Pig Pen Shutting Down????
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Originally posted by Mil1ion
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May I remind you FTE is a Registered Family web site and there is NO Room for Adult Related material or Locker Room talk.
There are plenty of other places to curse.
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May I remind you FTE is a Registered Family web site and there is NO Room for Adult Related material or Locker Room talk.
There are plenty of other places to curse.
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Had to check on that post % to make sure, lol. I think I'm doing relatively well. The PP and GC are what I read and post in while awaiting new posts in the '73-'79 forum. Those site's layouts look oddly familiar, Mil1ion
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For the record - this is my post in the President's thread that I was referring to, the quote that Dennis produced below my response had nothing to do with me whatsoever.
Waxy
Ken,
Regardless of the other hoopla, I would hate to see you underestimate the value of the Pig Pen.
Quite frankly, it IS what keeps me here. If you're a long time member like myself, you've seen the common questions in the Tech forums a thousand times. The tech forums alone are not enough to keep me here, at least not on a consistent basis. They grow old eventually and there is a lot of user turnover. If it wasn't for the Pig Pen, and more importantly the regular users in the Pig Pen that provide a sense of community, I'd rarely stop by the FTE tech forums, despite the fact that I consider myself (please excuse this
) a rather valuable and knowledgable contributor in several of them.
Anyhoo, that's my thoughts on the subject, albeit unsolicited.
Regardless of the other hoopla, I would hate to see you underestimate the value of the Pig Pen.
Quite frankly, it IS what keeps me here. If you're a long time member like myself, you've seen the common questions in the Tech forums a thousand times. The tech forums alone are not enough to keep me here, at least not on a consistent basis. They grow old eventually and there is a lot of user turnover. If it wasn't for the Pig Pen, and more importantly the regular users in the Pig Pen that provide a sense of community, I'd rarely stop by the FTE tech forums, despite the fact that I consider myself (please excuse this
) a rather valuable and knowledgable contributor in several of them. Anyhoo, that's my thoughts on the subject, albeit unsolicited.
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I'll go one further,,, I'll buy a Chebby!! 
*smirking sarcasm*Now that you mention it, Big,,, I don't think getting a "by reason of insanity" plea would be all that hard for me.
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That ought to do it!
Now, Ken, you don't have a choice
with sinjin and grapegravy swearing to lose their minds! 
I'm sure you'll pay heavily in attorney fees...
Now, Ken, you don't have a choice
with sinjin and grapegravy swearing to lose their minds! I'm sure you'll pay heavily in attorney fees...
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General Conversation provides a place for off-topic discussion.
Pig Pen... what does it provide? A place for arguing, getting in the last word, making FTE look like romper room, showing how ignorant some users are, showing how pompous other users are, posturing, bringing out the worst in people, and more than average number of baitings, badgerings and name calling, plus bringing in discussions that may be borderline with FTE's content ratings.
If someone sold their truck and they're still here only because of Pig Pen, well, why should FTE pay for that?
You want it private so it's not in public view? That's a possibility. But its going to take time and money to manage that on a site with over a million monthly visitors. Who is willing to put their money where their mouth is?
Pig Pen... what does it provide? A place for arguing, getting in the last word, making FTE look like romper room, showing how ignorant some users are, showing how pompous other users are, posturing, bringing out the worst in people, and more than average number of baitings, badgerings and name calling, plus bringing in discussions that may be borderline with FTE's content ratings.
If someone sold their truck and they're still here only because of Pig Pen, well, why should FTE pay for that?
You want it private so it's not in public view? That's a possibility. But its going to take time and money to manage that on a site with over a million monthly visitors. Who is willing to put their money where their mouth is?
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Originally posted by Mil1ion
May I interject ?
Thanks
Maybe take some time to Search your OWN posts and see the % of posts you have made in the PP & GC vs the amount of post's in TECH forums.
May I interject ?
Thanks
Maybe take some time to Search your OWN posts and see the % of posts you have made in the PP & GC vs the amount of post's in TECH forums.
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Originally posted by webmaster
Pig Pen... what does it provide?
Pig Pen... what does it provide?
If someone sold their truck and they're still here only because of Pig Pen, well, why should FTE pay for that?
You want it private so it's not in public view? That's a possibility. But its going to take time and money to manage that on a site with over a million monthly visitors. Who is willing to put their money where their mouth is?
It's your business decision. Is FTE more profitable with or without the Pig Pen?
Whistler
PS The questions and issue debated here will not go away. They will once again become a part of the General Conversation. It seems that you would be no better than where you began.
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There is a good topic.
*Note* First there is nothing meant behind this comment but, the question itself.
Question:
Without considering ClubFTE, Who here has bought merchandise from Motorhaven ?
When I was just an FTE user, within 5 months I wanted to help FTE by purchasing a ClubFTE memberhip, also at that time I thought I want a t-shirt too.
It was my basic instinct to help if I could,one way I could give back to FTE.
*Note* First there is nothing meant behind this comment but, the question itself.
Question:
Without considering ClubFTE, Who here has bought merchandise from Motorhaven ?
When I was just an FTE user, within 5 months I wanted to help FTE by purchasing a ClubFTE memberhip, also at that time I thought I want a t-shirt too.
It was my basic instinct to help if I could,one way I could give back to FTE.
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I haven't Mil1ion,, but I don't buy anything online so it's not specific to Motorhaven for me. Last items I bought online were video games on eBay years ago. Also the reason I won't use Paypal. Keeping in mind, I don't have much use for stock or replacement items for my truck.
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Originally posted by webmaster
You want it private so it's not in public view? That's a possibility. But its going to take time and money to manage that on a site with over a million monthly visitors. Who is willing to put their money where their mouth is?
You want it private so it's not in public view? That's a possibility. But its going to take time and money to manage that on a site with over a million monthly visitors. Who is willing to put their money where their mouth is?
Me personally don't have much to do with the pig pen. Most of it seems to be generated around religion & politics. I'm not to smart about either one so I don't contribute to the forum. But I do come in and see whats going on when I see a tremendous amount of activity in here.
In fact, the most I've posted in the pig pen has been today.
I'm not trying to start any trouble, I'm just trying to help suggest alternative solutions that will keep everyone happy in the long run & keep the site as active as it is.
These are just my suggestions, you do what you need to do. I just don't want to see people leave & the site go to hell because nobody could come up with a decent compromise.
If you would like, I can give you a link to a site that has a password protected forum like this. Only people that can access it is people that want to use it & has asked the administator for permission to access it. All their forums can be viewed by all except that one.