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Find us (SpyderLovers) on Facebook
- Thread starter Lamonster
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Yazz
MOgang Member
I'm on FB and SL. On FB, I keep up with my old SL friends I see maybe once a year or three. On SpyderLovers, I make new friends and help people when I can. I'm a chick, but know a thing or two about mechanics. If I can't help you, I won't post.
I've been on other long running forums before that closed down. The administrators 'moved on.' A trove of information was lost to those seeking help. Very sad.
Whatever forum I'm on, I think of myself as a guest in someone's home. Some people think they can just sit themselves down, put their feet of the coffee table and spill beer on the carpet.
Free speech is a right, but you still have to deal with the repercussion of your action.
I've been on other long running forums before that closed down. The administrators 'moved on.' A trove of information was lost to those seeking help. Very sad.
Whatever forum I'm on, I think of myself as a guest in someone's home. Some people think they can just sit themselves down, put their feet of the coffee table and spill beer on the carpet.
Free speech is a right, but you still have to deal with the repercussion of your action.
Purple Guy
New member
I applaud your position on cleaning up the the bully posters and other belligerent members that have infected this forum!
This forum has been beyond words helpful to me in learning the in's and out's of my Spyder's and saved me a fortune in install costs with the tips & tricks I've learned here!
Sadly in the last 12 to 18 months it has become a paled comparison to the place I joined 5 years ago.
I realize that "another tire post" may annoy some, I don't understand why they need to berate the OP about doing a search for the topic ect.
The time they take typing out their rant they could have just as easily answered the question or if it bothers them that much and knowing it's "another tire post" don't even open it!!!
As we all know the age demographic's of the Spyder world is closer to the 60+ and not everyone has the computer skills of their grand children and it doesn't hurt to help the person out when they have a question as this forum was designed to do IMHO instead of making people afraid to ask the question in the first place!
This forum has been beyond words helpful to me in learning the in's and out's of my Spyder's and saved me a fortune in install costs with the tips & tricks I've learned here!
Sadly in the last 12 to 18 months it has become a paled comparison to the place I joined 5 years ago.
I realize that "another tire post" may annoy some, I don't understand why they need to berate the OP about doing a search for the topic ect.
The time they take typing out their rant they could have just as easily answered the question or if it bothers them that much and knowing it's "another tire post" don't even open it!!!
As we all know the age demographic's of the Spyder world is closer to the 60+ and not everyone has the computer skills of their grand children and it doesn't hurt to help the person out when they have a question as this forum was designed to do IMHO instead of making people afraid to ask the question in the first place!
Jeffmal
New member
PrairieSpyder
New member
I saw something on one of your other FB pages that said to click and if you're a SL member you'd automatically join the new page. But it didn't work for me. So I've sent a join request now to the link in the OP here.
Lamonster
SpyderLovers Founder
It's not automatic, Just like this site I approve every member one at a time to keep out the spammers. I'm up to date right now.
irvin48
New member
without this forum i wouldnt have bought our rt. read everything i could here for months
before purchase. have been here since. i take the good with the bad and move on. thank
you for keeping the forum. and thank you for all the info i have gleaned from it. we were all
newbies once, remember?
before purchase. have been here since. i take the good with the bad and move on. thank
you for keeping the forum. and thank you for all the info i have gleaned from it. we were all
newbies once, remember?
Spiderwoman
Member
Thank you Lamont- I don't do Facebook either!
I teach technology to today's youth and even being involved with that aspect I do not do Facebook or Twitter or any social media. There are just too many issues when dealing with it sadly. Just keeping track of all the issues in FB within the past year is good enough reason for some of us to stay away. There are some who just don't care and don't think individual privacy is any big deal but to others it's a HUGE deal.
Thank you so much Lamont for keeping this site up and running and continuing your diligence in keeping this board up to the quality that it has had for years.
Some of us are quite quiet in this and use this for information a lot. It's nice to know it's here when we need it or to reach out to a friend.
I teach technology to today's youth and even being involved with that aspect I do not do Facebook or Twitter or any social media. There are just too many issues when dealing with it sadly. Just keeping track of all the issues in FB within the past year is good enough reason for some of us to stay away. There are some who just don't care and don't think individual privacy is any big deal but to others it's a HUGE deal.
Thank you so much Lamont for keeping this site up and running and continuing your diligence in keeping this board up to the quality that it has had for years.
Some of us are quite quiet in this and use this for information a lot. It's nice to know it's here when we need it or to reach out to a friend.
d.o.spyder-rts
Active member
Add me to the list of non facebook users and any social media sites for that matter. It's been said numerous times, thanks for keeping the site up and running; and thanks for all you do for all of us spyderlovers. Dale
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