So, is pistonheads as good as it was?
So, is pistonheads as good as it was?
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HOGEPH

Original Poster:

5,249 posts

215 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Now things have settled down, do you feel the forums are as funny/thought provoking/annoying/interesting as they were before the big change?

My only gripe, now there are a multitude of sub forums, is that a discussion doesn't seem to get as many replies as it did in the past, which means the topics die off fairly quickly.

Any comments from you lot?

MacGee

2,513 posts

259 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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not as good....what about a vote !!!

moleamol

15,887 posts

292 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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I find it ridiculous that questions about holidays and the like get shunted to a forum that nobody uses rather than give them more coverage and thus get more answers.

Pesty

42,655 posts

285 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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no

Baked_bean

1,945 posts

221 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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I think its starting to pick up again, there was a lull in the amount of interesting topics but its levelled out now. I do however agree with you about topics dyeing off faster.

Nolar Dog

8,786 posts

224 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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It's better now than it was before.

Why? Because a lot of threads get missed by the jokers so they remain relatively on topic.
But others, mostly in The Lounge get just the right balance of wit, banter and helpfulness.

Road Pest

3,123 posts

227 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

I would have thought I'd have got more replies to this. Can't help thinking the old P&P would have generated a better response as opposed to the sub forum I posted in.

Shameless attempt at thread ressurection


Edited by Road Pest on Saturday 20th June 21:15

Road Pest

3,123 posts

227 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Baked_bean said:
... do however agree with you about topics dyeing off faster.
rolleyes What was that you were saying hehe

HOGEPH

Original Poster:

5,249 posts

215 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Think I have proved my point................

BlackVanGirl

9,932 posts

240 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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It's changed a lot, I feel that the while the good things are mostly still here (eg you lot cloud9 ) some of the unpleasantness, bigotry etc seems to have finally been filtered out and I really appreciate it.

Road Pest

3,123 posts

227 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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tumbleweed beginning to be the most widely used smilie on Pistonheads.

Marf

22,907 posts

270 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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BlackVanGirl said:
It's changed a lot, I feel that the while the good things are mostly still here (eg you lot cloud9 ) some of the unpleasantness, bigotry etc seems to have finally been filtered out and I really appreciate it.
Agreed.

BERGS2

2,839 posts

277 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Road Pest said:
tumbleweed beginning to be the most widely used smilie on Pistonheads.
+1

used to be able to get a lot of sensible advice on various matters - now any topic on Finance or Home buying /renovating is shunted to the specialist forum - where the traffic is tumbleweed

Appreciate the site is far bigger now - but for me - its just lost a little of the community feel from years ago

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

255 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Much better than it was a year or so ago. The P&P was a torrent of ste. Now it isn't.

Win.

Nolar Dog

8,786 posts

224 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Why doesn't everyone just set their preferences to "Show all forums" and then click on the Pie & Piston heading.

Everything displays the same as it did in the old P&P but with an extra column on the end to show/link to which sub forum it is in.

It's really no different than it was before if you do it that way.
If everyone did it content would rise again.

moleamol

15,887 posts

292 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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Nolar Dog said:
Why doesn't everyone just set their preferences to "Show all forums" and then click on the Pie & Piston heading.

Everything displays the same as it did in the old P&P but with an extra column on the end to show/link to which sub forum it is in.

It's really no different than it was before if you do it that way.
If everyone did it content would rise again.
Well that's the problem, that would only ever work if everybody did it. They haven't and they won't.

Biker's Nemesis

41,406 posts

237 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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It's lost a bit of something, still, it keeps the Mods busy moving stuff I suppose.

Nolar Dog

8,786 posts

224 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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moleamol said:
Nolar Dog said:
Why doesn't everyone just set their preferences to "Show all forums" and then click on the Pie & Piston heading.

Everything displays the same as it did in the old P&P but with an extra column on the end to show/link to which sub forum it is in.

It's really no different than it was before if you do it that way.
If everyone did it content would rise again.
Well that's the problem, that would only ever work if everybody did it. They haven't and they won't.
But they'll spend longer than it takes to do it moaning about it. Sounds about right.


moleamol

15,887 posts

292 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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I agree it would work if people just did it and it's no hardship. But they won't.

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

255 months

Saturday 20th June 2009
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HOGEPH said:
Think I have proved my point................
Doubtful.

Anyway, what were the halcyon days of eight months ago actually like?