B-Man2
Well-Known Member
So .. I was discussing this problem with Jan a moderator and a couple of VLJ members, and it was suggested that I repost this under its own thread. Looking for suggestions or input from all members as how to establish a policy to deal with this issue. It’s gotten to the point where we occasionally lose a member or two each year over this stuff .
Just read thru the recent thread on identifying the Beck MC jacket a couple of times in its entirety and came to the same conclusion each time. I’ll share it with whoever’s interested. We tend to go thru this scenario every couple of months, where a new poster pops us and asks for information about this or that jacket and finally what’s it worth. Once they have their answers, most of them move on but on some occasions a few stick around and become contributing members here. But at least a couple times a year we end up divided into two groups ; those who don’t mind providing information and appraisals to the new poster and those who have grown tired of giving it all up, only to see the newbie drop out of sight never to be heard from again. More importantly, much of the time that this happens, it results in a division between a member or two on each side of the issue. Occasionally the end result is that the newbie moves on and in the aftermath of the conflict between the two groups, pro and con, we also wind up losing a member who gets pissed off at the other side of the issue and just says “screw it” and leaves the forum.
So the question becomes how do we resolve this problem, so that we keep everyone happy and don’t loose any members we have now.
We need to establish a policy to deal with this.
So why not agree to let those who want to follow thru and answer all the questions and give appraisals do so. And let’s further agree that if you’re not in that group who wants to provide that service, that we simply ignore the posters questions and let the other group deal with them. No comments, no remarks, no negative anything.
Having been around for a while I freely admit that it gets old seeing people drop in for a few posts , get what they want and then leave. But… I would rather keep my mouth shut and let those who decide to answer, do so , than to post anything negative that might offend another member and potentially be the cause of loosing a long time well established member and friend on this forum. So is there a way that we can establish a gentleman’s agreement or policy that fosters this type of action ?
How about your thoughts on this and maybe even some ideas that would help out .
Just read thru the recent thread on identifying the Beck MC jacket a couple of times in its entirety and came to the same conclusion each time. I’ll share it with whoever’s interested. We tend to go thru this scenario every couple of months, where a new poster pops us and asks for information about this or that jacket and finally what’s it worth. Once they have their answers, most of them move on but on some occasions a few stick around and become contributing members here. But at least a couple times a year we end up divided into two groups ; those who don’t mind providing information and appraisals to the new poster and those who have grown tired of giving it all up, only to see the newbie drop out of sight never to be heard from again. More importantly, much of the time that this happens, it results in a division between a member or two on each side of the issue. Occasionally the end result is that the newbie moves on and in the aftermath of the conflict between the two groups, pro and con, we also wind up losing a member who gets pissed off at the other side of the issue and just says “screw it” and leaves the forum.
So the question becomes how do we resolve this problem, so that we keep everyone happy and don’t loose any members we have now.
We need to establish a policy to deal with this.
So why not agree to let those who want to follow thru and answer all the questions and give appraisals do so. And let’s further agree that if you’re not in that group who wants to provide that service, that we simply ignore the posters questions and let the other group deal with them. No comments, no remarks, no negative anything.
Having been around for a while I freely admit that it gets old seeing people drop in for a few posts , get what they want and then leave. But… I would rather keep my mouth shut and let those who decide to answer, do so , than to post anything negative that might offend another member and potentially be the cause of loosing a long time well established member and friend on this forum. So is there a way that we can establish a gentleman’s agreement or policy that fosters this type of action ?
How about your thoughts on this and maybe even some ideas that would help out .
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