£10 for a heart emoji lol. Couldn’t give a shit if it makes me tight it’s a no from me , even as a token gesture, purely down to the fact almost every single request or suggestion is completely ignored and the forum hasn’t changed/progressed a single jot in over a decade. Still can’t block someone properly ffs. Put a bit of effort in and I’ll likely return the favour. No offence intended.
Paid. I looked at this again 'cause i thought it needed to be paid with PayPal. I haven't used PayPal in years. But it can be paid with a card, so just paid now.
There are a couple more missing, I hadn't noticed the heart emoji missing TBH, but those I love are already aware of that fact. You're such a tight wad. Maybe your suggestions aren't workable, no idea what they are though so it's not a slur on your suggestions. Not sure about your block experience, I've successfully blocked every member who I've wanted too across all parts of the forum it is easy enough if I can do it. To be blunt I stopped my subscription when it became apparent that some members were selling services or product without the need to subscribe.
As a newbie, how difficult was it to work your way around the adverts, work out there's a £5 way to avoid them and then pay? Just wondering how easy it would be to be put off...
The site is a source of amusement and some knowledge! I found Ducati up north was full of clever people. Most bike/car forums turn into a version of facebook/ twitter/X anyway, cozy chit chat? Don't understand why someone would announce they are leaving? Like they are full of self importance? I coughed up a fiver so what! Abuse welcome and Happy new year!
As a newbie, I found the advice for a new to me model of bike massively useful. Thank you all who have included your MTstrada mods to the forum. The sub is excellent value and easy to perform. The piss taking is funny even for those who can't spell Gallon galleon galloooooon oh whatever.
After 2 posts in a year and a half, not including this one, that is self-important, isn't it? Almost the definition. Either way so divorced from reality that I'd really rather not have them in control of a vehicle near me.
£5, job done. That reminds me, as the new year rolls in I start to get that foreboding feeling of dread as I know one day soon I will open the forum and be blinded with ads for hair transplants, joint pain supplements and reading glasses (how do they know ) until I spend my paltry fiver and return to an ad free utopia.
I think this is the issue, I don’t believe it is that apparent until a user is informed by another member. I await the response to @Keith_P ’s question (post #48 above) for first hand experience. I assume most people end up here because they’re searching something on the web eg ‘my Ducati won’t start’. This forum does come in the top few search engine responses so they click on the link and then, BANG, it’s an advert fest, especially as said on a small mobile screen. Whilst I appreciate the adverts presumably generate income for the site owner (it can’t be that much if the annual subs of £5 are enough to supplant the ads), they slso are incredibly off putting. There are a lot of other Ducati forums out there, particularly the US ones (but, yes, I know they’re Yanks and the quality of responses to technical questions on the UK sites is of a much higher quality) where the ads are so much less intrusive, or even non-existent. Perhaps the site owner could revisit whatever arrangement they may have with the ad server business?
