TheCanadian
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Yea, I recently learned there are 2 FB groups for Arizona. They too seem to be mostly the same membership. But reading the group names, descriptions, and creations dates does give some clue that some drama obviously happened. I'm just not interested enough to look into it more.What I wanted to mention was the weird toxicity on the FB based Type R groups. How has this been allowed to go on so long? What's weirder, is there's now like 35 active FB FK8 groups and all have common memberships and common Admins and contain all of the same content.
Honda-Tech in the late 90's early 2000's was the most toxic of all though... Way worse than what we see today on FB.Just reading this thread and a few of the longer posts outlining the bullshit and drama on Facebook makes me glad I wisely chose to never be a part of it.
I dislike Facebook for another reason as well. Back in the late 90's and throughout the 2000's, niche forums like CivicX were everywhere. It was an awesome time for quality forums. I ran one. The community feel and camaraderie was unreal.
Then along came FB and eveyone and his brother decided to start their own FB groups on the same niche subjects. Over time, this diluted the quality and activity at the same forum communities. A lot of them faded away, sadly.
FB blows.
They all moved to FB. LOL JKJK.Honda-Tech in the late 90's early 2000's was the most toxic of all though... Way worse than what we see today on FB.
A lot of it depends on how a place is run. I had a zero tolerance policy for two things... spam and personal flames.Honda-Tech in the late 90's early 2000's was the most toxic of all though... Way worse than what we see today on FB.
Man, those were the golden years of the internet. Back then people made content for the sake of creativity and passion. Forums basically ruled the internet. I could spend 12+ hours a day on website after website if I had the time. I still have friends today that I met in forums just discussing random stuff. Nowadays I visit like 5 sites and I’m tired of being online after an hour. I have no interest in interacting with anyone outside of Civicx members, who so far have all been really cool people. Online communities have gone to shit thanks to social media. It’s sad and I feel sorry for people who grew up in the era of FB and IG who never got to experience things as they once were.Just reading this thread and a few of the longer posts outlining the bullshit and drama on Facebook makes me glad I wisely chose to never be a part of it.
I dislike Facebook for another reason as well. Back in the late 90's and throughout the 2000's, niche forums like CivicX were everywhere. It was an awesome time for quality forums. I ran one. The community feel and camaraderie was unreal.
Then along came FB and eveyone and his brother decided to start their own FB groups on the same niche subjects. Over time, this diluted the quality and activity at the same forum communities. A lot of them faded away, sadly.
FB blows.
Weird thing is after that one big post came out and exposed him as a fraud, he went silent for quite a while, I actually thought he left the Reviews "team" (as they like to call themselves).Judging by your avatar, you kind of know why this is. As for why things are getting pushed and flamed, it’s a fairly simple pattern. If the manufacturer sends the review group free stuff and pays them (they call this a “partnership”): they are posted about often, pushed extremely hard, and with much positive feedback. If the manufacturer doesn’t, then this is taken personally, they are crapped on, and lies are pushed to make the ”partnering” manufacturer’s parts seem better. In some cases they might be, in others it’s about equal, and in others it might not be.
Short story, spamming each product he got in the “What did you do today“ thread, making its own dedicated thread, then going into threads about competitor products and spamming about how the competitor product is crap (typically with BS or blatantly false reasoning).
After being let go for this, he started his crusade on FB pushing the idea that this forum is full of idiots, wannabes, and misinformation. Inquiring about this lead him to eventually admit that there were financial reasons why he was bashing the forums. I probably won’t say anything more specific about it and let you connect the dots about what all this means.
Someone had asked where he went as he disappeared. I called him out claiming he wanted power and control and never wanted to help people. He came back after that ?Weird thing is after that one big post came out and exposed him as a fraud, he went silent for quite a while, I actually thought he left the Reviews "team" (as they like to call themselves).
I've since heard he is back (he banned me years ago after a KTuner/Hondata debate).