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Re: Advice on buying my first GMC coach? [message #330693 is a reply to message #330692] Sat, 07 April 2018 18:09 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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hey lqqkatjon, here is a few examples of "Build Threads":

http://www.gmc4x4.com/forum/57-build-threads/

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/

http://zilvia.net/f/forumdisplay.php?f=131

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/forumdisplay.php?76-Build-Threads-33-HotRod&s=c369a79b6b91c3bbb2a5450ed1222553

one can find them for nearly every automotive forum.

It hard to describe how beneficial these threads are to each of their respective communities to those who are not familiar with how they work.

I think they (Build threads and How to threads) would have happened here own their own because its just how forums evolve and grow except for whatever the reason here, the 'GMCNet' subforum prevents this type of interaction due to the clustermuck the email integration causes in so many ways.

for instance, if one were to want to edit a quote to single out and direct a reply focused on one aspect of a post like this:


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lqqkatjon wrote on Sat, 07 April 2018 16:29
I still do not understand your issue with the main forum page,


Im trying my best to explain this now


lqqkatjon wrote on Sat, 07 April 2018 16:29

but I guess because the audience is much larger so you get many opinions.


I like opinions, especially constructive ones

lqqkatjon wrote on Sat, 07 April 2018 16:29

Generally build photos are referenced in the forum, but usually photos are stored at Www.gmcmhphotos.com.


I think I have seen a few photos posted on the main forum but it seems rare. perhaps it is because they dont show up in the email format, Im not sure eitherway.


lqqkatjon wrote on Sat, 07 April 2018 16:29

This forum has helped thousands. There is also many that "lurk", and may not post, yet will send a private message or email or call to answer a question, or in sone cases have provided me with parts. The forum is not just a refernce it is a social base of owners willing to go out of there way to help each other out.


thats how most forums seem to work.
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add some photos to that mix and it can be so much more!


now I must also admit though, searching this forum and finding relevant info on any particular subject relating to these GMCs has been a most tedious, time consuming process and then when you do find something directly related to your inquiry, it could be so simple yet its magnified by all the email re-re-re qoutes, headers, etc., etc.. so much unnecessary clutter that it becomes more complex. pages and pages to read that would have been minimal without all that. its a task that Ive all but given up on and I havnt even gotten started on a GMC Motorhome yet.

all that doesnt have to change, but it sure would be nice to know if one or a few members on the forum and not email list could start new threads here in the sandbox without risking them being 'deleted periodically' just to see how well it goes/works.

I think the idea to combine an existing email list and the newer, evolving technology of the time, forums, was a brilliant one! but its just holding this community as a whole back now in a big way and even stunting more growth of it IMO.


I hope what Ive written here helps to show just a few of the many ways how that is.
 
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