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4/16/2021 9:47pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2021 10:18pm
AztecLoc wrote:
Improve the private messaging configuration, please! I like all the other features of the forum. I would pay $20 a year to not read half of...
Improve the private messaging configuration, please! I like all the other features of the forum.

I would pay $20 a year to not read half of the comments on most threads.
The PM's have been a problem for me on Mobile.

I'd also pay a $20 dollar "sign-up fee" but that could also be a double edge sword as a Forum needs as many feet as possible to be successful - Advertising needs eyeballs.

Something to consider. A sign up fee for a Gold Member section where the serious moto crowd can discuss serious Moto and also enjoy little extra features such as some of your exclusive pictures and perhaps the odd rider interviews. Non Gold Members can view the content but will not be allowed to comment...unless they pay the fee to sign up.

As for the rest of the forum, its entertainment at various degrees even with the 1st class idiots that pop up from time to time.

Personally I do not like the thumbs down feature...it creates bitterness amongst members. The thumbs Up feature alone will suffice very nicely.

Lastly, thank you GuyB and team for all the grear years of entertainment. I've been a long time member Here and am on "i think" my 4th account due to misbehavior and disrespectful treatment of fellow members

Since then I have learnt to respect fellow members here who are such a diverse bunch of personalities but who all have various levels of common interest.

Words to live by - treat and respect others how you'd like them to treat and respect yourself.

Have a great day all...


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4/16/2021 9:57pm
For Sale section - Add catagories....bikes, parts, gear, wtb, etc.
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10000hrs
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4/16/2021 10:02pm
beginner, novice amateur, expert, and pro levels of membership based upon the class you raced,

combined with 10,20,30 and 40 dollar annual membership fees and

forums labeled the same that you are allowed to post to

to keep the comment quality levels even.
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BigBoreFan58
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4/16/2021 10:19pm
I'm not a mobile user. Old school desktop is my pleasure.

The PM feature needs an upgrade.

It would be nice if this forum would allow conversations like sports fans can have about other sports. This place seems a little too insider at times and any dissenting opinion is frowned upon. Not all of us are industry insiders. I'm just a fan. I do not personally know but one or two pro riders, and those are just casual acquaintances from years ago. I do not make my living off of the motorcycle industry. If I have an issue or a non flattering opinion of a rider, it's just that riders public persona, it's not personal. If I were to make a disparaging remark about rider A, it's rider A, the public personality, the racer. But those things can and will get you clicked around here. The mods need to remember some of us are just fans of the sport, we are not a part of the good ol boy insiders club.
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Taylor415
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4/16/2021 10:40pm
I'm here 80% of the time on laptop. I'm just glad this place is still going. There isn't any other forums like this still running.
ShawdowGlen
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4/16/2021 10:44pm
QUOTE: "Boomslang wrote: Something to consider. A sign up fee for a Gold Member section where the serious moto crowd can discuss serious Moto and also enjoy little extra features such as some of your exclusive pictures and perhaps the odd rider interviews. Non Gold Members can view the content but will not be allowed to comment...unless they pay the fee to sign up."

From what I've seen in the past, this type of thing did not go well on other boards.
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4/16/2021 11:12pm
Stop keep logging me out every time!!
Jeez, this isn’t internet banking!

NOTE: this never used to happen. I’ve changed nothing and it continually logs out on my PC AND my iPhone.
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TXDirt
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4/16/2021 11:16pm
Pay to play will not work. You will kill the forums.

From a tech perspective, the forums are pretty decent. It has one of the best mobile structures of any I’ve seen. I use my phone 99% of the time to access the website and forums so it’s been great having a very mobile friendly layout.

I use to hate not having a PM system. But honestly do we really need yet another way to communicate? I mean when you send someone a PM it conducts the conversation via email. I honestly think this is a good thing. Not really sure it’s worth having a whole private messaging feature built into Vital. seems a bit like overkill and redundant.

I honestly think things are good the way they are.
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4/16/2021 11:19pm
When you click on ‘My forum posts’ it takes you right back to the first page and not to where you actually left off last time.

Search function- if I want to search for an old thread I know exists about something, I type key words in to the search bar and end up with everything bar what I’m actually looking for.
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Hrzk75
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4/16/2021 11:21pm
Mobile app and dark mode
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rsd47
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4/16/2021 11:31pm
Being able to filter by most popular comments/most replied to comments on some of the massive threads would be pretty helpful
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4/17/2021 12:15am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2021 12:16am
Do you guys really check the thumbs up/down? I literally don't even see it when scrolling posts. Who GAF?!

One thing I'd like to see change is regarding the post quotes. It's probably more of a Forum host/software fix, but please...incorporate some type of summation/abbreviation where it only displays the first few lines of the post quote with a link to click if one needs to read/see the rest.

The worst is when a bunch of people repeatedly quote a post with bunch of pics and then you got 2 pages to scroll through with like 4 replies...morans. Yeah you know who you are...
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4/17/2021 12:54am
IP address ban.
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Johnny Ringo
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4/17/2021 12:56am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2021 12:56am
Charge $20 a year to post to keep the riff raff out.

‘Riff-raft’ can’t afford $20??
Point is, it’s a hassle. Slows down the one post wonders
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Sully
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4/17/2021 1:28am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2021 1:28am
Chance1216 wrote:
Make it easier to search forum topics so, there aren’t double threads. There’s issues with private messaging. It’s a crap shoot if the message goes through...
Make it easier to search forum topics so, there aren’t double threads.
There’s issues with private messaging. It’s a crap shoot if
the message goes through or is received.
I also cannot delete anything without going back into desktop mode although I’m on mobile.

I agree about improving the search function, but I’m not too sure it would change the multiple posts in the same topic. Everyone who thinks their take on the McAdoo restart is original, isn’t using the search function to find out if it’s been posted before.
NVA57 is absolutely correct, a block user feature would be great. Obviously you’d have to set it up so admins and mods can’t be blocked, but it would cut down on the trolls (non-AMart kind).
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Chance1216
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4/17/2021 2:36am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2021 2:37am
Chance1216 wrote:
Make it easier to search forum topics so, there aren’t double threads. There’s issues with private messaging. It’s a crap shoot if the message goes through...
Make it easier to search forum topics so, there aren’t double threads.
There’s issues with private messaging. It’s a crap shoot if
the message goes through or is received.
I also cannot delete anything without going back into desktop mode although I’m on mobile.

Sully wrote:
I agree about improving the search function, but I’m not too sure it would change the multiple posts in the same topic. Everyone who thinks their...
I agree about improving the search function, but I’m not too sure it would change the multiple posts in the same topic. Everyone who thinks their take on the McAdoo restart is original, isn’t using the search function to find out if it’s been posted before.
NVA57 is absolutely correct, a block user feature would be great. Obviously you’d have to set it up so admins and mods can’t be blocked, but it would cut down on the trolls (non-AMart kind).
I’ve tried searching for information on certain bikes or, topics without results. Then, tried looking up the same thing on Google, only to find a link for the Vital website.

As far as double posts, you’re correct.
There’s been times I’ve used the search feature before posting, and after posting, I’ve found out the subject has already been covered by other members.
Hope your doing well man.
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duckdog77
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4/17/2021 2:37am
99% mobile use here. I like the functionality in its current form.

Might add a Training/Fitness tab. It gets discussed pretty often and would be nice to be able to find those conversations and tips later on when coming up with new workout and training routines.
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Day30
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4/17/2021 2:40am
Only a stronger hierarchy of post categories. For example in the tech help/race shop section I want to filter to tech help>honda(or insert any other manufacturer) and view posts only for a certain manufacturer. Or tech help>Honda>Motor...or...tech help>Honda>general. Just easier subcategories to make searching and finding more functional.
Prntscrn
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4/17/2021 2:50am
Make this stay up when scrolling, preferably instead of the black VitalMX banner, if not just keep it under.


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B Gotti
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4/17/2021 3:05am
Ability to block or unfollow.
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SCC
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4/17/2021 3:16am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2021 3:34am
Do not allow photos to be copied when replying to a post.
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4/17/2021 4:11am
Make it kind of like old school hockey. If someone gets out of line or gets too cocky, some big dude comes off the bench and over to their house and punches the shit out of them. Keeps the crowd in check. Oh, and what SCC said above about threads full of repeated photos.
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KurtJ99
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4/17/2021 4:36am
Repeat of what I like from other users
- Block user
-Quote text only
- wait period for new accounts to keep banned posters from resurfacing
- IP address block

Other ideas
-Premium feature to skip/block ads, but keep free ad based option
-Troll Badges for consistent thumbs down posting - not sure if this would create unintended consequences but I would like sometimes to pay attention to the unpopular opinion. Not a fan of reading repeat posts that don’t generate attention in thumbs up/down
- a good (holeshot?) badge for user that has a lot of thumbs up posts
- in lieu of badges which be able to filter most thumbs up/thumbs down to catch up on a long thread more easily. May be counterproductive to ad revenue from screen time though.
- an first post auto “STFU Newbie” reply to get the newbie ready for what’s to come.

And thanks for asking for feedback. Continuous improvement on the right things, not just for sake of change, is good.
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sumdood
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4/17/2021 4:41am
I don’t know if I’m just being lame and don’t know how to do it but I’ve had some cool videos on my cell phone and couldn’t post them like a pic. I wound up putting them on Facebook and then putting up a link for that. A way to easily post videos from a phone would be cool. Unless thats already there and I haven’t figured it out 😂. Which is entirely possible.... Thanks Cool
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Pirate421
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4/17/2021 4:43am
I wouldn’t mind sub forums for bike brands ie a ktm, Yamaha, Honda so you could ask and find questions pertaining to your bike etc. other than that hate to admit it but I spend way too much time per day on here.
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Yoji200
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4/17/2021 4:55am
If you could see who voted ‘Thumbs down’ then surely this would cause arguments in every thread with people calling them out?? That would mean more bullshit to trawl through?

Forum works well for me, some good points raised though by other members, especially the new members can’t start a thread straight away
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4/17/2021 4:58am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2021 5:00am
Local Racing sub forums. Kinda like a calendar or bulletin board type thing where we can post races happening say in the south east when and where. But each forum member must select their location in their account and get small notifications of what local event is happening that weekend. With kinda the same look as scores running on espn in a sliding bar type deal. Nothing to where it is bugging them to go but they just take a peak at the header to see what is going on in their area. Heck maybe include tracks promoting practice days.

I think there could be a much better way for tracks to promote practice days and races than Facebook and Instagram. Because instead of a one time feed in would be a small bar running every time you’re on vital, but like I said it’s not blaring in you’re face it’s like how espn or any sports network runs scores.

I just think it would be good for everyone and maybe drive some more traffic and a different type of crowd to vital.
Because it’s kind of a pain to comb through facebook or Instagram to see what is happening that weekend. It would be nice to have it all in one centralized place.
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matze
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4/17/2021 5:12am
I haven't really any complaints but if it's one thing then dark mode.
But there are also browser plug-ins to set it. Doesn't work on all pages but on this platform it works well.

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