Dan is correct, of course.
Some parts of the website can stand alone but the messageboards are one feature that requires good input from you folks who comprise our membership, in order to be successful.
We can 'moderate' the boards all we want, but the fact is that without intelligent, knowledgeable postings from interested Mustang owners who want to help and share and contribute to the 'community' Dan mentioned, the forums would not be the success they are.
Mustang Works messageboards have a growing reputation as a user-friendly place to visit where you can get a tech question answered (for almost any year or model of Mustang) post racing stories or just express an opinion without the endless arguments, flame wars and juvenile bickering you get on most other performance car forums that I've seen.
Sure, we've been called 'nazi's' and other choice names by the civility-impaired who seem to think it's kewl or macho to flame and curse and act like morons on other messageboards, and to those folks, we say: "See Ya". Life is too short and our time too valuable to waste on these types of folks who think a tech board or even an opinion forum is a place to use foul language and flame anyone who has a different opinion about anything at all. Not here.
So, we edit a few posts here and there and delete the totally offensive stuff and then deal with the fallout, but frankly, it's a very rare occasion when we have to ban anyone or delete messages due to messageboard rule violations (we do have rules - read them some time, they are quite simple and unrestrictive).
We attract mature-minded Mustang owners (regardless of age) and you folks are what makes our forums the great places they are. The moderators are a help and an important asset to the messageboards, but we can't do it without your intelligent and useful input.
I want to thank the entire membership and the Mustang community at large for their support and contributions to our forums over the past few years. You're appreciated and your input is welcomed. We hope to serve you all even better in the near future.
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Mr. 5.0
Messageboard Administrator
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