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mattmccutchen

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Fragmentation of the electric motorcycle forums
« on: May 08, 2014, 12:42:39 PM »

Currently there are three major electric motorcycle forums that I know of: http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/, http://elmoto.net/, http://brammoforum.com/.  The accepted practice to reach the entire community seems to be to post to (and read the replies on) all of them, as demonstrated recently by the owners map and my group ride announcements; this is a PITA.  To collect some data on how important this actually is: which forums do you read?  Would you be willing to help the community function better by standardizing on one forum at least for brand-independent group rides, and possibly for a broader range of topics if the fragmentation doesn't seem to be serving any purpose?

For myself: I check all three forums for group rides (though probably not often enough) and would be willing to standardize on any one of them, though I'd prefer one with a brand-independent title, and if I have to pick one, I'm partial to http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/ as the first one I found.
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Re: Fragmentation of the electric motorcycle forums
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2014, 09:26:37 PM »

When I first found this forum I thought it was the place everyone came to post.  However, as you point out, that is not the case. 

It would be nice for everyone to play in the same sandbox, but I doubt it would happen.  Besides, everyone from the forums that switch to the "one forum to rule them all" would lose their post count.  We can't have that!  ;-)
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Re: Fragmentation of the electric motorcycle forums
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2014, 01:49:20 PM »

The aggregate answer across the three instances of this topic: (1) people want to use their separate forums for different culture, post count, or whatever (which probably shouldn't have been a surprise), and (2) no one expressed interest in group rides, never mind choosing a single place to post them, which matches the level of response I've had to those posts since March 22.  I guess that leaves me posting community organization topics all three places and group rides nowhere in particular, but probably at least on http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/ to leave the door open in case someone new interested shows up and follows the trail.
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