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[npaulseth]

Well, I think that a lot of stuff has popped up because of teh mustang vs. dsm thing going on. I am buddies with punch over on TCstangs, and everything is just in good fun. Some people take it too seriously. I would like to see more events and stuff like that. A 18+ would be nice too. 18+ would work if people under 16 had to be prescreened and were on a "trial" period of like a month or so. I like the mods that we have right now, but don't think that more would hurt.

Noah

[MustGoFaster]

- Make the site 18+
- Make all Tech part of restricted access
- Make everything but the parking lot Restricted access

I don't see these changes as making a large improvement, or a big difference, however you want to look at it. It will also drive people away, as I see it. Might be good, less newbs, but then our horizons never expand.

- Make the site more of a club, t-shirts and items
- Add some more moderators

I am indifferent on these.


- Don't be afraid to ban/suspend members more often
- Add some more fun activities to the site
- Possible changes or additions to rules
- Make advanced tech part of restricted access

I agree with these, except maybe just restricted posting on Adv. Tech? I can see these making a difference.

[A//// Guy]

Yea I dont think more moderators are the answer... I think that the current moderators need to step in and start warning people when they either post unnecessary comments or are just out of line.

Allan- 18+ would be cool. hint hint :banana:

[a-lo]

i like the idea of making the site more like a club.

a newbe forum instead of 18+ would make more sense to me.

[AJ]

Also to all the people who don't post a lot but are areading this and moving on. We need your input as well. 12 replaies and 37 individual people that have viewed and not post. That really tells me that their are 25 people already that either don't feel like posting about it, or just don't give a fuck. So I ask, why did you sign up? Do you want to make it a better site? Then speak up. All of the ideas posted are not suggested by me, but differant members of the site at differant times. So everything needs to be looked at.

Thanks for all the replies thus far.

Allan

[CVD]

I like what Seth has done with his site. Highly restricted, but for the better I think.

[jpretz]

- Make the site 18+
Put people under 18 on a trial basis as stated above.
- Make all Tech part of restircted access
Why? Isn't that a big part of this site is to help people with their problems? But
first they would have to be pre-approved, I don't think many people would go
for that.
- Make everything but the parking lot Restricted access
Put them on a trial and after 30 days or 50 posts, let them view all.
- Make the site more of a club, t-shirts and items
Would def. bring some more togetherness and seriousness
- Add some more moderators
Fine the way it is.
- Don't be afraid to ban/suspend members more often
If being stupid, 1 warning then goodbye for a week, no hesitation.
- Add some more fun activites to the site
Would make it a lot more lively around here.
- Possible changes or additions to rules
Good the way they are.

:goodluck:

[tsiawdspeed]

I think either 18+ would be good. Maybe people under 18 could be admitted after a trial period. I think the number of moderators are fine. I think the tech section needs to be moderated more harshly than they are right now. I say this because I HATE searching for something on the 2 larger DSM forums. There is just way too much useless shit on there and not enough on-topic replys. Restricted access to the tech forums kinda seems like a bad idea to me but it depends on who it wold be restricted to. I say it would be a bad idea because if you go by # of posts, some of us people who don't post a lot will be forced to post a possible advanced question in a noob forum which would cause a problem. In conclusion, the only things that I think should change are:
Stricter moderating
maybe 18+

[1ViciousGSX]

I think we should have a trial period for new members with restricted access for them. After they post a few times (10-20 post) in non-restricted forums, they should ask for review by the moderating team (any one moderator would do). The moderator who looks at their post history could decide to allow them the normal level of access or not based on some guide lines (completeness of post, spelling, punctuation, context, attitude, ability to convey what they are trying to say, etc.).

I think you should only be given full posting access to the site if you own a DSM, period. That would include E/L/T 1g, 2g, 3g, EVO, Galant, or GVR4. Restricted access for wanna be's DSM'ers. Allowed age? If you are old enough to drive it, you should qualify to be here.

As far as more moderators go, I think too many going in too many directions would be bad. I can tell you as a moderator it's tough to be very harsh unless somebody really gets out of line. As Allan (DSMStyle) has said, "This is your site". And it's a free speech site on top of that. Unless somebody gets rude, or starts bashing on another member I usually let it go. Got have the good with the bad if it's a free speech site. Keeping post on topic does need to be enforced a little more though.

As for the Tech sections, I think there are some great people helping with those areas. Not everybody will have the correct answer, I know I've been wrong a few times, But those forums seem to take care of them selves, other than the smart ass remarks every once in a while. I like the restricted tech area for those of us who are really in the know and want to discuss tricks and fine tuning that most average DSM'ers won't understand.

That's all I can think of right now.

Peace,
1ViciousGSX

[john]

Originally posted by DSMStyle@Apr 18 2004, 05:18 PM





- Make the site 18+
- Make everything but the parking lot Restricted access
I do not agree with these. There are several people who get into dsms before the age of 18. There are several mature 16 year olds around. I do not see this helping much if at all. I think it will throw away members. As far as restricting everyone to the parking lot, I think this will deffinitly throw away members. I heard of this site long before I joined. I didn't follow it much but started meeting the people around town. I didn't think that there was much going on here. If there was only one bs thread and no tech, etc. I would be on tuners.

- Make all Tech part of restircted access
- Make advanced tech part of restircted access
I like the way it is now. A basic, advanced, and for those who know about it, a no bullshit tech. I like the idea about a newbie teck forum but I don't think we need one. maybe we can change the name for basic to newbie.


- Make the site more of a club, t-shirts and items
- Add some more fun activites to the site
I like these. I like the gatherings that are usually held in the summer at KK and the general events. The reason I originally joined was to meet new dsmers to hangout with.

- Add some more moderators
I do not think that we need more. If the mods now feel that they should delete something I will go with there desision. There are some threads that just get out of hand (the mustang thread). I like the idea of having a trash thread where all of the trashed/deleted threads go for viewing, not posting.

- Don't be afraid to ban/suspend members more often
I agree with this. I think a warning should be given so that someone knows what they are doing wrong. A second time they should be suspended for a week. I don't think that it should be posted publicly that someone has been banned and for the reasons. It should be something somewhat confidential.