[An Idea On How To Communicate With Each Other]

same.

In the end it doesn't matter. If it wasn't for the community threads, i wouldn't have been part of this forum or even the club for that matter just like a few others here.

Who cares though, ay?

Couldnt have said it better myself.

[Who Is Sick Of All The Bitching]

We don't have time to police the whore threads unfortunately. Back when there was just one it was hard, up until 30 minutes ago, it was impossible.

Just today we had a reported post that I couldn't see how it was offensive. The person reporting it thought it was and I trust that was true, but because we aren't hanging around the threads we can't see how it pushed people's buttons.

It's not like the warning about this possibility was old and forgotten either. Blitz rearranged the chat stuff and put a big obvious warning in there only about a week ago.

If you ever get this priviledge back I suggest a stringent self policing effort, ie; use the report post button more often and speak up if someone is pushing the boundaries even if they are not your personal ones. Oh and one other thing; Don't ever bite back.

Granted that its impossible to moderate every post that is made, and I think that all of the moderators and admins need to get a big pat on the back for doing this mostly thankless job out of their own personal time. I wasnt trying to attack anyone (especially the moderators/admins) - just wanted to get my thoughts across on the loss of the regional forums.

Which i believe I have.

Once again, thanks to the mods and admins who take time out of their lives to run and maintain this forum which is loved by all of its users.

[Who Is Sick Of All The Bitching]

you wanna start pointing the finger? cause i dont... that will cause more problems then it solves...

i think we all just need to settle down and grow up a bit...

Baron: do you get advertising revenue by view or by click?

No, ive never been into the "whoretown" threads as i have never had an interest in them. Its not my place to make the decisions of who is abusing and who isnt, thats for the moderators and the administrators to do. Likewise, I dont think that its their job to wade through all of the posts and make judgements. Sure, if a complaint is made my someone, they should react, I just think that a blanket banning of all other threads (that werent "involved" to my knowledge) is a little unfair.

Forgive me if im whining, but really the only threads I bothered to keep up with on here were the Newcastle thread, sometimes the Central Coast thread, and the occasional For sale and DIY thread, so banning the two topics that were the only real reason I came on here at all for something that wasnt done in those topics seems a little harsh.

[Who Is Sick Of All The Bitching]

well maybe starting a thread to complain bitching was a bad idea? as now it's been acted upon, and no doubt the closure of these threads (either temporary or not) will sove the problem.

Punish the guilty, not the masses?

[Who Is Sick Of All The Bitching]

I second that.. Being on the SAU forums as a big time reader, not much of a poster, starting hanging around the central cost thread and got welcomed by some really friendly people and also starting chatting with members

Maybe I didnt communicate what I meant very well, but the above two posters have done so.

Removing the local threads removes the "community" feel of the boards.

Will there be any thought into providing a similar feature on SAU itself, or should we just kiss it goodbye?

As a side note: If you're from Newcastle - hit me with a PM so i can add you to friends

[Who Is Sick Of All The Bitching]

The bottom line is the whore threads have caused problems from the start, are a waste of space, and are nothing but pages of worthless crap.

I agree with Sam and others, it is unfair, especially on those who haven't acted like complete tools, but everyone was warned and those involved were told that if they didn't cut it out once and for all, the threads would go, thereby affecting many others.

Personally, I think that while its all good and well to want to talk to your friends all day, there are more appropriate chat mediums around to facilitate this, a forum isn't one of them.

I agree, there are far more appropriate methods of talking to friends all day long, but in my experience (which is mainly the Newcastle thread) the members using it were more using it as a bulletin board rather than pages and pages of random chatter.

Will there be any system implemented to replace these threads? Perhaps a "one post per time limit" sort of deal (i know it would be a pain in the butt to implement, but it would be nice to get the community feel back).

And I do understand why they were banned and can accept and support the decision to stop them for the reasons the admins have mentioned above, but as Tinks said...what about the rest of us who werent abusing the service or others?

[Who Is Sick Of All The Bitching]

I'd like to know why people from places like the central coast, newcastle, south coast, hornsby etc are being punished for sh!t that goes on in other threads??? Nothing to do with us.....

Hardly fair....

Lifes not fair Tinks =(

Hopefully this will be a temporary thing and soon we can get our forums back, but if its permanent its kind of removing the reason I joined SAU, to chat with and organise meets with others from Newcastle (and the surrounding areas).

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[Just Sold My Gtr But Very Suss...]

Hope it all turns out for the best mate, but I hope you know that deposits of over a certain limit ($15K-$20K i think) automatically flag your bank account as "suspicious" with the Australian Federal Police.

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