fandsw
Alte Schule GTI'r
- Location
- Helena, AL
As I'm no newbie to car-based forums, I am a relative newbie to this forum. This forum has been a great resource to me already to learn about my Mk. V GTI. I'm also not a prude, as I've used more than a few colorful metaphors in my lifetime. However, while I work for a large company that allows some personal use of the internet, it does monitor traffic, including anything offensive in nature.
Reading the forum posting rules it states that "Forums outside of the Off-Topic forums are to maintain a G Rating." I find that this is NOT true in the slightest, nor does this rule seem to be enforced. Just about ANY thread you open outside of Classifieds is has more 4 letter words in it than George Carlin's last special (May God rest his soul.....). It's not just the posts themselves, it is a problem in the avatars and signatures of some members themselves. Avatars you can turn off, which I have. However the other things (posts and signatures) I can't control. Due to this fact I limit my time that I spend at this site during the day, wanting to avoid issues with our IT department's monitor folks.
Like I said, I'm not a prude, and most things don't offend me. However as a business, be it large or small, I would think that this website & it's administrators would be concerned with the possibility of losing website hits, as they could drive away members to other forums that enforce the rules, and, as in my case, keep members away during certain hours, again minimizing hits which can lead to lower ad revenue for the website.
Just a concern I have, I really like this site, but want to help make it a better site for all.
Thanks!
Frank
Reading the forum posting rules it states that "Forums outside of the Off-Topic forums are to maintain a G Rating." I find that this is NOT true in the slightest, nor does this rule seem to be enforced. Just about ANY thread you open outside of Classifieds is has more 4 letter words in it than George Carlin's last special (May God rest his soul.....). It's not just the posts themselves, it is a problem in the avatars and signatures of some members themselves. Avatars you can turn off, which I have. However the other things (posts and signatures) I can't control. Due to this fact I limit my time that I spend at this site during the day, wanting to avoid issues with our IT department's monitor folks.
Like I said, I'm not a prude, and most things don't offend me. However as a business, be it large or small, I would think that this website & it's administrators would be concerned with the possibility of losing website hits, as they could drive away members to other forums that enforce the rules, and, as in my case, keep members away during certain hours, again minimizing hits which can lead to lower ad revenue for the website.
Just a concern I have, I really like this site, but want to help make it a better site for all.
Thanks!
Frank
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