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<blockquote data-quote="redneckengineered" data-source="post: 715291" data-attributes="member: 503"><p>I've been a Pirate member since the early 2000s and it used to be the biggest flame, bash troll fest ever and it was awesome. It was so bad newbies were scared to post for the first time. But no one can argue Pirate had to be THE place to get legit 4x4 tech for a long long time. I didn't know my ass from a hole in the ground and essentially leaned completely on Pirate tech to build my first buggy. I gave it to the trolls as good as they gave it to me and that was all part of the experience. Now everyone is soft as baby **** and will go run to their Facebook and start crying about haters. The reasons forums are dying now has a lot to do with social media for sure. Bulletin boards were kind of an early form of social media if you think about it so having facespace and instabook out there will certainly pull some people away.</p><p></p><p>Another reason forums are dying that I firmly believe is because everyone wants to be a cool guy racer now. No one wants to share tech because what used to be sharing tech between buddies is now considered secret squirrel stuff. Wouldn't want to give up any trade secrets that might get us beat. I saw a sharp decline in build threads and shadetree tech once the Ultra4 scene came on hard and now with bouncers as popular as they are that trend continues. IMO at least.</p><p></p><p>I guess lastly there's only so much new tech you can post about 1 ton axles, LS motors, Atlas and 43 stickies that hasn't already been posted and can be dug up through a google search. If it wasn't for the SD 60 axle thread on Pirate there would hardly be anything new posted there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redneckengineered, post: 715291, member: 503"] I've been a Pirate member since the early 2000s and it used to be the biggest flame, bash troll fest ever and it was awesome. It was so bad newbies were scared to post for the first time. But no one can argue Pirate had to be THE place to get legit 4x4 tech for a long long time. I didn't know my ass from a hole in the ground and essentially leaned completely on Pirate tech to build my first buggy. I gave it to the trolls as good as they gave it to me and that was all part of the experience. Now everyone is soft as baby **** and will go run to their Facebook and start crying about haters. The reasons forums are dying now has a lot to do with social media for sure. Bulletin boards were kind of an early form of social media if you think about it so having facespace and instabook out there will certainly pull some people away. Another reason forums are dying that I firmly believe is because everyone wants to be a cool guy racer now. No one wants to share tech because what used to be sharing tech between buddies is now considered secret squirrel stuff. Wouldn't want to give up any trade secrets that might get us beat. I saw a sharp decline in build threads and shadetree tech once the Ultra4 scene came on hard and now with bouncers as popular as they are that trend continues. IMO at least. I guess lastly there's only so much new tech you can post about 1 ton axles, LS motors, Atlas and 43 stickies that hasn't already been posted and can be dug up through a google search. If it wasn't for the SD 60 axle thread on Pirate there would hardly be anything new posted there. [/QUOTE]
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