What Don't You Like About The Forums?
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Hudson said:
Person A posts 300 pictures of his/her new car = good
Person B quotes the whole f
king lot to say "nice car m8"
If i get RSI from scrolling past the same post 5 times i'm going to cut your thumbs off and use them instead.
You get RSI, I get ludicrously slow page loads, which is equally annoying.Person B quotes the whole f
king lot to say "nice car m8" If i get RSI from scrolling past the same post 5 times i'm going to cut your thumbs off and use them instead.
One thing that I dislike is endless wrangling. If someone disagrees with you, it's reasonable to reply, maybe two or three times back and forth.
After that, forget it. We have each said our piece, you won't convince me and I wont convince you, so move on for f
ks sake.CharlesdeGaulle said:
Doofus said:
What I hate most of all is knowning that nobody, apart from each respective poster, will take any notice of any of these, entirely reasonable gripes, and life here will cary on as it always has.
Perhaps you should be forced to read this list when you join so that you know what irritates other members. It might, just might, make them think twice before pressing submit. 
How many people read the 'I agree to obey by the rules' bit when they sign up to a forum?
Being vague when it's just not necessary as if to create some air of tension.
Firstly - Readers Cars - it says - post the make model in the title. So what do we get? Mr Sprinkles Big Red Monster and you click and it's a red Focus 1.8lx for fks sake. Or Johnnys New Car like we know who the fecking user is but he only signed up 2 months ago and he thinks he's a personality. What do we currently have 'New Family Car You Might be Surprised' and 'V8 monster' and 'my wife let me have a wankel with twins'. Seriously, cut the click bait intrigue bullst.
Secondly - in threads 'currently have a Mondeo but changing it for something more interesting
' ooh ooh ooh tell us, please make me ask you what it is.... Seriously no one gives a st, just spit it out in your original statement.
Thirdly - 'best thing about your car' threads and someone says 'the way the glovebox opens' and that's it - well what bloody car is it?!
Firstly - Readers Cars - it says - post the make model in the title. So what do we get? Mr Sprinkles Big Red Monster and you click and it's a red Focus 1.8lx for f
ks sake. Or Johnnys New Car like we know who the fecking user is but he only signed up 2 months ago and he thinks he's a personality. What do we currently have 'New Family Car You Might be Surprised' and 'V8 monster' and 'my wife let me have a wankel with twins'. Seriously, cut the click bait intrigue bullst.Secondly - in threads 'currently have a Mondeo but changing it for something more interesting
' ooh ooh ooh tell us, please make me ask you what it is.... Seriously no one gives a st, just spit it out in your original statement.Thirdly - 'best thing about your car' threads and someone says 'the way the glovebox opens' and that's it - well what bloody car is it?!
CharlesdeGaulle said:
227bhp said:
How are you going to achieve that? Invite them in and sit them at a desk whilst watching them read it?
How many people read the 'I agree to obey by the rules' bit when they sign up to a forum?
It may not have been an entirely serious post!How many people read the 'I agree to obey by the rules' bit when they sign up to a forum?
(Would be good though)
Odd that watches specifically got picked on, considering the diverse range of other areas on PH. I'm sure many people don't get the point of expensive watches (especially since they're usually less accurate than a £10 quartz) - but equally, plenty of people don't see the point of 200mph cars that you can't fit a family or a weeks shopping in.
As for annoying things about the forum - I don't frequent many forums, but I do find many threads on PH inevitably descend into playground name calling (and I don't just mean in the Lounge).
As for annoying things about the forum - I don't frequent many forums, but I do find many threads on PH inevitably descend into playground name calling (and I don't just mean in the Lounge).
CharlesdeGaulle said:
northwest monkey said:
People that add a signature at the end of their threads - even more so if it doesn't make any sense.
This irritates me much more than it should. Why do they do it? 
The Right wing bias masqueraded as cold logic, which, infuriatingly, always boils down to simple minded self serving tt-logic.
Case in point; Donald Trump is certifiable. That is, or at least it should be, obvious to everyone. And yet, on PH, a thread featuring him or his ideas gains traction. Not to ridicule, but because there's an amount of support.
Should you offer an alternative - or left wing - perspective, you're ganged up on. And not through debate, or discussion, but simply piled on.
And don't dare criticise the police force on PH. Because they'll pile on, too.
The other tttish things here, I actually quite enjoy. The whole 'wrist-time', advanced driving, 'pull the trigger' nonsense is quite funny. Our Powerfully Built Company Directors are hilarious. I loved skipping through the Legendary Threads and finding the people who'd declared their Porsche a way of life. Striving for excellence, don't cha know? A life of precision. HAHAHA! Weirdos. Reminds me of the Ferrari drivers who'll arrive at a Hill Climb and all park together under their Ferrari tents, wearing Ferrari hats and drinking tea out of Ferrari mugs. Adults. Actual adults. FFS.
t-logic.Case in point; Donald Trump is certifiable. That is, or at least it should be, obvious to everyone. And yet, on PH, a thread featuring him or his ideas gains traction. Not to ridicule, but because there's an amount of support.
Should you offer an alternative - or left wing - perspective, you're ganged up on. And not through debate, or discussion, but simply piled on.
And don't dare criticise the police force on PH. Because they'll pile on, too.
The other t
ttish things here, I actually quite enjoy. The whole 'wrist-time', advanced driving, 'pull the trigger' nonsense is quite funny. Our Powerfully Built Company Directors are hilarious. I loved skipping through the Legendary Threads and finding the people who'd declared their Porsche a way of life. Striving for excellence, don't cha know? A life of precision. HAHAHA! Weirdos. Reminds me of the Ferrari drivers who'll arrive at a Hill Climb and all park together under their Ferrari tents, wearing Ferrari hats and drinking tea out of Ferrari mugs. Adults. Actual adults. FFS.Another pet hate of mine - there's only about two people that do it, mind - is people that write their replies above the person they are quoting.
italianjob1275 said:
Constantly quoting everything!
Some threads in news politics and economics can have a whole page of everyone quoting each other..
Some threads in news politics and economics can have a whole page of everyone quoting each other..
BoredNerd said:
Should you offer an alternative - or left wing - perspective, you're ganged up on. And not through debate, or discussion, but simply piled on.
Holding a minority view, and being widely disagreed with, is not being "ganged up on". Whether that's a left of centre view round here or a right of centre one on CIF. People have whatever views they have, there's no point in pretending you don't disagree with someone just to spare them the realisation that theirs is not a popular opinion.Pommygranite said:
Being vague when it's just not necessary as if to create some air of tension.
Firstly - Readers Cars - it says - post the make model in the title. So what do we get? Mr Sprinkles Big Red Monster and you click and it's a red Focus 1.8lx for fks sake. Or Johnnys New Car like we know who the fecking user is but he only signed up 2 months ago and he thinks he's a personality. What do we currently have 'New Family Car You Might be Surprised' and 'V8 monster' and 'my wife let me have a wankel with twins'. Seriously, cut the click bait intrigue bullst.
Secondly - in threads 'currently have a Mondeo but changing it for something more interesting' ooh ooh ooh tell us, please make me ask you what it is.... Seriously no one gives a st, just spit it out in your original statement.
Thirdly - 'best thing about your car' threads and someone says 'the way the glovebox opens' and that's it - well what bloody car is it?!
Top ranting, 8/10. Firstly - Readers Cars - it says - post the make model in the title. So what do we get? Mr Sprinkles Big Red Monster and you click and it's a red Focus 1.8lx for f
ks sake. Or Johnnys New Car like we know who the fecking user is but he only signed up 2 months ago and he thinks he's a personality. What do we currently have 'New Family Car You Might be Surprised' and 'V8 monster' and 'my wife let me have a wankel with twins'. Seriously, cut the click bait intrigue bullst.Secondly - in threads 'currently have a Mondeo but changing it for something more interesting
' ooh ooh ooh tell us, please make me ask you what it is.... Seriously no one gives a st, just spit it out in your original statement.Thirdly - 'best thing about your car' threads and someone says 'the way the glovebox opens' and that's it - well what bloody car is it?!
We get those type in the Engine & Drive train section:
My car has broke can you help?
The guys in there have to enter into some kind of guessing game like Hangman perhaps, the OP then leads them on for a few days before declaring he drove through a lake or has just fitted an engine he bought for £6 and didn't think it worth mentioning.
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