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[Willie_B]

The MiniMania forum is slowly fading. A recent post over there talked about the forum fading away and mentioned this forum as a place to go. We may see a few new members if there is anyone left there that still drops in there. I still check it daily just to offer help if anyone is looking for some.

[94touring]

Yeah they just need to register and send me an email per the registration notes to get approved.  I get too many spam registrations to let them be automatically approved. 

[MiniDave]

It would be good to get some new members in here posting....or even some of the old ones!   

[tmsmini]

There was a article by Haggerty some where that said that Facebook has ruined the auto forums. I cannot find the original, but some of it made sense

[94touring]

I don't understand it really because you can't search and do research on Facebook like you can a forum.  One of the things I never liked about MM was things drop off after 365 days.  It's always bugged me we lost all our attachments on here for going back doing research on a current project.

[ve9aa]

Thanks for all that you do for us Dan !

 

[94touring]

Thanks Mike

[Dan Moffet]

Moffet has landed!

I have finally registered and love what I see already.
Nice to be among old friends too.

Special thanks to Dan for sorting out my application... and for this site.

[94touring]

Evidently I need to watch my own spam box because the few of you all went straight there when you sent the personal email!  I guess my Gmail account has gotten so many spammy messages regarding the forum it's sending everyone there now.  Oops!

[Veggivet]

Thanks for adding me. Coming from MiniMania, dying a slow death, I'm afraid. Nice to be here along with my 87 Japanese Spec 1275 in Surf Blue.

[MiniDave]

Welcome "newbies", glad to have you here!

Hope you bring the rest of the Mania crew too.....

[MPlayle]

Another welcome to the "newbies".   

I've been watching the MM board die its low death for many years.  I started there back in 1998.  Joined here sometime after that but also long ago.

I dropped off MM when all the troll nonsense happened and went to just lurking there.

[94touring]

Hell I don't even lurk there!  I almost couldn't login to make a post in that thread.  Looks like I signed up there in 2002. Time sure flys!

[Banky52]

Martin Greenbank, Kanab, Utah, just joined.
One mini pickup, 2-1/2 Mokes.
Thanks Dan.

[94touring]

Welcome aboard     I like those additional lights you added to the pickup.  I have a pickup as well, but sitting in the corner waiting for a restoration.

[MiniDave]

I couldn't open the two pics/vids? at the bottom of the page, it needed an app you have to buy.

Welcome, Banky!   

[94touring]

I couldn't open the two pics/vids? at the bottom of the page, it needed an app you have to buy.

Welcome, Banky! 

My phone opened them right up.  But here they are converted.

[Veggivet]

Welcome "newbies", glad to have you here!

Hope you bring the rest of the Mania crew too.....

Well, that would include a lot of trolls and spambots! You don't want those here, do you??

[94touring]

You should see the spambot list I have waiting for approval.  It's up around 600 at the moment.  I had to make it Fort Knox to become a member here. 

[Veggivet]

Geez, that must be so frustrating.     

Thanks for all the time you put on this site...

[ve9aa]

Moffet has landed!

I have finally registered and love what I see already.
Nice to be among old friends too.

Special thanks to Dan for sorting out my application... and for this site.

There you are Dan in Ottawa !

I've had a couple of my pretty neutral posts removed from the MM board lately and this morning when I checked, my latest one was actually NOT deleted, but what I did notice is I am pretty sure the AI spam bots are actually replying to one another in a couple different threads.    Oh my !

Welcome welcome everyone.

[94touring]

So why are they removing post over there?  Aside from the obvious spam post.

[ve9aa]

So why are they removing post over there?  Aside from the obvious spam post.

I had made some comments about most of the posts lately being from spambots / AI (absolutely true) and was there not something they would do about it?

,.... and made another very neutral comment about an actual order I had placed for my BINI and I waited and waited and waited (for a month) and then when I inquired, they still could not give me an ETA!  I said something like I wish I had known before I was forced to cancel my order.

I never called anyone a name, used any derogatory remarks or anything I couldn't say to my grandma (*you get the idea) but they didn't like the bad press.

I see they've deleted other similar remarks.  If you check right now there's a similar post by a newbie (or a 'bot') asking about their order.  I wonder if it'll be gone in hours.

[Veggivet]

I had a similar experience commenting on an order that was placed over a month ago now (just a gas cap). Nobody picks up the phone, and emails go unanswered. I think even the crickets are abandoning the site. I'm going to contact my credit card company and attempt to cancel the transaction. I ordered from Moss Motors and it was here in a couple of days.

[94touring]

Funny how they have time to delete your post but not answer emails or the phone.