NAS-ROW has the potential to be the best Land Rover information site online.
As the archives fill up with valuable knowledge, a lot of which is available on other forums, what will make people want to come here? One thing that impressed me when I joined, is the friendly willingness to help, without the condescending/smug/superior comments that made me hesitate to post on other sites. It's not that I am thin skinned (I am not) or get offended easily (I do not), I'm just looking for answers & want to trust that the advise I am getting is honest experienced based knowledge (I also like a search function that actually works).
Setting some rules early & sticking to those rules, is key to forming a forum identity & keeping it true as it grows.
Chris Snell wrote in the first post of this Welcome to NAS-ROW thread -
- The site is not heavily moderated. We play by grown-up rules here. We don't have "mud pits" and we don't prohibit talk of politics, guns, etc. Say what you want; however, absuve behavior and illegal activity are not allowed.
NAS-ROW is supposed to be the answer to what goes on on Dsource. Without all the passive aggressive comments & non helpful commentary.
I do not think that the moderators should ban members, comments or content. I just think that members should put personal crap in DM's or text or call the person you have a problem with (meet behind the wood shed for all I care). I love clever/biting humor & can laugh at myself when I screw up. If it's all in good fun (like calling someone Richard) & there is a familiar comfort zone that two people have, fine, but I don't want people being banned or choosing to leave this site because of rude, confrontational or careless behavior. I would also hope that members aren't easily offended, aren't sensitive to normal witty comments & recognize when a line has been crossed.
Maybe I'm just new to these forums & this is how things are - People come & go, new ideas present themselves & the old guard will step aside. It just seems the world is edgy these days. I don't want that to creep in & wreck a good thing. I'm not your dad & I have only met a few of you in person, but when I got my 110 & joined this site you all became my NAS-ROW family.