www.bikeforums.net: Any other exiled members?

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Anyone else here a former member of www.bikeforums.net

If you are a former member, I certainly understand why. That place sucks. North Koreans have more freedom than members of that site have. :cool:

did you sign up in 2003???
"The Thread about nothing" was started with exiled members from bikeforums.

did you sign up in 2003???
"The Thread about nothing" was started with exiled members from bikeforums.

I haven't been active on here. Where is that thread?

I haven't been active on here. Where is that thread?In the Australia and New Zealand Section.

In the Australia and New Zealand Section.

I spent about 5 years over at www.bikeforums.net. It is going downhill fast since Joe sold and the new guy took over as administrator. He has major issues and apparently is trying to see how fast he can run that site into the ground.

Just curious how many others he has run off.

I spent about 5 years over at www.bikeforums.net (http://www.bikeforums.net). It is going downhill fast since Joe sold and the new guy took over as administrator. He has major issues and apparently is trying to see how fast he can run that site into the ground.

Just curious how many others he has run off.Ironically, when the owner of this forum was on vacation leading to a flood of spam, many people here were talking of going over to bikeforums.net.

Ironically, when the owner of this forum was on vacation leading to a flood of spam, many people here were talking of going over to bikeforums.net.

Well, I was there for a long time so it is (was) a cool place. But things have gotten pretty stupid. I finally blew up my account after watching all of the BS that went on with the admin.

I guess i just need to find a new cycling site to hang out on.

So, what were you banned for?

I went back there last week after not having been there for a year or so. Sure has gone downhill. Used to be full of interesting top end bikes and some clever posters.

At least botto is still there going "incorrect" so some things never change.

I'm not an "exiled" member of there, but one of the mods has hinted to me that I should get rid of my sig, because he says it causes "False positive Norton Security alerts". I'm calling BS on that one - I've been using it for years and nobody's ever complained to me about it, although a few people have asked me where I got it.

The Bike Forums site has been having a lot of technical problems lately - database errors, blank pages, etc. I just tried to visit there, and kept getting blank pages.

* EDIT * for additional info:
I've heard that some users have been banned for pulling the "Rickroll" stunt in links and posts.

So, what were you banned for?

I basically just banned myself. I got tired of the new Admin bullying people.

i used to hang there, too; got myself banned for going off on another member, a thickhead. have gone back as a visitor a few times, just to 'reminisce', and found more than a few other long-time members banned, as well. wondered 'wtf?', but couldn't get back in to find out....

boy, that Forester thread...wow! the methane was thick in that one!

so...who's gonna own up to old 'screen names'? mine's the same here as there....

I checked it out when this forum was so full of spam that you couldn't find any bicycle related posts on the first page of a thread. Now that they have done such a wonderful job cleaning this site up, I have no interest in checking out bikeforums. Therefore, I suppose that I too am a self exiled member.

The thing with Bikeforums is that it seems completely different depending on which specific forum you are reading.

I once responded in a joking way as is done in Road Cycling... by quoting a message, changing a word, bolding it, and responding "Corrected" I think it was in C&V, and it actually offended the original poster who told me I shouldn't quote someone and change their words... So, to be successful there you have to be cognizant of which forum you are in... they can each be significantly different.

I find it is a much better forum for cycling related discussion.

The thing with Bikeforums is that it seems completely different depending on which specific forum you are reading.

I once responded in a joking way as is done in Road Cycling... by quoting a message, changing a word, bolding it, and responding "Corrected" I think it was in C&V, and it actually offended the original poster who told me I shouldn't quote someone and change their words... So, to be successful there you have to be cognizant of which forum you are in... they can each be significantly different.

I find it is a much better forum for cycling related discussion.

The biggest problem is that they got a screwy mix of moderators at the present time. They are all so busy kissing the admin's ass, that they can't even think for themselves in the least.

THe thing that blew up was when one of the mods was offended because somebody posted a pic of a fat person and he too is fat.

Well, I was there for a long time so it is (was) a cool place. But things have gotten pretty stupid. I finally blew up my account after watching all of the BS that went on with the admin.

I guess i just need to find a new cycling site to hang out on.Well if you expect to come here and find a BS free site, then I am afraid you have another thing coming. This site is as full of BS as any other forum, as well as many foul mouthed louts, who are not discouraged from using such language. I have found that many of the people banned from BF deserved the bannings they received. It isn't only what you see in the open forums but in PMs as well. I am a member of both forums, and while I spend most of my time in BF I have to say that in comparing the 2, this one has its shortcomings. I find BF alot more interesting and entertaining, as well as informative, simply based on the variety of information to be had. This site has more good useful training information.

As far as the admins go, this site was a veritable spam factory for alomst 2 years. I remembered emailing Steve here in March of 2006 complaining about the spam and being told then that the problem would be corrected by May of that year. It finally took a mass exodus of members and (I am speculating here based on the threads started about it) a boatload of complaints and PMs for that to finally be taken care of...at least for now. This admin for far too long either ignored the wishes of his members or simply lost touch with them, which is far worse than what goes on in BF. Now that the spam is gone from here I still don't see that alot of the disillusioned members have returned yet. Perhaps they will. I hope so as I enjoy both sites when things are the way they are supposed to be. To come in here and try to start a pissing contest between the 2 forums is both juvenile and in terribly bad form. There are a few members in here who belong to both forums and enjoy them both. If you do not like one or the other, that is your prerogative. You will not, however, see me going into BF and saying "Man, cyclingforums.com sucks and I got tired of the BS so I left, has anyone else done that?"

If the mods and admin of the other forum seem to be enforcing the forum rules like the gestapo that is because the enforcement pretty much went out the window right before Joe left. It actually began its downfall right after the Aussies and one of the mods (whom I shall not name) had it out in BF. That mod abruptly gave up their position, for which I was glad and after that all begna a downward spiral. If the current mods and admin ss fit to finally begin enforcing the existing rules I think that is a good thing. The only ones complaining are the rabble rousers anyway.

Nonethelss if you are here long enough you will see that the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side, as I said before, to each his own.

Please forgive the length of my post, I ramble when I am at work on a Saturday

Cheers,

Brian