I.T. Guy

I hope you are right about resurgence of forums. I wholeheartedly agree with the consolidation of easily searchable content and organized posting history.

As for a new forum -eek-!! I started this thread to get more people to THIS forum. I like it here.

Every forum will have it's challenges for sure, but I don't see many issues here with Personal Insults, Politics and Religion, Flame Wars, etc. _because_ it's moderated. I'm perfectly ok if those things keep getting sanitized by mods. If I wanted an "anything goes" place to fight the internet fight I would go somewhere else. That's just not my thing.

Ignore is a tool. And if one using said tool can't self regulate and skip over threads started by someone on ignore that they are not interested in reading, maybe read the TOS section on Conduct and take whatever personal action necessary. There's also nifty sections on Moderation, Interaction With Others, etc.

Humans have proven over and over again that we can't "just get along" so some kind of rules and enforcement need to exist.
And
No one is perfect.

I hope everyone sticks around and no one runs off. That would be a shame.

SpydrMnky

I feel like there’s a general decline in forums. To be honest I was surprised to see such a strong forum following in the MB community. I was a Subaru enthusiast until it went to poop after Toyota bought em out. NASIOC and IWSTI forums were full of active members back in the early 2000’s, but have died or since been taken over by internet tough guys and keyboarding trolls. It’s just sad to see, but I subscribe to threads and try to stay checking in.

MB2timer

I am a bit surprised that this thread has blown up. Obviously there was a lot of pent up resentment that boiled over. You can’t keep that bottled up forever. It eventually erupts somewhere.

Drone_S213

Had a 2002 WRX manual with awesome Recaro seats...was able to drive that bug-eye 19-hours straight without any body fatigue. Test drove the STI that I thought was a time-machine but later bought 4 GM-Holden V8s because of GMS Employee Pricing. Still participate on Chevy SS Forums since had a 2017 A6 and still own a 2015 M6 SS Sedan that Albert Biermann fashioned after his iconic BMW E39 M5. My 2021 AMG Wagon with its TTV8 was more of a Stargate with its brutal acceleration thru time and space that had excellent road manners on Treks thru the Mountain and Canyon Portals of the Southwest. Last Subaru was a leased 2013 XV Crosstrek 5-stick that I used as company car for off-road duty at Missile Range. Refueled it every 3-weeks since it had great mpg. All it needed was the WRX's Boxer Turbo-4 powerplant to be Great but Subaru by that time was more focused on company profits over performance. The CVT was the Downfall of all Automotive Bliss after its introduction worldwide...

2013-2015

I.T. Guy

Did Facebook Kill the Car Forum?

https://www.hagerty.com/media/great-...the-car-forum/

Highline-Autos.com

I was going to mention something like this, it is easier to join a "Mercedes-Benz" group on Facebook since people are familiar and already have the accounts vs. signing up somewhere new/unfamiliar. However I feel Facebook groups are very surface level, and more for photos or simple questions and answers. It is very hard to search for a post or information with-in a facebook group even from a couple days ago.

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