What's next for YarisWorld?

[cali yaris]

I'm just going to point out that the owner's resources (server/hosting/forum) are being used here to discuss this. Someone is paying so this forum continues on -- in my opinion, after all these years, that is GENEROUS of him at the very least.

Let's not forget how we were allowed to meet on here in the first place.

/rant

[why?]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

I'm just going to point out that the owner's resources (server/hosting/forum) are being used here to discuss this. Someone is paying so this forum continues on -- in my opinion, after all these years, that is GENEROUS of him at the very least.

Let's not forget how we were allowed to meet on here in the first place.

/rant

Yup, too true. And after years of complaints and forum degradation, it is obvious the owners don't care. The only reason this became the Yaris forum of note is because it was the first Yaris forum. As much as we tried to keep the echo forums open, they really never got the Yaris people. And even though there are several toyota forums, the Yaris/Echo sections are pretty much worthless.

All it would take would be for the owner to give a few active mods admin power, and everything could be great. That isn't hard or a big deal, but since it hasn't been done, full out revolt was only a matter of time.
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While moving away from traditional forum formats might seem nice, just take a look at the YW social groups to see how it really ends up. Although if it has a powerful search feature with the ability to search for new posts since your last visit, it might be ok. For a well run car community I always look at NASIOC.com, partly because it is gigantic, but also because they've been around a long time, been through all sorts of crazy stuff including massive forum turmoil, and still stand. Even with numerous competitors covering the exact same topic.
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ok Discourse does look cool.