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[Darth Loo-knee]

We should have a Political ban
I used to be able to escape from the drivel at one time on here, but no more

Why not Pete? :-/ :-/

All you need to do is ignore those threads as I know a number do.

In real life, and on the OOF, all I hear is the complaint we are all being over regulated in a nanny state situation.

Now in the virtual world of the OOF there are some calling for yet more regulation!!

Please give it a rest and allow individual members, who are meant to be adults, the freedom to decide what they see to be read, and what they write to be read, without fear or favour (with the acceptance of course of the sites rules regarding decency and politeness!!)

Sorry Lizzie but I agree that there is a tonne of Drivel on here. I personally don't want to read it. It did used to be a fanastic place for a laugh, perhaps you weren't a member then so wont know. 

[jereboam]

I can't see what the problem is.  Surely there's no compulsion to read a thread you're not interested in?  I read (and sometimes participate in) the chat forums, but a few months ago, it got so boring, I gave up.  Then something went wrong with the car, so I came back, got some technical answers - my airco is now working again, and the parts only cost £9.  I found some interesting chat threads, especially the politics ones.  So it's all fine as far as I'm concerned.

My only gripe is that I don't understand all the in jokes - who's this bloke Omo?

[jereboam]

Good grief - he's stalking me...

[CaptainZok]

I can see the problem being that when you weed out the politics, global warming, soft porn and youtube threads there won't be a lot left.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

We should have a Political ban
I used to be able to escape from the drivel at one time on here, but no more

Why not Pete? :-/ :-/

All you need to do is ignore those threads as I know a number do.

In real life, and on the OOF, all I hear is the complaint we are all being over regulated in a nanny state situation.

Now in the virtual world of the OOF there are some calling for yet more regulation!!

Please give it a rest and allow individual members, who are meant to be adults, the freedom to decide what they see to be read, and what they write to be read, without fear or favour (with the acceptance of course of the sites rules regarding decency and politeness!!)

Sorry Lizzie but I agree that there is a tonne of Drivel on here. I personally don't want to read it. It did used to be a fanastic place for a laugh, perhaps you weren't a member then so wont know. 

Yes Daz I agree, as that was still the case when I first joined.

However, the size of the OOF has increased dramatically since those times and from what I have seen the intimacy has been lost, with the 'in jokes' for instance, that used to be made between a regular group of members, now capable of either making individuals laugh, or equally causing offence and / or misunderstanding. Let's face it the The OOF has just become sooooo large and for many no doubt impersonal.

No doubt also that there are many members who would love to participate in the banter but feel too intimidated to do so.

How the OOF over comes the hurdles I for one cannot say

[TheBoy]

We should have a Political ban
I used to be able to escape from the drivel at one time on here, but no more

Why not Pete? :-/ :-/

All you need to do is ignore those threads as I know a number do.

In real life, and on the OOF, all I hear is the complaint we are all being over regulated in a nanny state situation.

Now in the virtual world of the OOF there are some calling for yet more regulation!!

Please give it a rest and allow individual members, who are meant to be adults, the freedom to decide what they see to be read, and what they write to be read, without fear or favour (with the acceptance of course of the sites rules regarding decency and politeness!!)

Hmmm, thats what I thought as well 

[TheBoy]

However, the size of the OOF has increased dramatically since those times and from what I have seen the intimacy has been lost, with the 'in jokes' for instance, that used to be made between a regular group of members, now capable of either making individuals laugh, or equally causing offence and / or misunderstanding. Let's face it the The OOF has just become sooooo large and for many no doubt impersonal.

Not really - we're still around the 60-70 concurrent users in the evening, as we have been for ages.


Certainly chat has over the past few months been little more than links to utube clips, newspaper articles, very tired jokes and obviously in the last month or so, non stop politics.

[waspy]

We should have a Political ban
I used to be able to escape from the drivel at one time on here, but no more

Why not Pete? :-/ :-/

All you need to do is ignore those threads as I know a number do.

In real life, and on the OOF, all I hear is the complaint we are all being over regulated in a nanny state situation.

Now in the virtual world of the OOF there are some calling for yet more regulation!!

Please give it a rest and allow individual members, who are meant to be adults, the freedom to decide what they see to be read, and what they write to be read, without fear or favour (with the acceptance of course of the sites rules regarding decency and politeness!!)

When i had a TV i was bombarded with MP's this & MP's that, i got sick of it all. I used to come on here to escape it all. I don't give a monkie's arse what they do, because there's not much i can do about it.

All's changed on here now I know i don't have to read the threads, but curiosity gets the better of me

[hotel21]

Interesting results thus far.....   

There is a clear trend into one particular camp.....

Hhmmm...   

[Amigo]

I've had a punt. It's all over the media in every form, telly, radio, press, web like a frickin' rash. As Pip did i voted without reading thoroughly. One side of me is sick to the back teeth of it but those who have an interest should be entitled to discuss. As said we have a choice to engage or ignore, so could you delete my votre too please B,? (Sorry)

   The only opinion i do have on the whole debacle are the fact many did'nt get to vote...it might have swung the majority...but we were left with a hung parliament resulting in the underdog (who by the way leads a party that was made up of two underdogs) leading the two main parties a merry chase for a coalition. Labour & Conservative have been in & out of power for decades & cocked it up over & over blaming anyone they can so why vote for any of them? They're ALL non starters. Abolish the lot of them, dissolve parliament, make them get real jobs & start afresh.

[joshwyatt]

This thread has been an interesting read.
I think one issue I notice is the unwillingness of some members to post anything other than stuff in general chat..
I knew absoulety nothing about how to fix cars when I joined, I still don't know loads. But I've learnt.
I can think of a handful of members who only ever post in general discussion, and the same few members join that discussion...and that's it.
I think, with the exception of newbies...everyone knows what the paperclip or pedal trick test is...so why not point it out to newbies who aren't sure what's wrong with their car etc etc.

To those members who don't help out...have a go, you'll soon learn things.

I have watched the current political event unfold, but don't feel the need to endlessly post about it, with another 3 or 4 people posting a reply and argue a bit about their political views, and who they'd support or how unfair everything is.

I agree with a point made earlier by chrisgixer...join in the help sections, even take a picture of your car and put it in the gallery section if you don't want to post in the help sections...get out there and interact, attend meets.

I have never had an issue with any member on this forum...ever, and I can say that about 6 or 7 members I would consider good friends, and trust imensly.
That's through everyone helping each other out, that wasn't through us discussing our political views, or our favourits music, which we may do when we meet in the 'real world' but not necessarily do on here.

I think if the few members who only ever post in gen discussion made a little effort to explore the rest of the forum...there would be no issues at all. If those members helped other members out, no one would care they only post about politics in gen chat etc. That would be a side issue, and forgotten.
When you are on a forum, your posts define you...if you are rude, people think you're a rude person in real life, because they haven't had the opportunity to meet you. In 'real life', you would try and help out fellow Omega owners, fellow humans.

Welung666 (Lee) had a good idea a while ago, an OOF mascot that could travel around...something like that I think would invigorate OOF a bit.

[albitz]

I am one of those who regularily posts on political threads. I have also tried when possible to help in the general help section when possible. I do try to bear in mind that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and there are some very clever technical people on OOF. So my ability to help is a bit limited.It is a fact though that some OOF members have no knowledge of mechanics and some have absolutely no interest either. If the admins dont want members who arent interested in mechanical things I think they should make it clear and ask the relevant people to leave.
Otherwise, the rest of the membership should accept that you dont need to be a petrolhead or budding mechanic to be a member.
It is imo a car forum, but it is also a lot more than that.

[TheBoy]

I am one of those who regularily posts on political threads. I have also tried when possible to help in the general help section when possible. I do try to bear in mind that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and there are some very clever technical people on OOF. So my ability to help is a bit limited.It is a fact though that some OOF members have no knowledge of mechanics and some have absolutely no interest either. If the admins dont want members who arent interested in mechanical things I think they should make it clear and ask the relevant people to leave.
Otherwise, the rest of the membership should accept that you dont need to be a petrolhead or budding mechanic to be a member.
It is imo a car forum, but it is also a lot more than that.

Thats the intention, but feel something is broken with it, and the fun aspect has diminished....

[Amigo]

This thread has been an interesting read.
I think one issue I notice is the unwillingness of some members to post anything other than stuff in general chat..
I knew absoulety nothing about how to fix cars when I joined, I still don't know loads. But I've learnt.
I can think of a handful of members who only ever post in general discussion, and the same few members join that discussion...and that's it.
I think, with the exception of newbies...everyone knows what the paperclip or pedal trick test is...so why not point it out to newbies who aren't sure what's wrong with their car etc etc.

To those members who don't help out...have a go, you'll soon learn things.

I have watched the current political event unfold, but don't feel the need to endlessly post about it, with another 3 or 4 people posting a reply and argue a bit about their political views, and who they'd support or how unfair everything is.

I agree with a point made earlier by chrisgixer...join in the help sections, even take a picture of your car and put it in the gallery section if you don't want to post in the help sections...get out there and interact, attend meets.

I have never had an issue with any member on this forum...ever, and I can say that about 6 or 7 members I would consider good friends, and trust imensly.
That's through everyone helping each other out, that wasn't through us discussing our political views, or our favourits music, which we may do when we meet in the 'real world' but not necessarily do on here.

I think if the few members who only ever post in gen discussion made a little effort to explore the rest of the forum...there would be no issues at all. If those members helped other members out, no one would care they only post about politics in gen chat etc. That would be a side issue, and forgotten.
When you are on a forum, your posts define you...if you are rude, people think you're a rude person in real life, because they haven't had the opportunity to meet you. In 'real life', you would try and help out fellow Omega owners, fellow humans.

Welung666 (Lee) had a good idea a while ago, an OOF mascot that could travel around...something like that I think would invigorate OOF a bit.

You make a fair point. I spend most of my time messing around in general chat & don't usually have anything constructive to say. I have no idea how to repair my Omega & neither am i interested in learning to do so as i have friends who do a better job than i ever could. That said despite my current status i've been a member since within the first year of the forum starting, have attended & hosted meets at my own humble home as i've spent time at others.
    I also cook a pretty fair curry...We're all good at something.

[Sixstring]

Read this with some interest....
I have no real political knowledge, but feel I may learn something from others who do by reading the threads. I do know a bit about car electrics, and help when I can definately say something that is correct and may fix a problem (but have been proved wrong a couple of times because of omega's quirks). I respect the right of anybody to have an opinion, even though I may not agree with it, and read threads that I have no real interest in, because on occasion, I have developed an interest in it later. Many people here seem to have their "cliques" and that is fine......but are always polite, and helpful to me should I ask for help. In retrospect, we all appear to be relatively tolerant of members that are a bit rude in all senses of the word, and there are also some whose sense of humour is just ultra-dry.

Is this not just the diversity of all life itself???  if we were all the same, there would be no interest or friendliness towards any man/woman?

I enjoy OOF and like the diversity of individuals here. If politics is "your bag" then fine. Yes, this is by definition a "car" forum, but we have a community too.

Thanks for reading my humble opinion.

Mike.