Change to News, Politics & Economics posting rights
Discussion
As of this afternoon, we are changing the criteria required to post in our News, Politics & Economics forum.
As PistonHeads is first and foremost a motoring community, we will only let engaged car enthusiasts in our community post in NP&E.
Too often we see people sign up to PH solely to post in NP&E and cause trouble – that's not what our forum is for and those people will be much better placed joining other websites who's business focus on news and politics.
As we only want our motoring community posting in non-motoring forums who have a good understanding of our rules and how to abide by them – members will now need to have been a member of PH for one year and posted 1,000 times in our motoring forums in order to post in NP&E. This will be applied retrospectively to existing members too.
Until then, members will be welcome to read the content in NP&E and engage with other likeminded car enthusiasts in our motoring forums.
As PistonHeads is first and foremost a motoring community, we will only let engaged car enthusiasts in our community post in NP&E.
Too often we see people sign up to PH solely to post in NP&E and cause trouble – that's not what our forum is for and those people will be much better placed joining other websites who's business focus on news and politics.
As we only want our motoring community posting in non-motoring forums who have a good understanding of our rules and how to abide by them – members will now need to have been a member of PH for one year and posted 1,000 times in our motoring forums in order to post in NP&E. This will be applied retrospectively to existing members too.
Until then, members will be welcome to read the content in NP&E and engage with other likeminded car enthusiasts in our motoring forums.
B'stard Child said:
Might be worth cross posting in NP&E and making it a sticky for those people who wouldn't normally look in WF
I totally get why it's here though
Thanks BC, I've updated the sticky at the top of NP&E to reflect I totally get why it's here though
105.4 said:
Good !
When NP&E first started, (or way before that even for similar topics in the Pie & Piston), it would be a really good resource for information.
Now, almost irrespective of the topic, it’s utterly toxic and depressing to try and read.
Hopefully this change will help get it back on track.When NP&E first started, (or way before that even for similar topics in the Pie & Piston), it would be a really good resource for information.
Now, almost irrespective of the topic, it’s utterly toxic and depressing to try and read.
Thank you for all of the feedback on this thread however it has now served it's purpose and it's time to bring it to a close.
To clarify a couple of points – we won't be whitelisting certain members and we won't be changing the criteria anytime soon. We'll continue to review behaviour and if it's deemed that we need to roll this out further to other non-motoring forums, then we may do so.
We appreciate that some people are frustrated by this change but to re-iterate my initial post, PistonHeads is first and foremost a motoring community. Our non-motoring forums were set up for people that came to PH primarily for their love of cars to chat about other things occasionally – not for people that have absolutely no interest in motoring which we've seen all too often in NP&E.
Those that seem to be most frustrated by this change post primarily in NP&E, and that's not what PH is about. There are many other websites focused on news and politics where you'll be better served.
Thank you to those that support the decision and will continue to be welcome members of PH.
To clarify a couple of points – we won't be whitelisting certain members and we won't be changing the criteria anytime soon. We'll continue to review behaviour and if it's deemed that we need to roll this out further to other non-motoring forums, then we may do so.
We appreciate that some people are frustrated by this change but to re-iterate my initial post, PistonHeads is first and foremost a motoring community. Our non-motoring forums were set up for people that came to PH primarily for their love of cars to chat about other things occasionally – not for people that have absolutely no interest in motoring which we've seen all too often in NP&E.
Those that seem to be most frustrated by this change post primarily in NP&E, and that's not what PH is about. There are many other websites focused on news and politics where you'll be better served.
Thank you to those that support the decision and will continue to be welcome members of PH.
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