Member Map Foc'cer request

[simonm]

[quote author=simonm link=topic=7580.msg73314#msg73314 date=1367575095]
I don't care enough to argue  8) .  It's plainly not going to happen so wtf do I care ?

This isn't an argument. It's a discussion with different points of view. Sorry Si but just because someone doesn't agree with your point of view doesn't mean that your point isn't worth raising and discussing or that they're trying to make you look like a tit, see naughty corner for details  :lol .

You raised a very valid suggestion with your first post, as adults (even Tiberius has made valid and sensible points, he must be having one of his more lucid off the drams moments  :b ) we're discussing the best way forward. I'm sure we would all like the forum to have more members and grow but we can't force people to join in if they don't want to.

Maybe I'm different but the first thing I do when I join any forum/go to a new place is look around and would thereore quickly find things like the members map/rideout topics etc. The decision may be to do nothing or make a few changes but whatever happens noone is having a go at you or arguing with you.

Chris
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I know but it seems like there is failure to consensus on every post  :\

If you go in to a pub and sit down in the corner would you be offended if someone came over and asked if you'd like to chat ?

If you went to a bike show and there was someone standing next to you watching the motorcycle display do you think they'd be offended if you said hi ?

If you join a forum, if you're a lurker or not then you should expect some form of communication, even if it's one way.  If you're not interested in that you'd use a disposable email address to register and/.or not reply to the messages.

My post was a request to try and raise interest, the PM'ing thing seemed to taint the original meaning.

My main point is this:  Most forums make good use of sticky threads, there are virtually none here.  How to post pictures using the new process went in to general and disappeared.  PM'ing lurkers isn't a crime.  I PM'ed most of the people within a 15 mile radius of me to find out if anyone wanted a rideout.  I got responses, no one seemed annoyed or irritated and likewise if someone hadn't replied I wouldn't have been offended.

I want to go out and ride with people and naff all I do or say changes that.  I got a bike to make new friends and no one wants to ride out (maybe I'm too much of a loud mouth).

I don't know, I was just trying to make a difference and/or improve the forum experience for people.