How would you change BCF?

Korn · Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2002 Karma :

Exactly like the title says. If you were in charge (you're not, btw, just so that's clear Razz

) what would you do to improve BCF?

I've been thinking up ideas to attract more peeps for Summer, but I'd like to know what current users think first. So, shoot...
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Laura · Playboy Bunny Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

How about like buisness cards with the adress on and then we can all leave them at local bike shops?

I have recruited two new members today who should be coming on.
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McJamweasel · BCF Junkie Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Karma :

Buy a selection of new bikes (R1, 'Blade, ZX10. R6, GSXR600/750 etc) and give all memebers free test rides. Thumbs Up

Get some sort of web link to the IRC chat so people don't have to use MIRC/trillian to chat.
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Shaun · Likes 'em bent Joined: 17 May 2003 Karma :

bikerchic17 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Karma :

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Korn · Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2002 Karma :

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Oh yeah, I'd also make it so we can host an image pack from our own PC's to save on bandwidth and hits on proxy logs from work Wink

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Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

Perhaps we should think about how big we want the forum to become and therefore how many new users we want to attract.

I quite like how the forum is now TBH, but there seems to be lesser amount of interesting threads recently for some reason. Possibly because most of the regulars sit in IRC and chat there rather than on the forum.

Bendy · Mrs Sensible Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :

Start an L-platers forum for the people with the noob questions.

Kick the FAQ moderator in the bum. Wink

Replace the videos forum with a link at the top which goes straight to a page of the BCF vids (that ste kept saying he was gonna do). They get lost in amongst the random cack that gets posted there and they are kind of our 'calling card'.

Maybe make more use of the Usergroups thing for special interest groups rather than regional stuff. Maybe it should be a Learner Usergroup rather than a forum, not sure.

Pay the moderators a grand a month.

Set up a 'BCF Shop' page with links to the t-shirts, Tin's stickers if he gets round to them, Danny's insurance service, any affilliate stuff that'll make a few bob...

Penny Coin

Korn · Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2002 Karma :

Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

I know a moderator on another forum who doesn't have a chat room for that very reason. When I asked him about it he said think of the forum as one big chat room, which kinda makes sense. Smile

Edit: One problem with using the forum as more of a chat room is that the karma system penalises you for short posts. Sad

Which I'm sure Korn can fix easily. Wink

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

Learner or 50/125 forum. We get a lot of them, they get a lot of abuse from me and ste , it also makes a lot of dross in general chat.

Can we have it so that the karma actually bans people/deletes their account when they go below 2 red blobs? It would free up a lot of my enemy slots.

Kris · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

I'd get bcf chat back up and running. Then I'd give newbies ten posts 'karma free'. Plus a 125 etc usergroup for smaller bike riders looking for that vital 1-2hp gain. Run by ped boy Scotty. Robby and Ste would be banned from that room...

That'd be it I think, apart from adding a gallery page.
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JimboJ · Manc Pikey Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Karma :

There seems to be a few mentions of the Karma system, Why not just get rid of it? If there is someone particularly annoying or offensive then I'm sure the moderators can ban them or whatever they wish. I have never seen such a system before on any forum and In my opinion it causes many arguments and unnecessary fights.

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

I agree to a certain extent. People are more worried about the Karma system liking thier post when they write it now rather than people liking it. Confused

Jon · Anyone for donuts? Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Karma :

I'd change the logo, as I've said before, atleast put the nsr at the back so it hardly shows!

Get rid of the Karma system thing.

Create a 125/learner forum.

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

[Off Topic]
Nice photo in Fast Bike this month Jon Laughing

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Jon · Anyone for donuts? Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Karma :

Korn · Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2002 Karma :

I've added a forum for newbies to ask their questions in without bothering the big bike clique Wink

Please note: This isn't the '50/125 forum' idea, just a place for people new to biking - be they after a 50cc ped or a Hayabusa. It is not a dumping ground for all topics about small bikes.
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Korn · Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2002 Karma :

Also added this message for new users...
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

BTW: I'm sorting something to make it a load easier to 'collate' FAQ threads into something useable and semi-pretty looking Smile

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McJamweasel · BCF Junkie Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Karma :

Is the Old Posts Archive really needed anymore?
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Yup.

Have a read, and you'll find some funny stuff. Laughing