Is there a way that this forum can be un-Conrailed and these roads have their own respective forums again?
Please?
Charlie
Please?
Charlie
~Charlie Ricker
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charlie6017 wrote:Is there a way that this forum can be un-Conrailed and these roads have their own respective forums again?I think there have been numerous requests for that which have gone unheeded. Too bad since the collective traffic seems to be off considerably from what the individual forums experienced.
Please?
Charlie
CAR_FLOATER wrote:David - that's the best thing I've heard come out of this website since before the Administration before last took over and started playing "Forum Nazi" with everything and everyone. However, I think this current Administration has done too much to drive most people away to places like Railfan.net by now. Thus, I think it's too little, too late, but I am glad to hear that they are at least thinking about trying to fix the mess that has been created by lumping eveyrthing together.
RAH
mikeexplorer wrote:Agreed, the merging of the fallen flags section is a mess.I too agree. While I like all of the individual railroads that are represented in the combined forum, the merger diluted the content and caused many to stop contributing.
David wrote:Do the other four moderators of this forum have a comment about this?I've been following this discussion closely, but thus far keeping my own counsel. Here are my thoughts...
CAR_FLOATER wrote:I find (found?) the information on RR.net to be of a different "calliber" on occaison, and (used to be) uncluttered with a lot of "newbie" speak - I came here to lean and get the straight news on certain topics (of course, you need to know how to weed thru the B.S.)....That, and the "trolls" were very well policed here. The posts themselves tended to be of a more, how shall I put it, "scholarly" type, and just plain different (better?) from the chat on RF.net. However, that is no longer the case, and it's been that way for a long time. I feel that the current Administration/Owners have a lot to fix before they regain my "faith" i nthe forum.I know exactly what you mean. In the former Reading Company forum, that was a quality which was very enjoyable as well as informative. I tried very hard to encourage it by my own example. In general, more timely and stronger forum moderation can restore some of that lost shine that you referred to, Car_Floater, but not all of it. Swiftly smacking down trolls spammers and jerks, playing "cruise-ship activities director" for the noobs and hauling out the wobbly old employe timetables for the difficult requests IS important, but is not the entire answer.
Come to think of it, this topic is the only reason I'm here right now......
jrevans wrote:Hello, Jim; it's been a long time. You scored a bulls-eye there; in a nutshell -- perfect summary.mikeexplorer wrote:Agreed, the merging of the fallen flags section is a mess.I too agree. While I like all of the individual railroads that are represented in the combined forum, the merger diluted the content and caused many to stop contributing.