Aaron@IAP
09-30-2004, 02:57 PM
DavidB
Ring Master
POSTS: 3382
JOINED: Mar 2001
LOCATION: Under the big top
Autopia Needs to be Reformed
The last 12 months of my life have been a blur. My days go by in a blink. My total focus has been on my business… just trying to keep up.
Sadly, the growth of my business has caused other things to take a back seat, including Autopia. Over the last few days, I have read several posts that caused me to sit back and ask “Is this what Autopia has become?” The bickering, name calling, positioning and “cliques” have risen to a new level.
If this is what Autopia has become, it’s no longer the community I set out to build. It’s no longer a place I can call home. It no longer embodies the essence of “Autopia.”
Here are some of the issues I see that need to change:
Autopia is no longer polite. We have members who feel it is their right or place to “tell it like it is” or to “expose the truth”. To me, this is simple posturing… for what I cannot speculate.
Autopia is split by product camps. Members of these camps ardently defend any and all comments regarding their beloved brand. This takes the fun out of potentially interesting discussions. The issue become a battle over who is right or wrong, rather that a simple personal preference.
Autopia has become spam-ville. Dozens of vendors, resellers, agents and manufacturers use the community as a marketing tool, yet almost none support the cost or management of the community. Many of these people do not identify themselves as having a commercial interest in detailing products, conducting trolling missions.
Autopia has become unfriendly to new members. Many senior members have taken an elitist position that turns off new and long-time members alike.
Anything I’m forgetting? I’m sure there is. What are your thoughts?
Help me rewrite the rules that will take us through 2005. What do you want to change?
Ring Master
POSTS: 3382
JOINED: Mar 2001
LOCATION: Under the big top
Autopia Needs to be Reformed
The last 12 months of my life have been a blur. My days go by in a blink. My total focus has been on my business… just trying to keep up.
Sadly, the growth of my business has caused other things to take a back seat, including Autopia. Over the last few days, I have read several posts that caused me to sit back and ask “Is this what Autopia has become?” The bickering, name calling, positioning and “cliques” have risen to a new level.
If this is what Autopia has become, it’s no longer the community I set out to build. It’s no longer a place I can call home. It no longer embodies the essence of “Autopia.”
Here are some of the issues I see that need to change:
Autopia is no longer polite. We have members who feel it is their right or place to “tell it like it is” or to “expose the truth”. To me, this is simple posturing… for what I cannot speculate.
Autopia is split by product camps. Members of these camps ardently defend any and all comments regarding their beloved brand. This takes the fun out of potentially interesting discussions. The issue become a battle over who is right or wrong, rather that a simple personal preference.
Autopia has become spam-ville. Dozens of vendors, resellers, agents and manufacturers use the community as a marketing tool, yet almost none support the cost or management of the community. Many of these people do not identify themselves as having a commercial interest in detailing products, conducting trolling missions.
Autopia has become unfriendly to new members. Many senior members have taken an elitist position that turns off new and long-time members alike.
Anything I’m forgetting? I’m sure there is. What are your thoughts?
Help me rewrite the rules that will take us through 2005. What do you want to change?