Relevance??

[bexrbetter]

Really it depends where you want the site to end up.

Busy.

 

20 threads right now on my "NEW" first page, 17 directly related to flying.

 

Of the other 3;

 

- Gun Culture thread has been around for 6 months.

 

- Paris Dakar is huge in the World, most of us are machine orientated and with an Australian up the front

 

- Farewell David Bowie - that's fairly big news in the world at the moment and someone who's music covered every age group here.

 

I don't see the forum being swamped Frank and aviation is still very much the main theme.

 

 

[frank marriott]

Good, all's perfect, I'm sorry I raised the matter.

 

 

[SDQDI]

This thread is not about flying and should be moved to the "off topic" section:amazon:

 

Sorry Frank, I just wanted to poke a little fun. It is important to make sure flying is our first priority here, it is easy to get caught up in an off topic 'discussion' but I do tend to agree that it divides us a bit more. It's bad enough have Raa mingled with commercial pilots without bringing off topic topics into the mix:wink:

 

But I do think we are generally level headed about our disagreements so I think they should stay, but maybe we could all do our bit in posting a bit more aviation related things:thumb up:

 

 

[frank marriott]

It's bad enough have Raa mingled with commercial pilots without bringing off topic topics into the mix

Mate, I'll stop now as a CPL I fail there as well.

 

 

[SDQDI]

Mate, I'll stop now as a CPL I fail there as well.

CLP Cute Little Person? Just stirring again Frank

Frank don't get too down about it, there are a few threads that I don't even look at but generally we all mean well. I don't use any other form of social media besides this site and sometimes an off topic will be interesting to me for example the thread of Geoff and the hay run, not really aviation related but still interesting.

 

 

[SDQDI]

Hmm your post said clp when I replied but somehow it says cpl in the quote box? Maybe I'm going bonkers!

 

 

[bexrbetter]

Good, all's perfect, I'm sorry I raised the matter.

Why, you raised a question, you explained your reasoning out (and very well) and you were polite, nothing to be sorry about Mate.

 

Wish all posts, including some of my own, were up to your standards.

 

 

[fly_tornado]

Good, all's perfect, I'm sorry I raised the matter.

Frank, you can start your own thread whenever you feel the need to share, the PC police aren't going to shoot you down. Maybe you could share some of my threads with your friends?

 

 

 

[turboplanner]

How kind of you to offer that opportunity to him FT - feelgood quote of the day!

 

 

[Admin]

I am very much concerned about the amount of non aviation related threads but at this stage I don't have an answer but it is very much on my mind. The objectives of the site are, as Frank has listed, very much true and exact to the letter however users deserve to have some degree of freedom to prevent a nanny state. As also pointed out the site is to be your virtual flying club rooms where as we all know we discuss everything when we get together.

 

So there are the 2 sides of the coin.

 

What to do about it I don't know but I will be doing something about it soon because it IS an aviation site and THAT is its focus so perhaps it rests with you guys and gals to use common sense and perhaps let's start looking for things in aviation to discuss to help turn the percentages back in favour of aviation

 

 

[dutchroll]

It's bad enough have Raa mingled with commercial pilots without bringing off topic topics into the mix:wink:

thank god for smilies!

 

 

[bexrbetter]

I am very much concerned about the amount of non aviation related threads but at this stage I don't have an answer but it is very much on my mind.

You need to inform us is a good start, consider it done from me.

 

 

[Camel]

Good, all's perfect, I'm sorry I raised the matter.

I share your point of view but I will walk away once I get really sick of it. I have other interests too but they don't belong here as you say. There is a lot of knowledge here especially from people like you who have a CPL and have experience. The old saying " learn from other people's mistakes because you won't live long learning from your own mistakes" .

 

 

[bexrbetter]

I share your point of view but I will walk away once I get really sick of it.

Maybe you could inform me what the issues are that you would walk away from please?

 

I put a post in the Gun Culture thread today but otherwise I can't remember opening it for many months, that's a choice I take, I see it there and I choose not to click on it. Or the Wellcamp thread. David Bowie doesn't interest me so I haven't opened it. I have 3 or 4 people on ignore.

 

Are you guys opening these threads and being offended or it it just that you see them when looking for "New" threads or something else? Genuine question as I don't understand why people just can't avert their gaze, help me and possibly others to understand and I'll be happy to do my part in future ...

 

 

[Camel]

Maybe you could inform me what the issues are that you would walk away from please?I put a post in the Gun Culture thread today but otherwise I can't remember opening it for many months, that's a choice I take, I see it there and I choose not to click on it. Or the Wellcamp thread. David Bowie doesn't interest me so I haven't opened it. I have 3 or 4 people on ignore.

 

Are you guys opening these threads and being offended or it it just that you see them when looking for "New" threads or something else? Genuine question as I don't understand why people just can't avert their gaze, help me and possibly others to understand and I'll be happy to do my part in future ...

By this I mean that loosing interest would mean I wouldn't bother reading any of it, it is a personal point of view and agreeing with Frank and not meant to be offensive to anyone, if I don't find I can offer or get something it would be of little interest.

 

 

[IBob]

I'll plead guilty to indulging in entirely non-aviation topics. Probably the only way for me to avoid that would be to avoid going there in the first place, as I find it very hard not to wade in on subjects where i feel strongly.

 

Having said that, 'it' may not be as bad as it looks: in any crowd of people, most of the noise is made by a minority, and the same seems to apply here: a very small number of people whacking away at each other, usually without any attempt at consensus, variously grinding their/our axes of choice.

 

While I can certainly see where some people may find that undesirable and unpleasant, is it actually threatening the massive and most excellent aviation content here?

 

 

[2tonne]

There are a few threads on here that I wish would go away. They have been done to death and keep going round in circles. I would like to see an ignore option for threads, so that when I hit "New" they don't clutter the top of the list.

 

 

[facthunter]

You have no real way of measuring how many have left the site for any particular reason. You can delete religion and politics as far as I'm concerned. Aircraft Interest hasn't reached a level where we have exhausted all the possibilities, has it? Nev

 

 

[fly_tornado]

One thing I have noticed is that there is not a lot of interest in the RAA affairs these days.

 

 

[kasper]

One thing I have noticed is that there is not a lot of interest in the RAA affairs these days.

Well to be frank the RAA are a bit like a black hole now.

1. the online magazine is too large a file and too difficult to read other than on a wide screen desktop so i have stopped reading it

 

2. the new website is just SO static and information poor in some respects I have given up looking at it - just for a laugh TRY and find the draft constitution etc

 

The mag is an extreme disapointment - they made the decision to go digital THEN the editor makes everything a layout for double page view only - ie layout for printed pages with EVERY bloody picture and story flowing across pages ... then the pdf document has everything as double page and that becomes SO damn small on a Kindle or mobile device I have to continually zoom in and move around pages to read it - crap changes and crap management of the magazine that is now laid out PERFECTLY for printed (not available without extra $$) and HORRIBLE for the primary distribution channel of digital.

 

I'm still interested in the RAA but they have from an information perspective hunkered down and gone silent - even the emails from them just try and get you to read the mag - RAA comms are I am afraid heading towards automatic delete as garbage in my email :-(

 

RAA are getting fail grades now from me on the new digital comms and website - I gave them the benefit of the doubt and a few months to improve but the changes over that time are to the detriment of members. F-

 

 

[Marty_d]

I'm probably one of the main offenders when it comes to non-aviation posts. Like others on here have said, there's some stupidity that is so hard to ignore.

 

I enjoy the banter, humour, jokes and general discussion. We're all human - not just pilots/builders/enthusiasts, but so much more. For example the thread about wildlife in people's backyards is fascinating. I think it'd be sad to restrict this site down to aviation-only subjects.

 

This is the only forum I'm a member of. Yes I have other interests - technology, sustainability, politics, bees, etc - but I haven't got the time or inclination to join a lot of different forums. Aviation is my main interest so here I am.

 

Having said all this, it's Ian's site of course, and if his wish is that the off-topic discussion is limited then I guess we should try to comply.

 

 

[facthunter]

On my wish list would be not judging particular groups as undesirable. Like atheists, lefties, older people, GA pilots, airline pilots, people who don't live in QLD , tailwheel drivers, Jabiru engined aircraft, people who think differently. Not a complete list or in correct order of priority. Make your own.

 

Get rid of trolls.. People who attack the messenger in a personal way, quote bits out of context deliberately to make an explanation so time consuming that you don't bother. People who have gotten out of the wrong side of the bed that morning, or their wife/ partner left them for the local policeman, and so on.

 

Need more of .... People who add to a topic and not just pick holes in some technical aspect. People who think my funny posts are hilarious. People who read the post carefully. People who thank those who write quite long posts and make the big effort. I don't include myself in that category, but I do include people like Oscar. One of many.. Nev

 

 

[SDQDI]

I think that was meant to be another funny post FH, anyway I gave it a funny and thought it was hilarious just in case:whistling:

 

But on a serious note you are basically right.

 

 

[facthunter]

On a serious note I was being pointed but hopefully mildly amusing. Thanks. Nev

 

 

[skeptic36]

People who think my funny posts are hilarious.

Well, if you would use the emoticons so we new when you were being funny, then it would be much easier to know when to be amused