How can we liven this section up?

Bring back the members who have been banned , that will liven it up

Write your comments here...That won't happen H/D. -- Most are enjoying posting on other forums I use.    I doubt they would want to return here.

Some of us are long term posters on here and have supported the Forum since it started. Although the forum has changed we still make the effort to add a post or two every so often to keep the forum alive. We are also happy to provide feedback and suggested solutions to the many IT failures which blight the smooth running for forum members.  That the genuine support falls on deaf ears is not the fault of any of the members. 

K 

"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated"
- Mark Twain

As ever Kennine, you always give me a chuckle with your predictions that the CT Forum is "dying" - you've been saying this for quite a while now, but one only has to look around the Sections which are actually about our hobby to see that they are very much "alive & kicking"!

On a wider point re the OP, the level of activity in those Sections also clearly demonstrates that "many members" do not only visit General Chat. far from it in fact.

And they do not see those Sections as "the Backwoods" - they are actually the subject matter we would expect to see on a Caravan & Motorhome Forum!

Funny that!

Cheers

Bugs

I haven't been around long but agree with you tigerfish, it seems that "the champions" see it as there job to move things,warn us to be nice to protect the sensitive little souls on here and close threads down as they please. Now I totally understand that there should be no bullying but it seems you can't post an honest opinion on some things as it might cause offence or be politically incorrect.

I haven't been around long but agree with you tigerfish, it seems that "the champions" see it as there job to move things,warn us to be nice to protect the sensitive little souls on here and close threads down as they please. Now I totally understand that there should be no bullying but it seems you can't post an honest opinion on some things as it might cause offence or be politically incorrect.

Hi Furball

The role of the Champions is set out in the Community Guidelines. To help you, I have set out the relevant para below:

Our community champions are all members of The Club who have volunteered to help keep Club Together a happy place to be where members feel welcome to contribute. We have asked them to help us keep discussions on topic, close or remove contentious discussions or posts, delete spam, direct new members around the community, move discussions to the right areas and help Club Together grow and develop by being positive contributors to the community.

Note: no mention of "warn us to be nice to protect the sensitive little souls on here and close threads down as they please."

Cheers

Bugs

I haven't been around long but agree with you tigerfish, it seems that "the champions" see it as there job to move things,warn us to be nice to protect the sensitive little souls on here and close threads down as they please. Now I totally understand that there should be no bullying but it seems you can't post an honest opinion on some things as it might cause offence or be politically incorrect.

What do you expect the Champs to do when people post in the wrong sections, Furball? It helps us all if threads are in the appropriate place. I'm no lover of the T&Cs but, if you stick to them, you won't come a cropper or incur the wrath of the CM. See, it's simple really. Just follow the rules.

We can probably liven it up by posting interesting topics, which everyone can join in.  I had one in my mind, when I woke up in the middle of the night, and thought everyone will have a witty answer to that one.  Then this morning I thought 'I must post that topic on General Chat'.  Trouble is I can't remember what it was..............!

Perhaps there should be a thread 'What important thing did you forget to remember...................'.

Generally I'm happy with the forum. I look at it most days and post, on average about every two weeks. What I would like to see changed, though, is the way that posts are hijacked by others taking the thread completely away from and with no connection whatsoever to the OP.

Some time ago I asked a serious question for which I would have been very grateful for a serious reply. It was obvious that the first person to send a reply hadn't read my post completely and then the next six or eight subsequent posts were two members having a personal conversation about one of their issues. I never did get a meaningful reply. I guess other members gave up reading the thread as it degraded into irrelevant waffle.

JohnM20 has highlighted a serious problem. That of threads being hijacked.  Of all the forums I use, this is by far the worst   for threads being hijacked. 

Put a stop to this antisocial practice Moderators !!!!----- so allowing the threads to flow,  this would  go a long way to address the OP's aims to make the forum more lively and interesting

Thanks Kennine, and I agree.  As I said I am only motivated by a desire to keep this great Forum healthy & popular. My thoughts might be Ill focussed by some. But that was the reason.

TF

HIjack!! I started with a question about fridge usage, now it's about someone's Mercedes?????