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Originally Posted by preston
I've noticed the big dropoff in forum participation too, including this one. Sad, because so much good information was shared. I don't really get how you are supposed to interact about car tech on IG or FB. I mean its fine if you are following a particular person or build but how does that help you figure out how to find the right main seal for your oddball motor or best approach to painting raw metal.
I don't have a solution though, I just keep randomly poking around the remaining forums when I have time. I guess I need to do my part and provide more content as well. I'm always building cool stuff but I take crappy photos they always make my stuff look like junk.
I think what I miss the most though is the professional builds from the Roadster Shop and Ironworks etc. Those threads always thrilled me, much harder to find that stuff by poking around. The Ironworks web page in particular only has 2% of the photos of their projects. I don't know if they have an IG feed or something where there is more stuff. The RS web site is good but I still miss the individula therads and comments from the owner. Rad Rides used t have a great photo gallery but their site sucks now too.
I am not on FB and I hate going on there to look at stuff, there is so much crap streaming everywhere and dumb comments and nothing seems to really stay in a coherent stream
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I used to love the forums for the same reason. Seemed like you could see stuff before it made the website. I still try to keep our website uploaded on a regular basis. I'm not sure where your looking on our website, but we post a ton of pics every month. We are little behind on the October pics because there are so many. Here is link to the September pics for the Fairway 67 -
http://www.ironworksspeedandkustom.c...rod/prd552.htm
I think builders went away from the forum for a few reasons. The guy who just has to try and point out something in an incomplete project to just look cool. I remember the UCA mounts on 50/50 some guy was like the tabs are only single shear that's never gonna work. Yeah neither will the fact its all only Tacked welded together at this point.
For me posting as many pics on our website as I possibly can is what I try to do. And we upload updates every month if that car gets worked on that month. We are also trying to work on less cars at any given time so we can get cars done at a faster pace. So your going to see less pics across the board and more pics of just one project.
I also think builders are just into different things now days then building themselves a pro touring car. I have desert race car I'm building and I ride my Mountain bike 50 miles a week. So I look on those forums more.
People are rude in General and I think it turns people off from alot of social media. I hate facebook, but think its a necessary evil for the world we live in. Instagram is alot more interesting but doesn't give much tech with out looking at alot of pictures. Our shops main focus is our website for content then Instagram. But the Instagram pics cross over to Facebook.