Does anyone want to have a SERIOUS DISCUSSION about WHY there is a lack of forum participation from moparts sponsors and other people who are IN THE KNOW ?... yet stay on the sidelines or BAIL COMPLETELY from any part of the Internet.

Satty7... I saw yOu pEeKiNg !

Now if no one really cares .. ok !

Yeah, so? Aside from being very busy running a business, they probably don't visit because of clowns like you.

Clown huh ?

You can’t even BE CIVIL in an invited civil and serious discussion

Shame on you ... you SAD SACK

Now to what else you said ...

I’ve HAD TALKS with some of them and the ones I talked to - MANY WHO CONTACTED ME DIRECTLY-

Praised me for confronting those SEAGULLS .. like what they had to deal with previously

This RIGHT HERE is a VERY MILD example of what has happened to people who are/had been paying sponsors of moparts.

Two famous examples of businesses getting smeared and attacked- that are not secrets ... are 440s and Hughes...

The way they were treated was absolutely shameful

Can you be more specific?
You want Ted Stephens to comment? The Laysons guy? Resto Rick? Lenny from Ultimate Converter Concepts?
What if the vendors have cryptic screen names to hide their identities?

Trends, man.

Forums like this are not the only platform any more.
The younger generations are not interested in what we are.

Dare I even say, that a Mopar cars' day in the sun has passed. Most are priced so high that the average person doesn't give two flying figs about them anymore. They've become so expensive, they're not on the average Joe's radar. They've become investment grade playthings.

But don't take it personal, I see it happening all over. The Turbo Dodge forum is barely holding on. The AMC forum rarely has anything posted about the big-money cars. Most posts are in regards to Gremlins, Hornets, Eagles and the lesser-valued cars.

I'm trying to think of websites or webforums that have folded in my time. Once upon a time, there were TWO AMC forums. I think the other forum has gone away. The 8-track Collectors society moved to Facebook and splintered up. Don't know if many people use the C.E.D. Forum since it too is on Facebook.

Young folks don't collect things anymore. Many are struggling to just survive. It's quickly becoming a very different world.

I hear ya aMsea ... some of what you said was part of my original draft of my VENT that I didn’t post yet ...

A buds wife is part of a couple of CRAFT forums ... lots of jealous HATERS there !

Thx Fberri.... can’t be more specific because they don’t want to potentially suffer the hate of the seagull MOB ?

The peeps you list ? They have bailed on posting?

I read posts when I get a chance just to see who's saying what....sometimes you just can't find comedy like this on TV anymore....

But I have a real job, so I spend most of my time out in the warehouse playing with guns and knives so that I can keep as many customers as I can smiling....

It's a combination of things really:

• Social media
• User hostile elements to the site like Infolinks
• Aging demographics and younger people were effectively priced out of the classic car market
• Some of the userbase here

Don't take this as a personal attack Doc, but a lot of your antics play into my fourth point. I've seen you and others engaging in name calling that spans multiple threads and even into ones that weren't started by anyone engaging in this behavior. It's very off-putting to those that are still here. You're just begging for confrontation in some of these threads and unfortunately there are those here that are obliged to give it to you.

Reasonable observations m💤...but user base ?

And it’s not all about me .... look at what’s happened to others that have never partaked in any type of food fight ?

Well Rick .... you’ve never had any attacks ... because of jealous haters that are envious of your successes?

I'm not trying to single you out. I only pointed at you as this is your thread and you can see it right now with not just you, but others in threads in both General and Q&A. Members poking one another with sticks and carrying it into other threads certainly doesn't help the survivability of the board. For the ones that are put off by it it just makes the jump from here to Facebook Groups that much easier.

Not the only reason for this place turning into a ghost town, but it certainly contributes.

💤.... I hear you but again ... the businesses I mentioned were VICIOUSLY attacked and smeared.

And YES ... I “poke” in fun and get it back ... but it’s never meant in a mean way.

Look at some of the recent threads ... I put it to rest ... and then the PELICANS start it up again !

Yeah, I can remember a lot of the posts about 440 Source. I haven't seen Brandon post here in a while. I've got one of his rotating kits in my car and have been very happy with it.

That said though, a lot more came out in support for 440 Source than those that dogged them.

But here: https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/2913595/all/new-product-coming-soon.html

Don't know if this guy is a sponsored vendor, or associated with one, but that post went to hell. The business doesn't need to be directly smeared - just caught in the cross fire.

Both deservedly so.

I used to be a big proponent of 440Source and run a lot of their parts with, what I would consider, great success. After emailing them about a failed balancer and getting no response and then the way Brandon played the blame game afterwards, I can say I'm not thrilled with them.

As far as Hughes, the catty and demeaning comments they made when Moparts members were doing a build to compete in Enginemasters told me all I needed to know about that place.

Hi GY guy ... I was not an active member during THE BULK of that ... just heard first hand reports.

440s ? ... no one is perfect.

Hughes ? ..some people can be CATTY in their own environment !

BUT NOW ... what biz actively participates in convos now ?

And this is not only limited HERE .. and on only car forums

💤..... that recent topic ?

Went off the rails STARTED with an UNFRIENDLY jab at me. I can take it and JABBED them right back ....

But then with the topic in general... no real specific info like availability. Weight or price ...which should’ve been presented