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Too many uncalled for negative comments.

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#1 ·
Time to leave the forum. Been seeing more negative comments and put downs than I am comfortable with. I haven't contributed much to the forum but I did learn quite a bit and got a lot of enjoyment from many of the postings. But things are changing.

Take care.
 
#3 ·
Been seeing more negative comments and put downs than I am comfortable with.
I totally agree. I assume whenever I post just about anything on these forums that someone is going to post a negative comment... usually within minutes.

I can handle it and I'm not leaving because I do know there are a few of you out there that are fountains of good information. As for the rest, I sure hope you're nicer in real life than you are on these forums. :p
 
#9 ·
I totally agree. I assume whenever I post just about anything on these forums that someone is going to post a negative comment... usually within minutes.

I can handle it and I'm not leaving because I do know there are a few of you out there that are fountains of good information. As for the rest, I sure hope you're nicer in real life than you are on these forums. :p
I'm not.





:D
 
#12 ·
My feelings are deeply hurt too..
From the bottom bracket to the top of the saddle.
Across the bars... I sacrifice myself to ride ...
And endure persecution .
Oh The Pain, Oh the In Equality,
The Hatred Humanity Inflicts .. I must Bear.
We all suffer ... An Evil World... A Bike Forum From Hell ...
 
#25 ·
In case that you haven't noticed the world has changed and I think it's for the better. No more keeping quiet and biting your lip just to not make waves. It's tell it like it is and no holds barred. Too many things were being pushed under the rug and forgotten. I am all for telling the truth about things but the problem is that we can't agree on what the truth is any more.
 
#26 ·
There's a fine line between being brutally honest and being just plain brutal.

Fact is, this thread (and threads like it) pop up with alarming frequency. It's not good for a site to keep scaring off members when the same elder/prolific members have piss-poor attitudes time after time, year after year.
 
#48 ·
This is too funny. A forum member who only posts once per year or less announces that he's leaving because of negativity and it generates almost 50 replies in 5 days. I think he's actually reading this thread and laughing his arse off. He hasn't deleted his account yet.
 
#52 ·
It's sad what has become of this forum. I have over 10,000 posts - mostly from over 10 years ago, when there was a lot of traffic on this site.

No one needs to get personal, but at least one person posting on this thread likes to dish out abuse on bike forums. He uses the same name on three different forums.

I never get personal, but I have been banned from two cars forums for telling the truth about the poor quality products made by Factory Five.
 
#53 ·
It's sad what has become of this forum. I have over 10,000 posts - mostly from over 10 years ago, when there was a lot of traffic on this site.

No one needs to get personal, but at least one person posting on this thread likes to dish out abuse on bike forums. He uses the same name on three different forums.
Well I gues that unnamed person isn't I since I don't belong to 3 forums. :D
 
#63 ·
DaveG;5384493...so you never experienced RBR in its prime said:
hmmm, sounds like selective memory. in its 'prime,' two of RBR's most popular forums were the Lounge and Podium Girls.

one was just the cyber-equivalent of the Cool Kids Club in high school and the other was mostly a collection of soft-porn. neither were cycling-content focused.

you can avoid 99% of 'caustic' posts by simply avoiding PO. it's really easy to not click on those posts. for the rest, there's an ignore feature for posters you find objectionable.

self-moderation solves most of the issues you have.
 
#64 ·
I look at 4 bike forums. This one, bikeforums.net, weight weenies, and the paceline forum, that was the serotta forum, many years ago.

Weight weenies has a lot of discussion on the latest tech and of course the lowest weight or most aero bikes. Many posters are from European countries.

Bike forums seems to be about getting your garage sale bike up and running.

The paceline forum has some good tech advice and a lot of old guys like me. We may be slow, but at least I'm using the latest tech, except for disc brakes and tubeless tires - have no use for either.

This forum has so few postings, it's not about much of anything.
 
#66 ·
I've only been a member here since May 2014. While there were definitely people here who are rough around the edges, there was plenty of helpful advice going around. I took it as an initiation of sorts - just like being the new employee around seasoned veterans. Some are bulldozers (knowledgeable people who like the throw their weight around) and some are balloons (people who know nothing and pretend to know it all).

One sub forum that was usually quite civil was Wheel & Tires. Unfortunately, two of the most helpful people there, Mike T. and DCGriz are gone now into forum retirement. Not sure whether they left because they became busier or just had enough. Wheels & Tires is all but dead without them.

That being said, every sub forum is definitely less active than back in 2014 - except maybe for P.O. which is always hopping along.
 
#69 ·
IMO, the interwez is really a sh8thole of human discussions!
Sure there are gems of knowledge here and there, but for the most part, the internwebz is a great enabler of shytte of humanity. But honestly, if you walk into a restoom, you should expect funny smells, right. So no one should be complaining! Hold your breath, take your sh8t, wipe your ass, and get out!
 
#71 ·
Remind me not to shake aclinjury's hand.
 
#88 ·
Dammit tlg, you're such a wet blanket!
 
#93 ·
Hence the term "the Golden Age of Rome."

They also used to use urine to do laundry. They'd take their tunics and such to fullonicaes, ancient laundromats, where fullers would use a slurry of water, whizz, and clays (it's were "fuller's earth" comes from) to get the clothes clean...by putting them in containers and agitating them by stomping them like so many grapes--barefoot.
 
#103 ·
One week since the OP started this "goodbye cruel world" thread and we're already up to 103 posts and the thread has drifted to bathroom habits. I sure have had a few laughs.
 
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