ACF... it gets weirder?
- Thread starter yello
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
NickM
Veteran
- Location
- Darwin's birthplace
palinurus said:
You reckon? I think it was more to do with the owner being a painfully insecure, preeningly vain, up himself twat.
Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
- Location
- Reading
I thought the reason posters hived off to the ACF from the C+ forum in the first place was because they found the moderation too extreme. Oh, the irony! I never joined it out of loyalty to my magazine. Does anyone remember when FatBloke got fined 5000 posts? Wonder what he's up to now.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
I have no idea about any of this, but I'd be happy to be banned 
Chuffy
Veteran
- Location
- On the banks of the Exe
IIRC (and I do) it was because one Mod on C+ went on a power trip, nobbling Fatters in the process. Someone took advantage of this unrest to offer people a shiny new land where all was lovely and no-one was ever sad.Yellow Fang said:
...then, once they'd got enough people in there to make it
Fatters is on YACF. He popped in here once or twice a long time ago but didn't hang around.
Chuffy
Veteran
- Location
- On the banks of the Exe
Finally jumped ship then Simon?dellzeqq said:
Now, was that a function of the way that the forum was created and run or was it because of the existing bonds that were created back on C+? Discuss...
This place has sprouted plenty of meet-ups and rides, so did C+. Don't even try to pretend that ACF was in any way unique.
Chuffy
Veteran
- Location
- On the banks of the Exe
yello said:
Never drop matches in a dry forest young man! Don't worry, the trusty Ignore list has been deployed. It won't go any further.
looks like ACF can only just have started back up again. Its empty
some jumped up tw*t called simonc on there already pontificating. it was him and other tw*t called simon si? who banned me from CTC because I dared to post a thread questioning their arbitrary heavyhanded and inappropriate moderation.
Good riddence to both of them
some jumped up tw*t called simonc on there already pontificating. it was him and other tw*t called simon si? who banned me from CTC because I dared to post a thread questioning their arbitrary heavyhanded and inappropriate moderation.
Good riddence to both of them
if forums (sp?) are owned by individuals then they can do what they want with them. The people who run the CTC forum (I'm a mod) have to bear in mind the sensibilities of the members. People do get banned from the CTC forum for writing things that wouldn't turn a hair in P+L, for example.
And Chuffy. Really? The FNRttC was started on ACF. I should know. And, to be honest I don't think it could have happened anywhere else - it was unique, in that people were encouraged to write lyrically about the rides in a way that doesn't happen too often. The Guardian article and the mailing list now provide most of the growth, and the stand-alone site will, I hope, serve as well. Shall I mail you our 2009 programme?
And Chuffy. Really? The FNRttC was started on ACF. I should know. And, to be honest I don't think it could have happened anywhere else - it was unique, in that people were encouraged to write lyrically about the rides in a way that doesn't happen too often. The Guardian article and the mailing list now provide most of the growth, and the stand-alone site will, I hope, serve as well. Shall I mail you our 2009 programme?
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
from what i can tell, yacf is much like acf was (same crowd, same mods) but with a different, somewhat saner individual running the show. slightly different zeitgeist to this place, which is just as well as there is a good choice of cycling forums around. i still can't believe the fuss that some people made when i suggested that the best way to preserve acf was to all move over to yacf…
