Keep to the point

No more comments from me Husky.

 

If someone is new and has taken the trouble to sign up for CT and they ask a question only to get the reply "google it" that's not quite in the spirit of things on here. Being on a forum is about conatct with others not Mr Google.

 

Nope. If the answer is there plain and obvious on Google and questioners can't be bothered to look, and expects someone to do it for them, I shall continue to say to them that the Lord helps those who help themselves. 

 

So can we assume you never asked for any advice when you started caravanning? Have you never asked the wardens or others on site for recommendations for places to visit or eat. Sadly it seems human communication is redundant in the age of Google.

If someone, possibly a new member posts on here asking for advice, surely the courteous thing to do is to reply if you can help, not make them feel silly for asking the question in the first place. 

Quite a few folk bowed out of this Forum a while ago. The usual suspects suggested it was those very people who created problems on CT, odd really considering that CT is worse now than what it was. Thread Hijacking, unfriendly posts, unhelpful posts, a general air of bitterness persists, so not really anything to do with those that left. It's those that remain carry the blame. 

odd really considering that CT is worse now than what it was. Thread Hijacking, unfriendly posts, unhelpful posts, a general air of bitterness persists, so not really anything to do with those that left. It's those that remain carry the blame. 

Odd indeed, that is not how I see it. Am I looking in the wrong places?

peedee

PD, maybe you should look around the Forum, see the problems. We are all part of the problem or part of the solution-only you can answer that.

Be easier if you point me in the right direction R2B! I admit there are some areas and threads I rarely visit and I am quite content with what I read.

peedee

PD, in that case you have no worries. I approach it as a-what is good for CT, what is helpful, & I aim to swerve any nastiness, in adopting this attitude I find many problems around CT. It is not for me to isolate negative threads that may then isolate problem causers, too negative for me.

Dear me - not been on here for a while and reading this I can see why.

You must stick to the orginal topic, you must not ask anything that someone could percieve as google-able......really not too friendly is it?

so, if you have an opinion or view on a subject it would seem your not allowed  to air it  on CT, 

I have noticed that some members, rather than help another by giving a useful reply, prefer to make a smart comment or climb on their favourite hobby horse. A. Member with what seems to them to be a serious problem can do without these remarks. 

Perhaps the worst of these could be removed by the monitors.

Hi Ray

A number of the Community Guidelines do cover the situations you are describing, including hijacking of discussions etc

A particularly relevant Guideline is this one:

We all stray off topic from time-to-time but please don't hijack discussions that are about a specific subject or that are asking for advice. You may mean it as light hearted fun, but it can be interpreted as troll like behaviour to other users and can put new contributors off from taking part.

The CC Staff and Champions do step in where this gets out of hand, but of course it would help if everyone on the Forum remembered that they have signed up to the Guidelines and posted accordingly.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Bugs