The future of this forum

[Brock]

I don't know about 'gravitational wells' or 'retroactive assimilation', but I do know bunkraider is unpleasant to browse. CycleChat seems much more conducive to relaxing banter, community spirit and a generally pleasant atmosphere. Even more so now you've shown up Ravenbait. I'll be your booga!

 

[Keith Oates]

As happens very often Ravenbait is right, let's worry about improving this already very good forum and let any others look after themselves!!!!!!!!

 

[Keith Oates]

Rob, you could start another one here to run for half a year just to get everyone warmed up for the January 2008 kick off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Andy in Sig]

Ravenbait,

(goes into grovel mode) ... I may not have mentioned you but your cyber omniprescience is of course taken for granted. (And if that's not an original bit of advanced sycophancy, I don't know what is.)

You're right about not trying to make things difficult for BR. I think a few people originally felt bitter but that sentiment is probably rapidly evaporating. Future cocked up, badly, and there has been a parting of the ways. The initial and understandable response has been to effectively recreate what was liked about C+ and I reckon that what should happen over the next few weeks and months is that this place should feel it's way in a direction with which everybody is happy and so establish its own identity. What is really good is that most of the sentiment expressed so far is that it should remain a friendly place. I don't think it should regard itself as being in competition with anywhere else. If it is good it will be complementary to other places and we can be very content with that if we achieve it.

 

[Yorkshireman]

From the first page on this topic:-

Shaun et al,

This is not a war and if it was this site would not win (victory goes to the big battalions - sad but how it works).

BR are in a mess just now but realistically they are going to get the site sorted soon and then they will have the flow of beginners from the mags and Google to build a new community.
To be honest the negative feel of threads like this is inclining me to go back to BR and try to get it working again. Weird given the circumstances but true.

Spot on "Oldlegs". There`s plenty of room for both places on t`inernet, and there`s nowt wrong with a bit of choice anyway, let`s just `get on with it` when-ever and where-ever we all are "Onwards and Upwards!"

So, I think that we`ve done the circuit now ...

 

[Chuffy]

There's bugger all we can do to hurt BR, even if we wanted to. There's not much point trying. But we can still learn from the mistakes made by BR and other fora. It's about making sure this place evolves in the right direction. Given time we won't be referring to ourselves in terms of how we compare to anywhere else.

 

[Yorkshireman]

That just about sums it up (in my opinion) Chuffy, well said.

 

[TVC]

There's bugger all we can do to hurt BR, even if we wanted to. There's not much point trying. But we can still learn from the mistakes made by BR and other fora. It's about making sure this place evolves in the right direction. Given time we won't be referring to ourselves in terms of how we compare to anywhere else.

I'm not sure this place will ever amount to much

 

[Crackle]

I'm not sure this place will ever amount to much

Good grief TVC, this has to be a thread resurrection record.

Interesting though eh.

 

[rich p]

Interesting seeing some of the old names who are no longer with us...

...although they may not all have died

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Interesting seeing some of the old names who are no longer with us...

...although they may not all have died

There's always hope!

 

[rich p]

There's always hope!

I thought you'd slashed your wrists - who talked you out of it?

 

[ianrauk]

LOL... I feel terrible now that I clicked Rich P's like button...

But am over it already

 

[asterix]

There's always hope!

I'm not sure how to take that.

Altho' it is very appropriate now that Pandora has taken over the Admin. Shaun has been promoted to Zeus? Or just an ornament?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

That's you two bastards off the Christmas present list.