psu_Crash Posted July 10, 2024 Report Share Posted July 10, 2024 3 hours ago, kev said: I do just this, whenever possible. Although, I mostly just lurk on fb...or really just look at the messages that pop up in my feed...which is infrequent because I mostly use fb just to browse marketplace. It's a good platform to say 'Hey, I took it out for a ride today' and toss in a picture, but using it to solve issues, nah. Case in point, I now have eight old cars on my property, of different makes/models, thanks to my kids. I'm subscribed to FB groups on all of them, but never once have I found any useful information on troubleshooting/repairing. I have better luck finding information in forums and/or youtube. I do wish it would evolve to the 'community' being mostly FB (like the BS forum on here) but the technical issues/resolutions handled via forums. Although, I agree with some of the earlier posts in that the crashes, and especially the data server issue, drove many away for good. Haha, good point! That just goes to show that many have the same frustrations. At least this shows a bunch of us are indeed still around here! Best part of this thread is seeing some of you posting again. HELLO ALL! 🙂 I agree that FB has it's place. Just not for the real issues and expect quality answers from decent humans. I have told 100 people on FB to come here and look through sections. I doubt if 5 of them followed my advice. Everyone seems to want to be spoon fed instead of do a little research themselves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preludedude Posted July 10, 2024 Report Share Posted July 10, 2024 I still lurk….although I sold my CQ in November 2023… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc_beagle Posted July 10, 2024 Report Share Posted July 10, 2024 I was hopeful that the Wayback Machine had archived the site. It has the original forum topic page, but if you try to go to Virtual Mechanic, etc... it doesn't have those pages. ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldStar Posted July 10, 2024 Report Share Posted July 10, 2024 39 minutes ago, nc_beagle said: I was hopeful that the Wayback Machine had archived the site. It has the original forum topic page, but if you try to go to Virtual Mechanic, etc... it doesn't have those pages. ☹️ It's got more than you think, you have to mess with the URLs a little bit to get it to work, I go over it a bit here: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc_beagle Posted July 10, 2024 Report Share Posted July 10, 2024 Thanks. I just tried some random dates (around 2011) and must have picked the wrong ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted July 11, 2024 Report Share Posted July 11, 2024 Throwing my 2 cents on here as well ... I think another thing that muddies the waters between here and FB is people don't always realize who each other is/are. For example, I'm on FB as well, but under my actual name. Here, I have a screen name I use on every forum. So, anytime you give advice or technical input on a forum it helps to have credibility, but I could be talking to someone like Texas or psu_ on FB and never know it. I'm not sure how that relates to driving more traffic here, but I do agree that the frequent crashes and then the ultimate crash really hurt. I felt like prior to that incident this board was very active. Honestly, I considered leaving after crash myself, but kev kinda inadvertently talked me out of it. So here I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullzaflare Posted July 11, 2024 Report Share Posted July 11, 2024 56 minutes ago, techboy said: Throwing my 2 cents on here as well ... I think another thing that muddies the waters between here and FB is people don't always realize who each other is/are. For example, I'm on FB as well, but under my actual name. Here, I have a screen name I use on every forum. So, anytime you give advice or technical input on a forum it helps to have credibility, but I could be talking to someone like Texas or psu_ on FB and never know it. I'm not sure how that relates to driving more traffic here, but I do agree that the frequent crashes and then the ultimate crash really hurt. I felt like prior to that incident this board was very active. Honestly, I considered leaving after crash myself, but kev kinda inadvertently talked me out of it. So here I am. Well in the SQ group chat, thats just a fb message with ton of people, everyone uses their nickname and you can click on them to see who they are lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted July 12, 2024 Report Share Posted July 12, 2024 There's also some people, unfortunately, that just aren't on the boards at all. I know 4 people I can think of off the top of my head, all in my general area, with nice, show worthy, running Starquests. I know that sounds crazy for how rare these cars are, but only one of them has a screenname here and they're not an active poster. So, there's that too - some people just aren't into sharing what they know and contributing. I agree with what others have said too - we need to find a way to loose the ads here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted August 10, 2024 Report Share Posted August 10, 2024 (edited) I agree with some of the fellow members about posting pictures. It's a drag that makes you give up. Not having to rack up post to respond to threads would be a plus. Except for the classifieds section wich is understandable. I can deal with the ads because it keeps the light on for this place. Edited August 12, 2024 by LizardKing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted August 12, 2024 Report Share Posted August 12, 2024 Lack of participation is a big one that I'm noticing since I've been back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7447 Posted August 12, 2024 Report Share Posted August 12, 2024 4 hours ago, LizardKing said: Lack of participation is a big one that I'm noticing since I've been back. Tell me about it. When I as a single contributor am single handidly making up about 60-70% of the new posts. Makes you wonder why bother? It’s like you’re talking to yourself. Most of the time people who talk to themselves, are considered a little senile. Wait…… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted August 12, 2024 Report Share Posted August 12, 2024 I hear you brother @Mike7447 !!! Starquestclub crashed at some point and some of the write ups were lost is what I gathered so far. The information on this site is what gives it value and it's worth keeping the light on. I don't have face book so that's a win for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux Posted August 13, 2024 Report Share Posted August 13, 2024 14 hours ago, Mike7447 said: Tell me about it. When I as a single contributor am single handidly making up about 60-70% of the new posts. Makes you wonder why bother? It’s like you’re talking to yourself. Most of the time people who talk to themselves, are considered a little senile. Wait…… I have nothing exciting to post. My poor car has been at the body shop for almost two years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc_beagle Posted August 13, 2024 Report Share Posted August 13, 2024 If I get some traction on my restoration project, I'll be posting more. Right now there is very little to say, unfortunately. I try to check in regularly to see what everyone else is doing, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted August 13, 2024 Report Share Posted August 13, 2024 (edited) On 8/12/2024 at 7:26 PM, tux said: I have nothing exciting to post. My poor car has been at the body shop for almost two years On 8/13/2024 at 10:39 AM, nc_beagle said: If I get some traction on my restoration project, I'll be posting more. Right now there is very little to say, unfortunately. I try to check in regularly to see what everyone else is doing, though. Truth is it doesn't have to be about our restoration progress!! Look at us just posting about nothing..... But we are participating and interacting with each other!! Just saying... Edited August 17, 2024 by LizardKing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted August 14, 2024 Report Share Posted August 14, 2024 (edited) I belong to another community forum for one of my other addictions. Posting pictures there right after I take them with my phone is a snap. Don't need to upload them somewhere else or resize nothing. I don't have a home computer and use my phone instead. Is that something feasible here? @Moderator Edited August 16, 2024 by LizardKing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted August 17, 2024 Report Share Posted August 17, 2024 I'm guilty for not posting much although I do get on almost daily, I can't stand the picture issue, I tried to update my rebuild post and resized pictures and still ran out of room and gave up. Dad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted August 17, 2024 Report Share Posted August 17, 2024 (edited) On the other community I belong to every person gets a certain amount of space & bandwidth for their media section. You can become a donating member and get unlimited bandwidth & space if needed. Edited August 17, 2024 by LizardKing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbon Posted August 18, 2024 Report Share Posted August 18, 2024 (edited) Hi everyone I don't generally come here much although I still have a starion mouldering in the shed Coming back here, one of the first things that hit me was how many forum categories there are, and how many had 'most recent activity' listed as being years and year ago. It looks bad, posting is spread too thin and it makes the site look dead. Maybe merge some of the topic categories? and get rid of all the dead links (the "list of starion sites" is heartbreaking to actually try and click on any of the links) Obviously this wont bring any new people here but it might help them stick around Edited August 18, 2024 by gibbon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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