Just your basic complaint about priorities.
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Well said, Rick. I've been finding myself doing what you suggest regarding "looking for low level response threads". Even when I see a "favorite" topic, I more often will now read through and not post anything when I find that others have already stated what I would say. I don't need to hear myself talk, and no one else needs to hear me repeat what 10 others have already stated.
Originally Posted by miller_feed
I think this thread is turning out to be and educational thread. If people read this and understand why some get 200 post and some get 3 post. I look for the small number post to see what is going on with that thread. Lots of time the question has been answered and so the thread will die. How many right answers do you need in one thread. And again, a thread with 200 post must have something good going on that poeple want to talk about. I have seen where the OP recieved the answer, then another great question will pop up and people will try to answer that question. I don't think it hijacking a thread if the OP has his answer. Then you can throw in the play/fun factor.
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Originally Posted by D8chumley
Soooo... where did the OP get to? 23 replies to this thread he started and not one from him in over a day. Sorry sometimes I just can't help myself!
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It gets a little tough trying to help people though their problem when the post up things like ford sucks and bashing other stuff like that. Personally, I am more willing to spend the time and help someone out with their problem if they are polite and not coming in with a hot head.
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Originally Posted by F250_
Well said, Rick. I've been finding myself doing what you suggest regarding "looking for low level response threads". Even when I see a "favorite" topic, I more often will now read through and not post anything when I find that others have already stated what I would say. I don't need to hear myself talk, and no one else needs to hear me repeat what 10 others have already stated.
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I usually look for similiar problems or intersts in the threads. Either I need the info or it is something I can help with because of a smiliar experience. I cannot help you with an ABS swap, thus no reply.
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Sometimes I wonder if new vistors to this site think it is an official Ford answer forum. With the web name of ford-trucks.com, assuming you don't do any looking around at all, you could easily think that. Lot's of folks are kind of forum clueless too, like the ones who ask questions in the 2009 F150 forum just because it's at the top of the list.
The OP mentioned a post by fordcontractor. And he had a good point. The guy asked a seemingly simple question - how do you remove the upholstery from the console lid. He posted the question twice IIRC, and I see now that he finally got one reply. Those were the guys only posts and I wonder if he'll be back. I hope so. I didn't know the answer to his question, but I'm pretty sure a bunch of guys here would know. We could have helped a newbie a little more in that instance. I hope he came back to get his info.
Bill
The OP mentioned a post by fordcontractor. And he had a good point. The guy asked a seemingly simple question - how do you remove the upholstery from the console lid. He posted the question twice IIRC, and I see now that he finally got one reply. Those were the guys only posts and I wonder if he'll be back. I hope so. I didn't know the answer to his question, but I'm pretty sure a bunch of guys here would know. We could have helped a newbie a little more in that instance. I hope he came back to get his info.
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Originally Posted by bpounds
The guy asked a seemingly simple question - how do you remove the upholstery from the console lid. He posted the question twice IIRC, and I see now that he finally got one reply. Those were the guys only posts and I wonder if he'll be back. I hope so. I didn't know the answer to his question, but I'm pretty sure a bunch of guys here would know. We could have helped a newbie a little more in that instance. I hope he came back to get his info.
That's one of those questions where I can see it getting almost no answers. No one has done it. Or almost no one.
I've never heard of someone removing the upholstery from the console. It was usually "how do I remove the lid" or "how do I remove the entire seat" or "I removed the console and replaced it with XXX".
And the few who have done it probably check out the site only once a week or two. With the number of posts on the SD forum, it's no wonder they don't want to go back through the last 10 pages of posts
Now the real question is, did the OP find out and report back to us? That way we'd all know
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I never thought of the "official Ford" aspect, or lack thereof, of this site...
That's a good point.
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OFFICIAL (personal) statment - I don't mind people bumping their own threads to get people to see them. Once a day is fine, if you're not getting any answers. This doesn't go for ryaneverk2 or any Super Mod or Admins. I don't mind. I don't think anyone else will either, but you never know. Good luck!
* Note from ryaneverk2... that goes for me, too.
I don't mind, either, within reason.
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Originally Posted by krewat
I never thought of the "official Ford" aspect, or lack thereof, of this site...
I found it by searching "FORD TRUCKS". Right now, Yahoo puts this site at about #6, and Google puts it at #1, of non-sponsoring sites, using those search words. I'm sure I am not the first to find it that way. It's an easy jump to mistake this for an official Ford site.
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Bill, I agree with you - that is exactly how I found this site. Top link after googling ford trucks. I think that is a testament to the great quality of this site. If you google chevy truck, there isn't a single forum on page one of googles search. When I first came in here it took me awhile to realize it wasn't a ford website (per se).
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Originally Posted by bpounds
From personal experience, I've driven Ford trucks since - well it's been a long time. I've been a PC jockey for about 20 years. I had no idea there was such a wealth of info at a place like this until a couple of years ago (how long has this site been up anyway?).
This site's been around since I think pre-1999, and was an email mailing list before that. I think the earliest it was around was maybe 1997 or earlier?
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