I've been putting this off for too long, but it's finally time to admit that the forums have just become too big to keep everything in just one category. From emails and PM's I've been getting I know several of you agree.
With more than 480 new posts per day the forums have become so active that new questions get bumped off the first page in less than a day. If no one replies in the first 24 hrs your post is probably already on page 3 and the chances of someone seeing it get pretty slim.
With that in mind I'm splitting up the main Bronco Talk forum. This should happen in the next day or two.
I'm also going to change the Mass Buys forum to Vendor & Mass Buys. This will be a forum specifically for vendors to announce new products, sales, etc. I've never really felt that selling products in the main Bronco Talk forum was appropriate, so this will now give vendors a place to advertise their products. There will be a small annual fee for vendors in this forum. Every vendor I've discussed it with has liked the idea, but feel free to PM me if you're a vendor with other thoughts on it. "Vendors" in this case means anyone selling more than 1 identical item, so this will include the small shops as well who may only have 1 or 2 products.
I've been thinking about these changes for quite a while and I really think they'll help. Hopefully you'll agree. There will always be some who don't like change, but with the growth of the forum it's inevitable that things will need to adjust to meet that growth.
Thanks!
With more than 480 new posts per day the forums have become so active that new questions get bumped off the first page in less than a day. If no one replies in the first 24 hrs your post is probably already on page 3 and the chances of someone seeing it get pretty slim.
With that in mind I'm splitting up the main Bronco Talk forum. This should happen in the next day or two.
- Bronco Tech - This forum will be only for technical posts. Think of it as the Garage forum. If you can bolt it to your truck then it belongs here. Examples include fabrication, customization, parts installation & swaps, trouble shooting, tuning, etc. If there's enough demand I may start an Advanced Tech section for discussions of pure fabrication and customization.
- Bronco Chat - This forum will be Bronco related, but for more general non-technical discussions. Examples include Bronco history, VIN decoding, trail rides, shows and events, Bronco sightings, voting threads, vendor experiences, questions on where to get parts or pricing, color selection, general build-up threads (unless they're very technical in nature), opinions on Bronco values, paint colors, etc.
I'm also going to change the Mass Buys forum to Vendor & Mass Buys. This will be a forum specifically for vendors to announce new products, sales, etc. I've never really felt that selling products in the main Bronco Talk forum was appropriate, so this will now give vendors a place to advertise their products. There will be a small annual fee for vendors in this forum. Every vendor I've discussed it with has liked the idea, but feel free to PM me if you're a vendor with other thoughts on it. "Vendors" in this case means anyone selling more than 1 identical item, so this will include the small shops as well who may only have 1 or 2 products.
I've been thinking about these changes for quite a while and I really think they'll help. Hopefully you'll agree. There will always be some who don't like change, but with the growth of the forum it's inevitable that things will need to adjust to meet that growth.
Thanks!
