We have a saying in England that people often apply to the closing of rural post offices.... use it or lose it.
Its not really good enough to read a site in the background and not contribute, and personally i don't post to get a reaction.
I dont use FB, never looked at it, never belonged , i just don't like the concept for various reasons i wont go into here.
My feeling is if you put something in you will get something out, i don't care if people don't comment on my builds, i post them because i think they give me the right to then look at other peoples builds. I see then as a sort of "sub" i pay for belonging to the group.
A couple of point that spring to mind.
Over the last 3-4 years i have not posted, i have looked in on occasions but i have been getting my business up and running and it has been all consuming. I have felt a bit guilty though, taking hours of entertainment out of here without putting anything back.
Secondly i would like to thank everyone who has allowed me to slip back in here seamlessly without questions or comments, its as if i had never been away and i immediately felt at home again.
Lastly, like MP here, i run my own website for motorcycle spares and websites are a bit like fruit trees. You need to trim the branches back every now and then to keep the core health and alive. websites do grow and go off on tangents, threads get duplicated, readers and comments become thin on the ground as the site grows too big.
MP has mentioned that this site needs pruning and he is absolutely right and i am sure he is on the case.
As for the thumbs up ? well its ok but a reader looking in will just see pages of thumbs ups while trying to follow a build. A thank you at the foot of a post doesn't add pages and pages too a build but says as much as a thumbs up
