Posting questions on different forums.

Ken wrote:

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I, apparently live under a rock, What other sites? This should be good

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Inasmuch as you live in California, living under a rock can be a good thing.:D Just make sure the rock is not over a fault.:LOL: :LOL:

As to the multtiple posts: I have membership at a number of sites, but have never posted the same question on two or more sites concurrently. What I might ask here, I would not ask over on the HAMB.:eek: But for the most part I don't see that it would bother me much if someone did. Maybe they just like getting confirming opinions.:D

And I agree, sometimes it might be necessary to get a quick answer. I have posted on some forums and the question has lingered for days with out a response.:( Another good reason to have multiple memberships.:D

I do it. There are a few different reasons for my posting on different forums. I almost never ask for opinions about unimportant stuff, its usually technical.

Each different forum has a different type of focus. That attracts a different type of person with different interests and experiences. I want to hear them all. I evaluate each forums answers differently, yes I judge them.

This judgement is not accurate though. Who know who is realy knowing what the truth is about whatever they are saying. Thats up to me to decide after hearing all the answers and advice given.

This forum I consider to be pretty serous and friendly. I will be coming here more than I have been in recent past. I kinda forgot about this place.

Another forum I frequent is not so friendly but moves very fast and is good for a bunch of really quick answers but dont you dare say the wrong thing. You know the one I am talking about.

Then there is another one that is the one I consider to be MY forum. I kinda know the guys and I feel good there. The problem with that one is its slow and sometimes takes days to get good answers or advice.

Thats my 2 cents.

I pretty much surf different forums for the reasons Maddog mentions. I get bored real fast, so I keep checking out the different ones to see what's shakin'.

Each forum has a different feel and pace. Some don't have much going on so you have to check back from time to time to see if anything new has been posted, on others you have to go down through the threads to see if you missed anything because they move along so fast.

I've always considered CHR my home forum though, mainly because it was the first one I joined, and I feel I have a lot of friends here. Not to say the other forums aren't great, but I just started here so I check this one first every day. I also tend to stay on forums where the tone is friendly and helpful, versus ones that are confrontational and somewhat cold.

Don

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

use they move along so fast.

I've always considered CHR my home forum though, mainly because it was the first one I joined, and I feel I have a lot of friends here. Don

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That.........and you had to create three identities to be able to stay............:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

I still think you were pushing some magic button, Bob, but I'm a tough old bird, hard to kill. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: I do notice that once I had a stupid user name, you let me stay.........thanks a lot!! lol

Don

Funny how that works huh? :D

I guess I got lucky and found this forum first.

I can appreciate that someone might need the answer quick, and that would mean posting multiple sites. Also, there exists that fact that you CAN get TWO differing answers, and they BOTH be right. More than one way to skin a cat mantra.

In the 'real world' I have been guilty of asking multiple people the same question. Not necessarily that I didn't believe the first answer, just that the first answer didn't offer explanation in the depth which I was seeking. None the less, it CAN piss people off.

with the 'gentle' guidance of those at this site, I have learned to differentiate what I 'have done' vs. what I 'think' can be done when I post replies. Some of the stuff I have done is good wrenchin, some of it was shade tree. Inexperience ,poverty, and laziness would explain most of the shadetree, but even so... some of that was good wrenching too.

Sometimes it's a matter of challenging yourself to spend the most money possible to do a particular job, other times the challenge is to make the repair for nothing. Each has its merit, and its time and place.

Firebird clone well said. When I bought my truck, I thought yeah put in a new battery crank her up and run her until it dies. Then I started fixing stuff, and realized the more I fixed, the more it made sense to do other stuff, the safer the truck would be. Next thing I knew project special k was born. All in all, I want to be able to have a nice looking hot rod when I'm done. This site was the first to jump in and help, without an attitude. I also consider it home, and feel I've met some good friends here. I use a ford site for stock 48 ford questions, and on specific aftermarket hot rod stuff for the truck, as 6-12 people over there help and have been there done that.
This is the only site I have a tee shirt for!:D

Its funny cause even though your donsrods everywhere else, i stil refer to you as itoldyouso. that one kinda stuck.

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I pretty much surf different forums for the reasons Maddog mentions. I get bored real fast, so I keep checking out the different ones to see what's shakin'.

Each forum has a different feel and pace. Some don't have much going on so you have to check back from time to time to see if anything new has been posted, on others you have to go down through the threads to see if you missed anything because they move along so fast.

I've always considered CHR my home forum though, mainly because it was the first one I joined, and I feel I have a lot of friends here. Not to say the other forums aren't great, but I just started here so I check this one first every day. I also tend to stay on forums where the tone is friendly and helpful, versus ones that are confrontational and somewhat cold.

Don

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Don, I'm the same way. It is really amusing what a range of answers you get when you ask the same question on 3 different forums.