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the reason why its so quiet over hear is those few people who insist on starting crap arent over here.

it wasnt always totally a shithole at bstuff but the last year or two over there it went down the shitter with the quality of people, and then after the hack it got even worse.

Maybe some sorta of vin check ALSO with limited rights until x amount of post for certain areas to be viewed/posted in would be ideal for this site so people without L bodies and "manners" will be picked out of the bunch.  It may not work for everyone, but it will crack down on a lot of asshats.

there just need to be strict rules made very clear for some people. and set up a 3 strike system kinda like the 3 strike with prison
1st strike= warning
2nd strike= suspension for x amount of days
3rd strike= banned for life

stuff over at bstuff was way too leaniant with the way people felt the need to tell everyone off and the repeat offenders.

(95BlackZ26 @ Mar. 09 2008,12:26)QUOTEi know every board isdifferent but i saw way too many people get away with murder in some threads. there were threads that should have been closed after the first post but they went on for 4+ pages of bitching and fighting. stuff that wouldnt have flown on any other board.
That's most of the reason people went to bstuff, to get away with anything...


QUOTEstuff over at bstuff was way too leaniant with the way people felt the need to tell everyone off and the repeat offenders.


Yeah that's pretty much it, everyone thought bnet was too strict and then opt'd for the overly abusive bstuff.

I'd love to stay bnet...  I just don't like it visually.  

-J

Being too strict will drive away the relaxed people that have knowledgeable information.  There are plenty of sites that have there fun and know when to put a halt to the garbage.  No one is perfect, treat people how you want to be treated and the favor will be returned to an extent.

I agree, it is much more conversational over here than at bstuff.
Over there it was confrontational.
Way more relaxed feeling here...

I think what's going to happen(or already happened) is the people who actually care to be on a car fourm and not a soap opera forum will move over here and start posting here. Bstuff has officially been down since Feb 27th. There have been a couple mins/hours of maybe 1 or 2 days that it was back up but I see this as an omen. Time to move on. The good thing is most of the people who are old timers are already here posting useful information, and not the crap that was flying around bstuff.

Dont get me wrong, drama is amusing after a really shitty day but when it was as flagrant as it was over there, it tends to be annoying. And believe it or not it has driven people away from that site.

Professional enough, but not a stick in the mud. That's what I would like to see.

I joined here just to see what's up with bstuff...

I gotta say bnet kinda sucks; no one's here!

it sucks that no ones here, yea, but more people who actually wanna learn and talk about there cars will join, and i see it this way, if bstuff is officially done, im going to miss all the members over there, but im not going to miss the argueing, wich no matter what anyone says, weve all contributed to in one way or another, theres no way you went into a thread, read some bs, and didnt flag it.... but i liked the thing were you clicked new post, and all the newly replied topics poped up, its not like that over here.....

(95BlackZ26 @ Mar. 09 2008,12:33)QUOTEthe reason why its so quiet over hear is those few people who insist on starting crap arent over here.
NOOO>. im here!!

The three people I know the best aren't here... I would get like 5 PM's a day from Dustin, no joke. Looks like I might actually have to e-mail him for a change. As for Brett and Sara, looks like I might have to pick up the phone for a change, lol

Some people, like Josh (JStegs), I don't even have a way to contact any more... yep, it's pretty lame.

For some reason I'm not surprised that bstuff shut down.  Too much drama for it to take, so it committed suicide.  I think this board has a lot more to offer, hopefully the drama queens and trouble makers stay away.

the proper burial stone for bstuff

Gone on vacation for 3 days, still down. Boo hoo.

So whos going to turbo there car next, how about the first G6 6 speed swap?

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