1937hd45 Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 I check in a few times every day, and often wonder why this Fourm (the AACA one) is dead? If there are 5 new posts per day it is active or looks to be. On the other hand a HOT ROD site I visit has 2-4 PAGES of posts per day. I don't thing age has a thing to do with it. What is the actual activity on this site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snappydwp1 Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 With over 2000 posts in this forum 1937hd45 you have certainly put your share of time into this website. I've only had a computer for 6 months now and I've seen a couple of web site forums just dry up. I would imagine that forums have their up and down seasons just like I've seen working for Pepsi-Cola for 23 years. I would think right now alot of the regular users of this forum are busy getting ready for the big Hearsy swapmeet. But from what little experience I've had with computer web-site forums I think we're far from drying up here. I'm on another web-site forum http://www.aacint.com/ these are a bunch of guys in England that are American car owners and quite a chatty group. But I do like it "here" and I'm glad I found this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 There you go, Bob! See someone is checking in. Personally, it's been an overworked summer for me. I can't plan a thing without fear of having to cancel, very depressing. I like to be around when I mess with you guys, so I can check the results of my antagonizing remarks. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Ok, so I don't do that much anymore, but still it's fun to check hourly to see who picks on me first when I post something stupid. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The rants and raves make me so mad sometimes, that it's best for me to not even participate in that forum. As the other gentleman said, I'm sure there are a lot of people busy this time of year with yard activities, assuming they don't live in Florida! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> At any rate, hang around a while Bob, winter is right around the corner, and I'm sure that Hartman or Carlton will come back in another rendition to liven things up again. That is until Pedro catches on. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_56BuickSuper Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I check in a few times every day, and often wonder why this Fourm (the AACA one) is dead? If there are 5 new posts per day it is active or looks to be. On the other hand a HOT ROD site I visit has 2-4 PAGES of posts per day. I don't thing age has a thing to do with it. What is the actual activity on this site? </div></div>I think the HOT ROD people break more parts (not that there is anything wrong with that)and are looking for ways to modify parts, determine what will work with what, and so forth. Most here are stock or close to it and requests are answered quickly and straight forward. I am more of a lurker than a poster. Unless I know the answer I do not want to speculate and provide incorrect information to anyone (I will make an exception since this is not technical and wont cause any problems). I check this site first thing every morning, read most of the posts here, buy/sell and tech questions, and all of the Buick forums. It would be interesting to me to know how many visitors a day this site has or some sort of visit to post ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted September 27, 2004 Author Share Posted September 27, 2004 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I check this site first thing every morning, read most of the posts here, buy/sell and tech questions, and all of the Buick forums. It would be interesting to me to know how many visitors a day this site has or some sort of visit to post ratio. </div></div>I've wondered the same thing myself, looks like days can go by without a post or reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyuglyoldguy Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Post deleted by Peter J Heizmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted sweet Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 is it a sign of a decline in aaca membership? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6219_Rules Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Don't know...don't care...I for one won't renew mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J446 Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Nice show this weekend in Westport, Conn. that shows all types of cars can get together.http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32899 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BruceW Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 I doubt the lack of activity on the forum has much to do with any loss of membership. I'm sure there have been some members that have quit the AACA but there are always others that join. Last year there were 62,000 AACA members, and there are only 17,000 registered user of the forum... and the forum incorporates 17 different clubs. Because one doesn't actively participate in the forum doesn't neccessarily mean they are not active in AACA activities.I've seen other auto related forums over the years slow down during the summer, exspecially if they have members active in touring and attending meets. A Model A Ford chat that I have been part of since 1997 goes from 4-5 pages every hour to practically stagnent during the year because the people are off restoring or driving their cars, or going to events. For me, practically every weekend this summer has involved old car activities with most being AACA. The week days have been taken up by things that didn't get done over the weekend.A lot of the AACA members that I personally know and who have participated in the past on the AACA forum attend the national tours and meets throughout the week and weekends during summer. Then there are region activities. I know this summer has had more activities that I could attend. I suspect that more activity will occur as the weather turns colder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 J446, the link said I wasn't worthy of looking at the pictures. Probably something to do with owning a VW. Any way around registering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Hey Bob-first time Ive had a chance to check the DF in a couple of weeks. We've been to the meet in Dublin Oh and just got back from Asheboro NC. There was also a tour and a couple of hurricanes in btwn there, so with the regulars either on the road or ducking the weather (some may not have had a choice cause it takes electricity to do this), we can expect a lower level of activity. Just wait till after Hershey when everyone jumps back on to talk about the neat stuff they bought or saw there! We might even get a few complaining about the difficulty of walking on all that hard blacktop.See you there - bring old spark plugs!!!Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter J.Heizmann Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Hi, Bob...Reminder to all, if you scroll down to the bottom of the Main Page to "Extra Information", there is an current logue of registered users.Not just the AACA area that is slow, traditionally, in Summer months. In looking at the other marque sites that utilize the AACA Forum, there is even slower activity.After Hershey, there is quite a bit of activity for a few weeks, it dies down a few weeks, picks up closer to Christmas, slows down quite a bit after New Year's Day, slow after the Annual Meeting until the first National Meet in the Florida area, then, gradually picks up.I have mentioned it a few times over the years, that the actual participants posting are a minority compared to the huge amount that observe without posting.Met quite a few AACA members over time, of whom, tell me they enjoy it, but, do not post for a miriad of reasons: Some admitted to being timid, 4 people actually told me they did not want to be insulted back in the wild days of the forum, majority of people face-to-face mentioned they just find it interesting and enjoy it. All of this is fact from my experiences. As for banning some over time, they account for maybe 8-10, which, is a drop in the bucket.Regards, Peter J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J446 Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 No but there's no cost and registering is easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 I think this is a great asset, that most members over look. This is agreat opportunity for the future of the club; sharing info to preserve the technology of the past is a primary objective. This media provides a tool to reach this goal. Remember, the type "48" Locomobile was state of the art in 1911; however by the time it was phased out in 1929, it was an anachronism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted sweet Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 WHY?<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Don't know...don't care...I for one won't renew mine. </div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontiac59 Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 The hot rod guys over there spend more time flaming and insulting people with just utter endless pointless discussions of BS. My GF says the particular place 1937HD45 referred to is worse than a popular clique of highschool girls. They're not all bad, but they get a lot of garbage for sure. I'm kind of glad this board is so quiet, the worst I was flamed on anything was nothing compared to the crap there - people don't even read where they're posting and say stupid things, make asses of themselves, it's crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> My GF says the particular place 1937HD45 referred to is worse than a popular clique of highschool girls. </div></div>What is wrong with a popular clique of highschool girls? What do they have to do with rusted out cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontiac59 Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Nothing, if you're a popular highschool girl. So I asked for a better explanation:"It's the same nasty treatment, the way they want to exclude people, rag on people for being different or not good enough in their eyes, to just be mean for the sake of being mean. Which you would expect from teenage girls who don't know much of anything, but is kind of surprising from what is supposed to be a bunch of car guys."In other words, they think they can do no wrong, they're better than you and their s--- doesn't stink. If I understand her right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Pontiac59, I think you're confusing most of the forum members here with younger people who worry about such things. Immaturity, at it's worse. When the guys on here act up, it generally resembles "old women", more than young girls....no disrespect to older women intended. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> My Mom still rules the roost around her house. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyDale Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Dear Randall,Whats the deal!!!!Please explain your change of attitude.diz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Pontiac59, if you are actually following the hotrod site that 37 is referring to I don't understand your feelings. There is more of a fraternity atmophere there than on any site I've seen. There is more help, ideas, and secret info given freely to anyone that's got the time to read. At times there's 10 pages a day to try to keep up on. I've learned far more usefull info there then any site I frequent. Some times it gets personal, but so what. There's been posts of being broken down on vacation and needing help with answers in minutes if not hours. Even posts of very personal happenings like a child being kidnapped or a death in the family and needing someone to talk to. I've met several of those guys and they are not the enemy!! They are just having fun with cars and there's nothing wrong with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemiragtop Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Don't know...don't care...I for one won't renew mine. </div></div>I don't think the AACA will lose sleep over it............rest easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontiac59 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Pontiac59, I think you're confusing most of the forum members here with younger people who worry about such things. Immaturity, at it's worse. When the guys on here act up, it generally resembles "old women", more than young girls....no disrespect to older women intended. My Mom still rules the roost around her house. Wayne </div></div>Hey, I think you're mixing up what I am referring to. The guys here seem to be old enough to know better than to start that nonsense. Which is why it's not as busy - there's not 500 posts all either outright BS, people attacking people, or any other nonsense going around. My point is - I *like* it that way. I already could care less on the other site if anyone likes me or wants to talk to me and see little to no reason to contribute there - why bother if 12 guys are going to jump down my throat? Thats all I am saying. Its like an AOL chat room or something, it's nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlK Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Ted Just sent you an e-mail titled "HI/NOT SPAM' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted sweet Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 got it, i emailed u back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Pontiac, Glad I misunderstood your post. I'm also happy you like the site. Enjoy. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Bob, just checked who's on line: AACA 16 registered 16 unregistered, other guys 74, registered they don't even count unregistered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted October 3, 2004 Author Share Posted October 3, 2004 Just left there to see what was going on here. Guess I'll go back to my Hershey packing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksparks Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 too bad we cannot also advertise on ebay and refer them to our site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Bob,Something to also think about is that we have a lot of members who are youth impaired (that's the political correct term for "old") that don't have or use computers, where a lot of hot rodders are the younger folks who almost all have computers. If everyone in the club had computers to where they could get on the Forum, I think you'd see a difference. Between working overtime, getting the car ready for Hershey, work, school, reserves, the fire department, and computer problems I haven't been on much lately. I've had very few days off since August. I work tonight, tommorrow night, and Tuesday morning I come home from work, get out of the uniform, jump in the truck and start heading for Hershey. I'll be on vacation, but It'll be spent chasing parts, getting the car ready, and judging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppaquet Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Don't know...don't care...I for one won't renew mine. </div></div>RandallI, along with several others, would like to know why you feel this way. If my memory serves correctly, you have been on this forum from quite sometime now.Why do you feel that you no longer want to be an AACA member? Finding out the answer to this question has been one of my assignments as a member of the national Membership Committee. I am interested in your thoughts. Patt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Pat, You need to post your e-mail address as Randall might prefer to answer your question privately. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6219_Rules Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Don't sweat it, Pat. As Hemiragtop put it so eliquently <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I don't think the AACA will lose sleep over it............rest easy. </div></div> . Or as Mr. Marcus was so fond of saying, no one is valuable or more valuable than any one else and can be replaced. I forget the exact quotation...its been over 25 years. Let us just say I do not fit in with the group and let it go at that. Pax vobis cum. ('vobitis cum' just sounded weird...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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