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Post #1
 25th July 2014 - 05:15 AM
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So ive just logged into boostcruising for the first time in years and i am shocked. Boostcruising offtopic used to home some of the most depraved humans on the.interwebz. This forum has housed some of the best trolls and flame threads i have ever seen. Now its come down to this. RIP boostcruising offtopic.
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aussiepride#1
Post #4
QUOTE (Slav @ Jul 26 2014, 08:47 AM)  cool story bro If you could seriously explain to me how they fcuked up such a good forum, i would love to know. |
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Faun-
Post #5
um. well... you take the good with the bad |
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wolfman101
Post #6
I miss old Boost too, but there is something to be said about your point Faun-has kind of weeded out the people who actually give a crap. |
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McLeod
Post #10
QUOTE (Faun- @ Jul 26 2014, 04:18 PM) um. well... you take the good with the bad the trolling and flame threads are probably what made most ppl leave. it used to be that you couldnt say anything on here without someone giving you shit or shutting you down. twincam left thank fcuk. imo he was the most annoying prick on here. i am happy with how boost is now. its friendlier and the ppl that have stayed care about the site. btw you're like the 35th person to come back and make a thread saying the exact same thing... Right on... On one hand I sometimes think "was the out of the control trolling and flaming actually good for the site? Is getting rid of all that trash he reason why the forum part of the site is now used by fewer people?" But then I remember the site was starting to be used less and less whilst the trolling was going on, that's why I came down hard on it, without realizing that all along the real problem was.... Facebook.... On the plus side, the classifieds go from strength to strength, so I take the good with the bad. |
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mark1414
Post #14
QUOTE (McLeod @ Jul 26 2014, 10:41 PM) Right on... On one hand I sometimes think "was the out of the control trolling and flaming actually good for the site? Is getting rid of all that trash he reason why the forum part of the site is now used by fewer people?" But then I remember the site was starting to be used less and less whilst the trolling was going on, that's why I came down hard on it, without realizing that all along the real problem was.... Facebook.... On the plus side, the classifieds go from strength to strength, so I take the good with the bad. Out of interest is it mostly the cars/bikes for sale section of the classifieds which is popular or every section? I only ask because up until recently I used to look for car parts for sale on here and most of the ads seemed to be either old,overpriced or I couldn't even find what I wanted. I just assumed not many people were selling import parts anymore. Then I discovered all these pages on facebook (I still refuse to use it, I just have an account for using the sales pages) which seem to have heaps of parts for cheap. Its fantastic. However, I am guessing the cars/bikes section is what you are talking about because I still have a look here occasionally and there seems to be a fair few different cars for sale. Edit: I also bought a car off boost about a month ago, so there is that. 
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rus_s13
Post #16
QUOTE (mark1414 @ Jul 27 2014, 04:10 PM) Then I discovered all these pages on facebook (I still refuse to use it, I just have an account for using the sales pages) which seem to have heaps of parts for cheap. Its fantastic. However, I am guessing the cars/bikes section is what you are talking about because I still have a look here occasionally and there seems to be a fair few different cars for sale. FB pages are certainly where its at for parts, the shit part is searching via facefcuk and sorting though cars if your only looking for parts and vice versa. McLeod should start two Boost pages, one for parts and one for cars. It wouldn't take long to gain traction and would possibly bring traffic here? I think rules and over-moderation helped kill offtopic, all my other favorite forums seemed to survive Facebook's uprising |
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Faun-
Post #17
QUOTE (rus_s13 @ Jul 27 2014, 06:29 PM) FB pages are certainly where its at for parts, the shit part is searching via facefcuk and sorting though cars if your only looking for parts and vice versa. McLeod should start two Boost pages, one for parts and one for cars. It wouldn't take long to gain traction and would possibly bring traffic here? I think rules and over-moderation helped kill offtopic, all my other favorite forums seemed to survive Facebook's uprising i think the main car forums that survived the uprise of facebook are mostly car specific forums. in which i mean are based on a certain car. ie rolla or silvia's whatever. i am a member of some the new sales and swaps pages on facebook and are a huge mind fcuk to the point of not being able to find a car or part that you looked at like an hour ago. |
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wolfman101
Post #18
Exacto. Aside from the general amusement of the spam thread, the only other forums I frequent are car-specific, and invaluable. |
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NuckingFuts
Post #20
Yeah seems pretty dead, and the layout is crap now. I've never even bothered with the classifieds so maybe that's where all the effort is going now. |
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Joyrid3r
Post #24
I've been gone for over 6 months, I only used the forum for the banter of OT. I personally couldn't see it getting used less as there were at least one new member asking a stupid f'king question per day. The other reason I haven't been on here is the changes, it was like a weekly facelift around here, and the 50,000 emails for one topic subscription didn't help the situation.... |
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ben042
Post #28
QUOTE (NuckingFuts @ Jul 31 2014, 03:13 PM) Yeah seems pretty dead, and the layout is crap now. I've never even bothered with the classifieds so maybe that's where all the effort is going now. Threads like this one would've been great back in the day, haha: http://www.boostcruising.com.au/forums/ind...owtopic=2518253 Wholly shit yes haha. I miss this place and what it used to be 
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rus_s13
Post #29
QUOTE (B2. @ Sep 2 2014, 12:40 PM) How longs the 'chat' forum been gone? Not this one? http://www.boostcruising.com.au/offtopic/2...-Thread-73.html |
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BRENO86
Post #30
Why don't we try a "boost revival". McLeod how about you set the layout and everything back to how it was originally, then everyone just spam the shit out to the Facebook for sale groups and pages. Share the shit out of it and see if numbers rise. It may remind a few of the old users what fun used to be had here as well as maybe bring a few new members. Could link to one of the old popular threads? |
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