Re: Turning people away from xjt?
Being active on several other forums which allow members of all ages, having an age limit isn't a terrible idea. With the younger kids you get a lot of unnecessary rif raf. But there are a lot of 16 year olds out there driving Jeeps who I think deserve to be a part of a good XJ community such as this one. If I had tried to join this when I got my XJ at 17 I wouldn't have been able to. I talk to a lot of the moderators on a large dirt bike forum and I have never heard of any problems with allowing 13+. Same for a smaller dirt bike forum which resembles XJ Talk but for dirt bikes.
Re: Turning people away from xjt?
I myself was saddened when I read the post telling the young man that he could not be here until he was 18. Especially after reading that he was bullied off CF. I myself started wrenching at 14 or 15 , I would have been so happy to have had a place to go with older experienced people to help me with my projects. I do not feel its right to add 5 yrs to what is out there to protect children on the internet. I would suggest a special log in and avatar maybe to show he is under 18 and restrict him to certain forms until he becomes of age. We do a similar thing here in Ca. in regards to licenses , you can tell if there under age just by the way it is printed. But to discourage someone looking for knowledge and help I feel is wrong and against what we all love. I am all for protecting kids on the internet and have discouraged even my older kids from using FB. But I was under the impression we were a family site and think we should keep it that way. Ok I'm done.
Re: Turning people away from xjt?
RIGHT ON MARK. I too had to make my own repairs, "Your car ,Your problem" was my fathers motto. I wish I had access to all the information we have now. it would've saved me a lot of skin
I hope the young man is on the site reading up on all he can and sees the amount of support he already has. I look forward to hearing from him in a few years.
And kudos to him for being honest about his age.
Re: Turning people away from xjt?
I agree. 16 would be a much better limit. I'm sorry, but I have never seen anything on this site that I would not allow my kids to see. This is one of the "nice" sites out there. CF did treat him the wrong way. He came on there a little too eager and they could have taught him the right way to do things. But, they stooped to a 16 yo mentality and ran him off. My son does all his own work and will research what he needs on forums.
Leave this a family forum and allow the kids a chance to prove themselves. If they get out of control, then ban them.
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Re: Turning people away from xjt?
While I agree with everyones comments about the age limit I understand where Tony is coming from. This is where we've ended up in America, heck you can't even risk being alone with a kid (male or female) if they are not your own blood.
This "new USA" is what the majority has voted for over the last 3 or 4 decades, now we have to live with it!