RESPECT

**flyin** · 14th April 2005, 10:29

This site is a great place for like minded(or not) individuals to congregate and discuss important issues like riding motorbikes, fixing them and beer.....

Recently however a few of the more experianced, longer serving members of this site have been signing off for "personal reasons"

this saddens me as these guys and girls have heaps of useful knowledge and insights into the wold of riding and we will all be missing out on their input into the forums.

I've noticed alot of people have been getting FAR to personal on this site and have been disussing/raving about anything that they object to/feel strongly about, this is, to an extent, acceptable however when users who have never met start having a go at people about family (wife, kids, even work) I feel this is abuse of the site and completely unnaceptable!!

A fair few of these Internet - bullies are young'ns (yeah im only young myself but hey), there constant smart replies are getting
WAAAY to carried away, deep and personal.
sure you can write "PT" at the end of a nasty comment, you still wrote in on the internet for the world to see!!! and the guys you are giving shite too are generally far more experianced riders/people so have heaps we can learn from them!!

I get so F***kd off with these kids, some of whome dont even have their licenses, who think they are cool because they've typed 1000 posts or some crap!! I ended up giving out bad rep yesterday for endless harsh comments to a non-deserving user!!
notice a fair few of the wiser comments come from users who have been around here for aaaaages but only have a few (well used ) posts to their title!?!

AAAnyways all i'mtrying to say is that if we all wanna keep using this site for what is designed, and doing really well at, we need to have some RESPECT so as we do not end up like one of our wise users fears "imploding"

-for the site: dont post bulls***t spam all day because your gettin paid for it, think about what someone else will get from reading your post.

-for the users: they are all real people with real lives and their bikes are probly waaay cooler than yours! you may meet them one day so keep that in mind before you make a nasty comment!

-for our elders: (not tryin to sound rude) but theres heaps a experience floting around here, picking it and being nice to them is a good way to learn something usefull!

-for ourselves: this site is a tool, to meet people and oraganise rides, and to share knowledge and stories among freinds, it must be used, not abused, and ballance must be maintained between reality and the little box your staring at right now!! your bikes not here m8! go find it and love it

cheers for reading this, if you bothered, I'd like to see this site live long and prosper so further generations of bikers can learn from the bollocks i've typed!!

**MSTRS:Me** · 14th April 2005, 10:33

Young in years - Old in wisdom.

**FEINT** · 14th April 2005, 10:35

I totally agree with you. Well written.

**Indiana_Jones** · 14th April 2005, 10:40

I'm with you

-Indy

**Ixion** · 14th April 2005, 10:40

Well said, that man

peoples

**babyB** · 14th April 2005, 10:44

Originally Posted by FEINT

I totally agree with you. Well written.

what feint said. totaly

**Quasievil** · 14th April 2005, 10:52

Good words youngin
Its unfortunetly just the way it is,I think youre right about the old members moving on, but thats natural, soon you will have heaps of rep points and be regarded as a old memeber and one day, you to will get sick of it and leave.

I like your style and I think that you speak wisely, but dont take it to seriously, I think that is the trap

rep coming your way

Oh and why arent you coming to the freckin RALLY !!

**phantom** · 14th April 2005, 10:59

One of the things that has really impressed me with this site is the help and support offered to those in need so it really bunches my undies when some idiot goes completely off the wall to upset someone. As someone in the IT industry ( why do we all ride bikes) I am constantly confronted with people that hide behind computer communications like email and the web to say things they would never say in person

**flyin** · 14th April 2005, 10:59

Originally Posted by Quasievil

heaps of rep points and be regarded as a old memeber and one day, you to will get sick of it and leave.

I like your style and I think that you speak wisely, but dont take it to seriously, I think that is the trap

Oh and why arent you coming to the freckin RALLY !!

yeah fully see that, but people leaving cos of abuse from a 14yr olds just wrong!!

and with the Rally IM SLACK haha, nah i'm doin the poor thing, goin back to studyin in a few weeks.... just bought a new set of tyres and spent heaps on the bits ive thrashed to death already and was kinda hoping that it will hold together till i'm working again.

so that means respectin ma bike for a few months

oh well, lucky i get a loan bike to practice wheelies on when mines at the shop hehe.
if i go to the rally i'll end up spending all my moneys i dont have..........

always keen for a ride round the welly region tho....

**Sniper** · 14th April 2005, 11:57

Nice one mate

**bugjuice** · 14th April 2005, 12:30

nice one, couldn't have put it better myself.

**Waylander** · 14th April 2005, 12:31

Originally Posted by phantom

As someone in the IT industry ( why do we all ride bikes) I am constantly confronted with people that hide behind computer communications like email and the web to say things they would never say in person

Can you think of a better way to unwund after dealing with tons of guys like me who don't know the slightest thing about thier PCs? As for the topic of this thread. I think I may have upset a few people with what I have said or done in the past few days so I would like to appoligise to anyone I may have offended. I'm just a guy tryin to get through life the best way possible and still have fun while I'm at it. Most of what I post can be takin in jest becouse that's how I meant it. I am the same online as I am in person (or atleast I try to be) so I try to be nice to everybody. So here it is an appoligy, sorry if I upset or offended anyone. See y'all on the road.

**Hitcher** · 14th April 2005, 12:44

Yes. This is our gargre and our online home. People should behave as they would in somebody else's home or how they would expect others to behave in theirs.

There is a big difference between good-natured banter and fuckwittery. I reserve the right to stomp on dickheads any time, any place.

If members are getting hasseled by the spineless through personal messages, they should "out" these pricks by posting their PMs on a public thread where the world at large can see what goes on in the head of a narrow-minded retard.

**inlinefour** · 14th April 2005, 12:44

Originally Posted by flyin

This site is a great place for like minded(or not) individuals to congregate and discuss important issues like riding motorbikes, fixing them and beer.....

Recently however a few of the more experianced, longer serving members of this site have been signing off for "personal reasons"

this saddens me as these guys and girls have heaps of useful knowledge and insights into the wold of riding and we will all be missing out on their input into the forums.

I've noticed alot of people have been getting FAR to personal on this site and have been disussing/raving about anything that they object to/feel strongly about, this is, to an extent, acceptable however when users who have never met start having a go at people about family (wife, kids, even work) I feel this is abuse of the site and completely unnaceptable!!

A fair few of these Internet - bullies are young'ns (yeah im only young myself but hey), there constant smart replies are getting
WAAAY to carried away, deep and personal.
sure you can write "PT" at the end of a nasty comment, you still wrote in on the internet for the world to see!!! and the guys you are giving shite too are generally far more experianced riders/people so have heaps we can learn from them!!

I get so F***kd off with these kids, some of whome dont even have their licenses, who think they are cool because they've typed 1000 posts or some crap!! I ended up giving out bad rep yesterday for endless harsh comments to a non-deserving user!!
notice a fair few of the wiser comments come from users who have been around here for aaaaages but only have a few (well used ) posts to their title!?!

AAAnyways all i'mtrying to say is that if we all wanna keep using this site for what is designed, and doing really well at, we need to have some RESPECT so as we do not end up like one of our wise users fears "imploding"

-for the site: dont post bulls***t spam all day because your gettin paid for it, think about what someone else will get from reading your post.

-for the users: they are all real people with real lives and their bikes are probly waaay cooler than yours! you may meet them one day so keep that in mind before you make a nasty comment!

-for our elders: (not tryin to sound rude) but theres heaps a experience floting around here, picking it and being nice to them is a good way to learn something usefull!

-for ourselves: this site is a tool, to meet people and oraganise rides, and to share knowledge and stories among freinds, it must be used, not abused, and ballance must be maintained between reality and the little box your staring at right now!! your bikes not here m8! go find it and love it

cheers for reading this, if you bothered, I'd like to see this site live long and prosper so further generations of bikers can learn from the bollocks i've typed!!

I agree 100% with you. This site should be much better that this and could easily be again