Birthday announcements

It was brought to my attention that all of the Birthday wishes are bumping all of the other post to much so lets only do the Happy Birthday post for active members so if you see a member having a Birthday and you never see them on the site or have a clue who they are well they are not going to be on here to see the thread anyways


I have to agree when I see a Happy Birthday for someone that has not been on the site in a year or two then why post Happy Birthday to them they are really not going to see it anyways.We all know who is active and is on here everyday so lets focus on the people that matter

I agree with you Bobby. I suggest you clean out the site with the ones who has never posted anything what so ever and the ones that's been here for a few years like you said...I figure that would take some time and alot of work. Just a suggestion.

Hey Bobby on some of the forums I'm on they have a little section like your left side bar that show the persons birthday for that day and then if people like you mentioned know them they start a thread with the birthday wishes! Like the online or latest topic bar with that days birthday peeps!

Well TBONE & Bubba usually take care of starting the threads so if they will just do it for the active members we should be good.I went back a while back and deactivated all accounts that have not been on the site in 12 months & some that had been a member for a long time and never made a single post so if they ever want to get back on they will have to contact me or sign up again.

GREAT idea

Sooooooooooooo it's T-bones fault....I knew it!!!!!!!!!

Naaa...that's a great idea...

Sounds good ....

Bobby, can ya do the same for intro's.... just because they sign up, everyone types hi and welcome... we should let them introduce themselves, if they don't do that, you will probably never say a word on here....

ElmoEOD wrote:

Bobby, can ya do the same for intro's.... just because they sign up, everyone types hi and welcome... we should let them introduce themselves, if they don't do that, you will probably never say a word on here....

It's up to TBONE & Bubba it seems they start the threads and I will leave that up to them.I don't feel like it is a bad thing.But wishing someone Happy Birthday that don't even use the site well you know

I agree the intro's need to be done by the individuals describing there rides and location so they can learn how to post! Maybe have a example for them to go by describing what and where to post to get started!

So here's me with my paucity of posts (relative to you guys, anyway) chiming in, but I agree with Bobby and I understand where ElmoEOD and Keeter are coming from. People posted a Happy Birthday to me on my birthday, so when I see a birthday I sort of feel guilty if I ignore it and don't post. Same goes for the "welcome" posts. People also gave me a lot of "welcome's" when I joined, but shortly after I joined I did post a LONG introduction (imagine that - me with an overly-long post).

I often find myself going to "view posts since your last visit" and trying to figure out by the subject line what's NOT a welcome or a birthday. That said (while I totally agree on the Birthday thing) even though the welcomes are bumping more pertinent posts, I know I really appreciated them - what to do about the welcomes is a tougher call. In the end I think ElmoEOD has it right. Encourage people to post an introduction when they sign up and if they do, let the welcomes begin.

You guys really know how to hurt a mans feelings.....I do welcomes and birthdays like Bobby D does videos and picts......I'll try to tone it down...just don't do away with the major holidays....

bubba53 wrote:

You guys really know how to hurt a mans feelings.....I do welcomes and birthdays like Bobby D does videos and picts......I'll try to tone it down...just don't do away with the major holidays....

Poor Bubba. You do a great job Bubba we just don't need to wish people a Happy Birthday if they are never on the site

Bobby D wrote:

bubba53 wrote:

You guys really know how to hurt a mans feelings.....I do welcomes and birthdays like Bobby D does videos and picts......I'll try to tone it down...just don't do away with the major holidays....

Poor Bubba. You do a great job Bubba we just don't need to wish people a Happy Birthday if they are never on the site

I'm gonna keep me a list of who's on here so I can wish the right people ...

On the intro's you could let an admin or mod welcome the NOOB and have them explain to post on that thread and explain or tell a little about themselves and where they are from and so on. Might be someone we invited from a past ride somewheres and forgot about them till it's mentioned and then find out how much really happened that we hadn't heard about! That does make em feel more welcome to interact with members before they get ruined by the masses.

Bobby D wrote:

bubba53 wrote:

You guys really know how to hurt a mans feelings.....I do welcomes and birthdays like Bobby D does videos and picts......I'll try to tone it down...just don't do away with the major holidays....

Poor Bubba. You do a great job Bubba we just don't need to wish people a Happy Birthday if they are never on the site

Ok so the intros are ok?