Re: [DMCForum] Appeal for a move to a more MODERN FORMAT

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, i seen that too.

VideoBob you have a new alias?

Mark V


On Mar 29, 2005, at 10:37 AM, timnagin wrote:

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> Konrad? Videobob?
>
> Greg
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Konrad Posch [mailto:icypalmtree@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:08 AM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] Appeal for a move to a more MODERN FORMAT
>
>
>
> I agree with the suggestion of a PHBB forum (what does that stand 
> for?) as
> they seem to me to be a much more organized type of discussion.  Then 
> with
> the creation of a gossip or "deap matters" area, it would be possible 
> to
> discuss these pressing matters of religion that people seek the 
> council of
> similar individuals on.  (BTW, the taboo on religon or politics 
> anywhere
> impedes the use of logic, if people feel stronly enough about either 
> to want
> to post about such, one can assume they are looking for feedback and 
> not
> "Eww, thats an uncomfortable topic")
>
> Anyway, I am 17 yrs old and as a member, sadly enough, ot the MTV 
> generation
> ( i prefer DotCom generation, however, as I dont watch MTV) I think 
> that any
> forum that wishes to be effiecient shoould organize itself as an 
> individual
> website, and not an email list.  Before my joining of this forum, i had
> never thought of a widespread use of email as a way to discuss.  I 
> think it
> is much more useful to have a forum with individual topics, and 
> individual
> discussions.  Therefore, I humbly suggest the following site that I
> discovered as I crudely hunted for a "DeLorean forum" as i typed into
> google.
>
> www.deloreans.org
>
> The site appears to be well designed but lacks a broad enough member 
> base to
> allow for much useful discussion.  For a definiton of "useful 
> discussion" I
> submit another forum to which i belong, mazda626.net where there is 
> such a
> poliferation of discussion you can actually read any of the sub-forums 
> and
> learn.  It is, as opposed to the random, disjointed, question and 
> answer of
> this forum (no insult intended, but as a frame of reference), a well
> organized and almost "professional" setup.
>
> As an addition, the regional clubs could have a page an anyone who 
> moved to
> a new area could find a regional club (i have searched for many of such
> regional clubs, but have found the serch difficult as there is not 
> really a
> running trend in URL name (some use DMC, others delorean, others i dont
> know, but the possible combination of region names makes the search
> daunting)
>
> DISCLAIMER!!!!
>        I am not in anyway associated with this website 
> (www.deloreans.org)
> other than being a member.  I do not recieve money or other recompence 
> for
> "advertising," but i would like to see alittle consolidaton in the 
> delorean
> community.  It is not a huge one, so the need to have all the little
> tid-bits of information in one place seems to be obvious to me.  I 
> have the
> sincerest hope that many people will join this site or one like it (if 
> one
> exists, please either email me privately or post the url so that i and
> others may enjoy the benefit) and start to use this more modern and
> user-friendly form of group discussion.
>
> Any insult taken from this message is not intended for desired.  I am 
> young,
> cannot afford a delorean, but wish to have a place where I can, on a 
> whim,
> browse and enjoy the myriad of delorean-related (and unrelated :))
> discussion.
>
>
> Otherwise, my suggestion of how the forum should look is if it were 
> made
> into a PHBB forum, these are the best and let you integrate html into 
> your
> messages, also the use of video, audio and images.
> You can see one of these forums like mine at
> http://www.bttfstuff.com
> These also help keep the riff raff in control as it tracks IP 
> addresses and
> who has
> posted what and when, it is a great system with a lot of control.
> It also lets you re-edit your message later if you need to.
>
> Another possibility for a great forum is a group on 
> http://www.myspace.com
> These are really neat too.
>
> Just a few suggestions.
> - Videobob
>
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