I have a bunch of paper samples on the way from all over the world once they get here i can work on pricing for you.
All this talk of photography in BBT's thread got me thinking about getting back into it again in a semi decent way and so i have bought a A3 printer for doing my own prints at home, and well for printing my own decal sets for my cars too
Haha, I remember tiny leaving abusive messages on my message bank after I texted him when he left his mobile no on the forums. Haha. Won't miss him though!
Mr Leopard did seem like a douche at times but he also seemed he liked to help noobs.
Some people may forget that there are actually people behind the words they read and on the receiving end of there BS, they also forget that some of these forum users may not be all that old, without the face to face its up to what you think the users age, skills and mental capabiltys are (normally your assumption is wrong)
Sorry if you guys think these guys are nice in person, they probably are. but hiding behind a keyboard they turn. Makes you wonder if they are just too soft to say what they think in person for fear of rejection or segregation....
Some people may forget that there are actually people behind the words they read and on the receiving end of there BS,
Sorry but if you guys think these guys are nice in person, they probably are but hiding behind a keyboard they turn. Makes you wonder if they are just too soft to say what they think in person for fear of rejection or segregation which makes them bitter online....
In no way am I defending their forum behavior. Just putting it out there that they aren't all that bad in person
Sent from my Samsung Note 10.1
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Australian RC Forums
465.8K posts
12.6K members
Since 2003
A forum community dedicated to Australian RC owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about collections, displays, models, styles, scales, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more!