The HAMB and Political Correctness

I have been a member of the hamb for a quite a while and have witnessed first hand the change to a kinder gentler HAMB,,,,

No zelous intro police,,,heck you don't even need to do an intro anymore.

But lately there seems to be a lot of post vanishing,,,,I have had several post deleted this past year,,,some were not on target,,,but that is seen every day,,,,

I haven't called anybody names or posted porn,,,I could understand that type of behavior being deleated,,

Today I was going to respond to a question ask an it too was ask last night and it had been deleated by a moderator ,,,

The same person ask again this morning what had happened to the post,,,it again was deleated.

Have we come so far and grown so big that with the stroke of a key a guy or gal is silenced if the powers that be deem it so ?

The HAMB is still the greatest car site out there,,,and this is just my opinion,,,but as of late if your opinion is not of the popular belief it WILL be deleated

This thread will probably be deleated also,,,HRP

 

yeah, i had an observation about a t-stat housing a couple of weeks ago go poof in the night......
of course it (the thread) coulda took a turn for the worse while i wasn't watching.....

 

Those of us that have been here for a long time need to help keep the focus going. I have been guilty of piling on as well. Yes, the HAMB is bigger, gone are the days when a pic of a 4wd Camaro would lead to a 5 page thread....................maybe it WASNT better way back!?

 

I'd imagine those were my posts you were talking about. They weren't controversial or inflamatory, but I suspect there is something going on that I don't know about concerning the person in question. I'll take the deleted posts as a sign not to discuss that person again and go on with business as we usually do.

 

Has happened alot lately.I was looking for the "Jap truck frame" thread the other day.Seems that it has been deleted. Too bad that some assholes have to turn an otherwise informative thread into a pissing contest to prove they are more patriotic than anybody else. This thread probably wont last either.....

 

I dont know man.
only being hear a year(lurked for years b/c I thought you had to pay 50 bucks to join).
It seems most, not all, deleted post have stiring up shit as the main intention.
for example:
some moron posted a pic the other day of a dude with a mutton chops taking a photo of Boyd.the damn photo was one step below GAY PORN.

I posted saying that people have to stop starting threads like this.
Its obvious that the dudes intention was to start shit.
The people who post such shit need the flaming so they stop.
ahhh click.

 

I had a thread deleted recently that showed a cool trad new Rudy 3w coupe project for sale on ebay, and it got pulled immediately...yet the thread about the Green Grenade on ebay lives on. Double standard?

I also got a nice little note from a mod saying that I need to improve the "quality of my posts"...

 

I agree with Ryan BUT the search feature sucks Holmes. I have tried and tried to use it. LAtely it is telling me that I didn't use enough words and I may have 6 words in the search.

I am the king of OT posts, but I never go to political , religious or controversial...no matter how much I would like to. I think with the influx of people into the hobby and the "traditional" scene, will will have to try and do better. Myself included.

 

The Green Grenade was birthed here on the HAMB. We saw it built right here. Maybe that's why it has stayed and others deleted? Don't know for sure, just saying.

There have been a few posts in the Q&S section from Ryan about using Googles search engine to search the HAMB.

I never have trouble with the search feature... Maybe you are using too many words? I've never tried more than two in any search.

 

Larry,,this is exactly the kinda stuff I'm talking about,,,both are cool cars,, HRP

 

Rashy,,,I am no computer expert,,but I too have had trouble with the search button and come up with no results,,,,HRP

 

What are you searching for and what do you enter in the search?

 

Well today I was lookin' for the post where the question was ask by Antique engine,,,,,but Ryan answered that question,,,

Sometimes I get all kinds of results when I type in a few words,,,,but sorting out 10 pages of results really is a pita,,,if you know what I mean! HRP

 

The only time search fails me, is when I do something wrong.
If I search "29 Ford Sedan", I know I'm gonna get swamped.
Too much information, such a good problem!
So I'd type "29 Ford Sedan 32 frame" or whatever I'm looking for. Narrows it down to a manageable level.

I wonder though, if our search function here uses the "negative feature" like ebay has, where for example, if you put
"29 Ford Sedan -billet" You'd get everything without the word Billet in the article? It only works as long as theres no space between the - and the word you want to delete.

 

That was the first time I ever felt embarrased to be a Hamber.
Then I thought about how good we all are, and got myself in a better mood.

 

How is percentage of 'on' or 'off topic' calculated?

Also, how does a moderator come to pass judgement on and leave a message to 3wLarry to improve the quality of his posts? I've seen many, many posts by him that were very good quality. To me that's akin to influencing the writing style of a writer, or doctoring a report to give the desired result to support your point of view. When I read about that, to be frank, it bothered me a little. Is someone sitting around arbitrarily passing judgment of posts, with the poster having no recourse to incorrect/or unwarrented deletes?

 

Troublesome users ,,,must be time for me to to turn the computer off and go out in the shop! ,,,,, HRP

 

I understand wanting to remain on topic but if you take away everything thats political/funny/offensive this site will read like a technical service bulletin. Say the following to yourself in a monotone/robot fashion: I love your new car................That is a beautiful chop..................Danger Will Robinson. Do any of you really talk like that when hanging out with your friends? The threads I like the most are not tech on how to rebuild some thingamawidget (boring). The best threads are the ones when some new idiot registers and posts with both guns blazing about how he's so oldskoolhardcoreratroderiffic because he just took his mom's old Buick Apollo, spray bombed it black/red and added some skulls. Comedy erupts from the far reaches of the universe, the four horseman of the comedic apocalypse are unleashed, pictures of Liberace in his bellytank come out of the woodwork and everyone nearly passes out from laughter. Thats the kind of stuff that happens when normal guys talk in the garage.

Please dont turn the HAMB into a tech site/snooze fest, there are plenty of sites that are devoted to that and guess what...............I dont read any of them and I certainly dont have their t-shirt.

 

This thread needs more GERM.... acctually, a lot of threads need more GERM

 

Thanks Ryan, the fun threads help break up the day but the tech is what I'm here for. A little humor snuck into a tech thread is always appreciated.