Maybe there's a bit of a culture clash here or something. I like discussion, it's why im a member of two online forums, one for cars and one for photography. Now i didn't read anything in the rules here that says we are not allowed to start threads that we find interesting, and this isn't a subject that i have made a thread on before so surely im not at risk to be "reported" by users who just want to boss others around right?
So yes i do use google and other sources but i also don't do research in a linear fashion or it could take weeks to find a simple answer. Time management suggests one could start a thread first and while waiting for replies, do some web searches or look it up on the tube ect. So what's the problem with these forum police here threatening reporting people just for starting discussions?
One guy said i was "ruining" the forum. Are you kidding me? One poster is ruining a forum by simply asking a question that was discussed already? I got news for everybody here, EVERY question even you could have Clint, has probably been discussed by somebody here in a thread (unless you have read every thread since this site was created?).
I get not wanting to clutter the thread list and i will try to be reasonable but i don't respond well to passive aggressive threats of ignores and reports and bans. Im not pointing fingers at anybody in particular, just a casual wave of my hand for anybody who doesn't like what im posting. Nobody is forcing anybody's hand to click the mouse and unless im breaking rules of some sort, i think people can just move along.
Clearly people are interested in the ideas im writing if they are commenting so why the need for the internet police? Im just tying to enjoy my time here and discuss ideas while i learn from people who know much more than i, i hope people can respect my freedom to do so.
Nobody minds if you post new, unique thoughts or questions
in moderation. When your threads start clogging up "Active Topics", or you start multiple parallel threads, or start new threads that are simply rehashing old material, people tend to get a little bent about it - especially when the questions you ask are covered already. There's a search button, and members of *every* forum get frustrated when people don't use it.
Nobody's trying to be internet police, but a few of us tried to give you a heads up that maybe you needed to pump the brakes and slow it down a bit - not trying to harsh your mellow - I like your enthusiasm - but like everything in life there has to be balance.
If this was an extremely high traffic forum like, say, vwvortex, your multiple parallel threads wouldn't be an issue - but here, a fairly low traffic forum, it can tend to suppress other interesting threads that never get traction because they're buried by yours, and people can get annoyed by having their post bumped in favor of something that takes five seconds to learn via searching. You *will* learn a lot from reading old threads on the subject, reading articles about things, etc .- then you can ask more specific more interesting questions. Perhaps I'm just a stickler, but I much prefer quality over quantity.
This is not an attack, just a friendly bit of advice on how to be a good citizen in our little community. If someone said you were ruining the forum, it's not because he's the only one that thinks so, just the only one that bothered to say so. I don't think you're ruining it, but I do think that perhaps your approach could use a little more work. Crowd-sourcing google searches isn't going to help you learn as much as reading a detailed article about how to interpret dyno results - if your goal is really to learn, then the info is out there.
Every group has a "vibe" - you kinda gotta sit back, feel the vibe, and roll with it.