DesignoSLK

The "Off Topic" area of MBWorld is becoming the same level of **** as Pointed Three. Is that where MBWorld wants to go? Let me know so I don't waste anymore time here.

And for those of you who think I'm whinning...whatever. Just proves that any moron can own a Mercedes Benz.

Jayhawk

True, any moron can buy a Mercedes, but it takes a special kind of moron to think this OT is anything like P3 or BW... This is a bit too tame, IMO!

ClayJ

Whole site's gone downhill IMO....

Changing demographic?

Administration and moderation?

Or just another example of human group dynamics and the least common denominator?

RobertG

If you dont want to take part in the off topic then dont click on it.
As far as the "whole site "going down hill that is only your opinion .

AsianML

Seems that a lot of the people posting these threads are the same people that like to complain a lot, not to mention some of the people posting in the thread....

DesignoSLK

BW? You're kidding, right? Maybe we're not on the same sheet of music. While I'm not an advocate of any one site, I don't see how you can put BW in the same sentence with P3 regarding the **** that's making it to OT of MBWorld.

And to be clear, I'm not stating the whole site is going downhill. It isn't, just the OT area. I'm really not a prude, although I'm sure you think that because I've even said anything. I just don't get why you guys think it's OK to post perverted pictures and Penthouse-style letters. OT doesn't, or at least should, mean "anything goes". Or, maybe I'm wrong and the powers that be of MBWorld are OK with that. If that's the case, I'm not going to tell you you're wrong...it's not my place or desire. I just want to know if that's the direction it's going so I can invest my time elsewhere.

Asian, this is the first time I've said anything regarding what's tasteful or not. But since you brough it up. you're one of the people I would hope these "adults" would be trying to keep from being subject to some of the garbage in this areas. I can't imagine your folks would approve of some of it.

Jayhawk

Hey I respect your right to say anything you want, but I can tell you from personal experience (over 5,000 posts combined) that much, if not most of what gets posted on BW wouldn't last two minutes here. I have never been rebuked or reprimanded over there, but I have been called out several times and have had .jpg's pulled here that no one would even notice over there. You need to get a grip or get an education! This place is like a bloody monastery compared to most OT forums!!!

SoCalCLK

Good point, my friend.

Did I mention that I may have had one of my GM's place an order for the Maybach Excelero (when it becomes available, of course) and that I can't wait for the next "Track Day" to take it out and run it next to the Bugatti Veyron?

Come to think of it, the OT is going downhill, fast!

vraa

Try using the "Report Post Moderator" function available on the left hand side of every single post.

If you think something violates the TOU, report it and the moderation team will look at it.

RobertG

Asian was not talking about you he was refering to the person that chimed in after your post.

C43AMG

Brunelleschi

You're not even an official member? You haven't been around nearly long enough to have any idea of how this forum evolves, or to see the routine cycles of content through the years. How can you possibly say that you see a trend of decline in content on the forum when you have only been a member since June? I am afraid that at this point you don't have the necessary volume of information to make any correlation between what you are reading today, and what might indicate a long term decline in useful content.

It is 4 degrees warmer today than it was yesterday....must be global warming. Let's not investigate the past several million years of climate change. Let's just compare yesterday to today. This is very much what your argument sounds like.

Give the site an honest chance before you pass judgement.

RobertG

Good analogy.

DesignoSLK

Fair enough, and you're right. I just felt the Penthouse-style post was a bit much for tastefulness. That's all.

NY C32

Good grief...

This is an off-topic forum where anything, within the TOU, is discussed. If a subject offends you or you don't want to participate, DO NOT CLICK ON THE THREAD!

ClayJ, as far as your reply - It comes as no surprise that you find that this site has only gone downhill, as it has...FOR YOU. Everybody and I mean everybody (and there are some stupid members that are a bit slower than others) had their wake up call to your continued fantasyland bullsh*t that you've spewed all over this site with your continued lies. Changing demographic??? hardly - We have MB owners, MB enthusiast and a resident POS liar. Things seem to be exactly the way they've been since I joined.

This forum is going to continue to suck for you until you come clean...It just won't fix itself. Consult one of your GM's...They'll concur

Nola

Of course the demographic in the forum is chaging. Ever since ClayJ joined, the average income of forum members increased by a few million dollars a year. It dropped for a couple of weeks when the banhammer fell... talk about sleepless nights!

benzmodz

I have to say in my personal experience that very many useful small threads on how to do certain things have been pushed out of the forum archives because of monster threads like "tired of whoring" which force less popular but extremely useful threads to be deleted to save space.

If that is how it works then the "decline" has been in relevant content in exchange for babysitting.

AsianML

Well you should've saved that page, or did a PrtScrn copy of it so you can refer to it later. Don't blame us for not figuring out ways of saving it. You KNEW that someday they would be pushed out, yet you did nothing to stop it.

BTW, there is an archive.

vraa

We don't delete threads to save space. We only delete threads if they are spam unless I'm forgetting something.

transferred

Agreed.

transferred

vraa

Off Topic goes in the direction which members take it. The moderation team will rather exercise 'judicial restraint' than take an active role.

No one likes an over zealous forum staff. The members don't like it because things start getting shut down, and the staff doesn't like it because it's extra work for them.

In the end, I want to re-state, Off Topic will head in a general direction that the members take it. Remember, you can always contribute your opinion by posting a new reply in a current thread, or even creating a new thread

And don't forget, the report post to moderator button is always next to each post if you feel that a certain post violates the TOU.

MB-BOB

Just now seeing this thread... The Staff is currently discussing the Pointed Three thread I believe you refer to.

Personally, I agree with you that this "joke" thread is over the top, as we do have members who don't want to read the kind of language in that thread, which I feel does violate the TOU. However, I am just one vote.

We are awaiting a ruling, and will take appropriate action when received.

AsianML

There's a PointedThree thread?

Jayhawk

I can't tell if he's talking about a "P3 thread" or the P3 site, and, a joke thread here. I must have missed either or both... Or like so many threads (that I consider "dumb") I took one look and just moved on, which is what I think most of us do. I don't understand why someone would continue to monitor, or even join, a thread that looks dumb, bad, or worse.