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dead in here these days
rodriguez:
--- Quote from: griff on March 17, 2017, 02:47 PM ---
--- Quote from: rodriguez on March 17, 2017, 01:43 PM ---There are now more moderators than active members,
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slight exaggeration there Paul, but feel free to advise on how many there should be/who should go ::)
don't forget the expression 'many hands make light work' and that everyone that does help out gives their time freely to do so. It's not a job after all, we're not using the rad pot to pay for trips to Thailand and most of us have pretty busy lives/jobs etc
most forums might be dead, but this isn't most forums and without tapatalk you can still get on here (well I manage it on my trusty old iphone or the ipad without any bother). Just in the last few weeks we've got video embedding, better photo uploading capability and a better deal with the hosts to allow more photos, avoiding having to use tapatalk
one things for sure, regardless of the improvements we make here there will always be someone that finds something to complain about.
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"slight exaggeration" Is it? I don't think so, some of the moderators are hardly active at all, yourself and a couple of others are the exception and you well know that John, look through recent activity of the others and that should give you a good idea as to who is surplus.
Anyway are you honestly saying the forum isn't dead then?
If the improvements attract new members and old ones return, mores the better, time will tell.
griff:
18 mods/owners etc in total (Dannywhac no longer has mod privileges and 'Admin' is just an account, not a person)
Right now there are 28 users logged in (in a weekday afternoon) and over 250 guests browsing
Now maths might not be my strongest subject, but I'm pretty sure that's more than 18, disregarding the odd search bot lurking, that's not a bad number of people using the site overall either
So yeah, a slight exaggeration I think is a generous response to your remark. Certainly more polite than saying 'you're talking bollux' even though that would not have been factually incorrect either
As for new members, I just checked the admin logs and 37 new members have been approved and could be posting any minute now
let's make them feel welcome eh?
BMX1973:
I will always :welcome a new member. Hopefully it makes them think the forum is a friendly place. :daumenhoch:
:radbmxsmilie:
Andyboy77:
I tried hard, but I can't see the downside of having as much mods/owners etc. as we have. Everyone of them has either special skills, knowledge or connections to who or whatever, that our beloved site massivly benefits from. Although beeing or becomming an owner, a moderator or an admin is not like buying a SiteSupporterTag. Everyone I'm sure has something to offer that is good for :radbmxsmilie:
As Griff mentioned "many hands make light work". Who - other than them - really knows about the amount of work and efforts that go into the forum, to keep it running and constantly improving it.
I mean who am I to criticise that one or maybe some lads of the Rad-Team didn't contribute to the site, and therefore he should not be a moderator anymore. Even these radsters don't have their status because of any nostalgia or because of they earned their stripes once. As soon as it comes to organizing some event like MK, every hand and skill or whatever is needed in order to make it what it is like. If there would only be one or two or maybe four mods - this site would be just as a mess like most pages, in the blink of an eye.
On the other hand I can't see the advantage of making this site even more - or let me put it this way... "too" convenient to use with all the new media devices like smartphones. Who want's this site to be as fast - or due to that - even as insignificant like (let's face it) all the other sites. Well I don't! ...why am I saying insignificant? ...is a legitimate question. I don't know what is more insignificant than having access 24/7 and approaching this site in a "in passing"-manner. We get everything ToGo out there, do we want a Rad-site to go? A site that is only full of thumps up, lols and people that are in for the party as long as it is for free? ...don't think any serious radster would embrace that.
It is for sure not an easy task to decide how far we open this site for all the new possibilities. If I would have a problem with haveing to make three or four mouse-clicks to upload a picture that I want to share with my mates - I really should think if my life is still going in the right direction.
Is buying or chaseing parts a fast procedure? No. Is a restoration fast procedure? No. Is a bike build up fast? Usually not. Would improving aspects of this site be a fast procedure? Probably not. It takes time. Strange though, all these things need a certain amount of time, but some aren't or seem not to be capable of taking time to upload a picture. I don't get the point?
Blaming this site or members of the team - that some things aren't going in the favour of some is pretty unfair. Because it's us! We are the site, we are :radbmxsmilie: and without as many helping hands as there are - ...oh dear, I don't even want to think about what it would be like if a person starts moaning about picture uploads. :teef:
..maybe we need raffles to attract new and "old" members :LolLolLolLol: ...sorry for that one, but I couldn't resist. ;)
Feel the love and keep it rad and give everybody a warm welcome! :daumenhoch:
Chez-6:
Not the site, its great, not the guys n girls all cool but its like any new members to any group it can be hard to feel as though you fit in as most old of the Rad timers have some much history, I came to Rad looking to get to know more about BMX to go with what little I knew 30 years ago.
I was never into BMX as much as most seam to have been on site but I did love :smitten: mine and had a few mongrels that I built up from odds and ends that I was given or bought with my paper round money. Rad had taught me soon much and have always been made to feel welcome fistblump but compared to most I still know squat so just like to read the posts and learn some more. Keep it Cool :coolsmiley: Chez
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