Please create sub-forum Rants, Complaints, Negativity

A separate forum for trolls? Wouldn't that be awesome?! :thumb:

 

It already exists. See Fred's House of Politics.

 

Oh, I've seen it. Too bad we couldn't keep ALL the trolls in there.

 

I'm starting to see shotgun posts from new posters, where they post the same negative postings under several threads. It may be frustrated new owners trying to find the right place to post, or it may be an organized attempt to flood the forums with propaganda. My tinfoil hat is starting to twitch.

Tom

 

Personally I think that when you create such forums you create friction within the membership. This is a car enthusiast’s forum. All other posting should be eliminated. What does the word enthusiast mean anyway? I for one would like to see anything that doesn’t have to do with Prii eliminated. Get rid of trolls as fast as they appear. This is a great place to discuss our cars and related positive issues.

 

Just add another layer. It works great. :madgrin:

I'm watching the Toyotathon of Death on The Daily Show right at this minute.

 

Do you use the normal stuff, or the non-stick variety?

Tom

 

I go to the dollar store for my tin foil needs, so I suppose that would be the normal cheap variety.

 

If I see one more thread about "brake/break" (bogus) problems, I am going to blow a gasket. Please, there is not a real problem here, it has AWAYS been like this, to some extent, Toyota just made the regen brakes work even better than the Gen1/Gen2, and all these newbies don't know what to expect/are clueless. It really sickens me.

Mitch

 

Hear Hear! You are absolutely right! Get rid of any forum that has nothing to do with the Prius. Moderators would then only have to keep an eye out for the Trolls.

 

Maybe create a new "Hysteria" forum? :madgrin:

Where will I be able to post about sheep and sex robots? :madgrin:

 

:boink:So is this a Prius topic or a seperate forum topic?

 

I guess we all now feel like Burger!

 

What I would ask everyone is to stop and really think about what you are asking to be implemented.

Yes, I understand that PRIUS chat, is primarily a Prius enthusiast website, but to label it as only that, I think is wrong. It's a fantastic portal for news about Toyota as a whole, Hybrid news, alternative energy, the entire auto industry...

Plus and more importantly, do you really not want debate? Does being enthusiastic about something mean you never question it? Do we shelter Prius Chat and The Prius in a world made of singing daisys and dancing flora? I personally think that's the wrong thing to do.

I consider myself a "fan" of The Prius. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to post something negative about Toyota or The Prius if I think there is something negative that exists.

Unfortunately, lately for Toyota that's been beyond the realm of normal.

I've been accused of being a troll, and I don't care what people think. I'm against censorship as a whole, even if it's as subtle as a "special place for those that think differently than us". Because the way I look at it, that's asking for the equivalent of a internet cyber "ghetto" where we can hide away the "different" that bother us.

Are there trolls? Sure. But my observation is that the Mods here do an excellent job. The "regulars" that frequent this forum also do an excellent job. If something is blatantly invalid it is quickly revealed as such. I don't think the uninitiated are being led astray by evil Prius and evil Toyota haters.

Furthermore, we are supposedly all adults here. Can't we expect debate and even cases of ultimate disagreement without needing definitions of exclusion to different realms or forums?

If a thread bothers you. Make a post revealing what bothers you...and then ignore it. Real obvious trolls reveal themselves in time easily. Then I leave it to the Mods to handle as needed.

To me when you are dealing with communication, debate, information and human beings the best thing to do is let the chips fall where they may.

The tagline for this site is "Press Our Buttons", I take that to mean come in here to discuss numerous things...good and bad, positive and negative...if sometimes that "pushes" your personal button? Deal with it...move on...The world has singing daisies, and dancing fauna but also tumbleweeds....exclusion limits the view for us all and IMO is a dangerous road to advocate for.

 

I think a forum for rants and trolls is a fabulous idea!!! FHOP is for off-topic, and FHOPol is for politics, and both can accommodate rants, and both have trolls (the latter more than the former) but a forum just for rants and trolls would be great. Sometimes you just want to blow off steam. People who write "you're" when they mean "your" or "it's" when they mean "its" or when you're angry because the telephone cord has gotten tangled again or the birds wake you up in the morning.

Prius Chat could become the first chat board ever to have a forum where trolls would be welcome.

However, posting in the Rants forum should not add to your total post count, since that could give seeming legitimacy to trolls.