Neil Smalley

Why is it than whenever someone says 'I saw xxx scooby and i'd like to say hi to whoever it was' the post gets closed right away without the mystery owner getting chance to say hi back?

I've looked at the members list and it's by no means comprehensive. Do we need a 'say hi' section where these greetings can be posted?

BarryK

Yes it does.
And furthermore why do some psotings disappear because of supposed seniority? Or maybe I just forgot the subject?

JohnS

iTrader: (1)

Neil,

the reasons the messages keep getting closed should be obvious.

a) The chances of the other owner looking at this BBS and reading a "Hi There" type message are quite small (probably about 1 in 20 or less!)

b) If every time someone saw another Impreza they posted a message, then pretty quickly this BBS would be full of nothing else. I for example must see an average of 5 to 8 Impreza Turbos every day, on a 3 mile commute to work and back. 99% of owners don't think "Oh there's another Impreza Turbo, I must log onto the BBS and say Hi to see if they saw me"

c) If the other owner did read your message, what would you say ? "Hi there, nice car...."

d) There is a web site specifically put together and regularly maintained to avoid this type of post. See

Stef

And they're dead boring too!!!!!
Zzzzzzzzzzz.

Stef.
PS Who was the other green one I saw at 8.30 this morning, at the junction of......

Neil Smalley

I completley agree with the above postings. It's just i've seen a few recently and thought there'd been a shift in policy or attitude.

paul w

neil you say youve looked in the members list, where is it,is there also an email list as people say i,ll mail you with details etc but i've yet to see a list.

cheers paul

BarryK

Erm, oh yes and how does the Skarstenmeister get things binned?

Anders

Mr BARON KNIGHT,

I am very proud that my family used to own the north side of North Fijord.

I am not "all powerful", I attempt to close down silly threads when I can because I know the moderators.

It will not surprise you to know that I have been informed by "my friends" that on occasion my own posts are considered "over the top" and have been duley culled.

Anders@22B.COM

Anders

I am not a computer person.
My dear friend Phillip Dawes is the Scoobynet webmaster and through his generosity we read this BBS, as far as I can work out, each time we access the BBS it hits his bandwidth width which has a cost implication.

QED a silly post gets killed a post alerting people to the dangers of XYZ is alllowed