What Happened?
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What Happened?
My hard drive went belly up and I was down for 3 days. Came back to find Pig Pen down. Were you guys naughty while I was away? Hope it is just a temp thing, I would really miss that forum.
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From: The County
My computer is in the E.R.. I came back to find the same thing.I think I know what happened,I just don't know permanent it is.I think it's a matter of a few messing it up for the rest of us.It was getting bad though.Something had to be done.I think Ken did the right thing.I just hope it can be resolved.
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From: Racine WI
The politics in there are as dirty as Chicagos finest mayor Dick Daley and his mob run hired truck scandal, fresh off former Illinois governor George Ryans "CDL License For Sale" scandal
Mob politics are so dirty
Its still open for viewing isnt it ?
Mob politics are so dirty
Its still open for viewing isnt it ?
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From: Magrath
Maybe some good will come from it being close for a while. If it does open up again, hopefully people will think twice about thier post before submitting them in fear of the Pig Pen being gone forever.
Yes you can still view it
Yes you can still view it
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From: Montana Territory
The pig pen was closed due to abuse, and the fact that it has nothing to do with Ford Trucks, it was atracting fringe members, that were abusing the forums, and they have nothing to lose, they will simply move on and attempt to destroy other forums. This is my opinion.
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From: Iowa
i noticed there were a lot of flame wars in the pig pen and your right it doesnt have anything to do with ford trucks.
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From: Lenexa, KS
I agree that the actions of a few probably spoiled it for the masses. Politics and religion are deep subjects that stir emotional responses. I think the Pig Pen adds an additional dimension to this forum that can't be substituted with "General Discussion". I for one, hope it gets re-opened.
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From: Lenexa, KS
Originally posted by Mattsbox99
The pig pen was closed due to abuse, and the fact that it has nothing to do with Ford Trucks, it was atracting fringe members, that were abusing the forums, and they have nothing to lose, they will simply move on and attempt to destroy other forums. This is my opinion.
The pig pen was closed due to abuse, and the fact that it has nothing to do with Ford Trucks, it was atracting fringe members, that were abusing the forums, and they have nothing to lose, they will simply move on and attempt to destroy other forums. This is my opinion.
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From: The County
I believe the posters who mistreated the forum weren't members ,so they didn't appreciate it like the rest of us.I see some of the same subjects coming to general conversation.The Pig Pig can be very informational when used in the proper manner.I fear they left Ken no choice.I miss it allreaedy.
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From: Montana Territory
Some of the qualifications might be to be a ClubFTE member, as you would be paying for the bandwidth being used up then.
Also a post quota of 300 has been mentioned. Members would need to have at least 300 posts to enter.
A password only forum has been mentioned too, the password would change daily and you would need a moderator to give you it before entering.
The most popular has been removing both the GC and PP altogether.
Also a post quota of 300 has been mentioned. Members would need to have at least 300 posts to enter.
A password only forum has been mentioned too, the password would change daily and you would need a moderator to give you it before entering.
The most popular has been removing both the GC and PP altogether.
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From: Lenexa, KS
Originally posted by Mattsbox99
Some of the qualifications might be to be a ClubFTE member, as you would be paying for the bandwidth being used up then.
Also a post quota of 300 has been mentioned. Members would need to have at least 300 posts to enter.
A password only forum has been mentioned too, the password would change daily and you would need a moderator to give you it before entering.
The most popular has been removing both the GC and PP altogether.
Some of the qualifications might be to be a ClubFTE member, as you would be paying for the bandwidth being used up then.
Also a post quota of 300 has been mentioned. Members would need to have at least 300 posts to enter.
A password only forum has been mentioned too, the password would change daily and you would need a moderator to give you it before entering.
The most popular has been removing both the GC and PP altogether.
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From: torrington,ct
ya I have to agree with jskufan on the 300 post idea.
Lots of people come onto GC just for advice on simple stuff or to blow off alittle steam that may get shunned on another forum. I could maybe see getting rid of PP, persoanlly I dont use it but other people would shoot me for saying that so its not the greatest anwser.
I think if GC got closed, a forum for discusing concept and/or up and comming models and maybe a clean joke forum would work becuase thats some of the convo in GC and a jokes page could still have a min number of post say like 50 or100, something low enough were somewhat new users can access it but still have an idea of the rules by that point.
Lots of people come onto GC just for advice on simple stuff or to blow off alittle steam that may get shunned on another forum. I could maybe see getting rid of PP, persoanlly I dont use it but other people would shoot me for saying that so its not the greatest anwser.
I think if GC got closed, a forum for discusing concept and/or up and comming models and maybe a clean joke forum would work becuase thats some of the convo in GC and a jokes page could still have a min number of post say like 50 or100, something low enough were somewhat new users can access it but still have an idea of the rules by that point.