Re: [MBZ] PeachParts Dying?

2023-04-19 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Since it changed hands to the vulture capitalists everyone wised up that their collective wisdom which they shared for free via the forum was just being repackaged and sold off. A kit of that forum traffic was driven and facilitated by the original ow ers who oosted a lot of good how to articles

Re: [MBZ] PeachParts Dying?

2023-04-14 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Forums like BenzWorld are a gold mine of useful information when it comes to researching problems with specific models. I’ve belonged to BW for some time, but I don’t actively participate any longer. I never participated in PeachParts, as I found it to be spotty as far as reliable information,

Re: [MBZ] PeachParts Dying?

2023-04-13 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 22:18:56 -0400 Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > Never really cared for forums or groups. Nor I. I find these lists quite helpful. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] PeachParts Dying?

2023-04-13 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Never really cared for forums or groups. Each one is something separate to keep up with. Email I manage in one place and it’s just much more practical. On Thu, Apr 13, 2023, at 21:47, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > It seems like the MB community keeps declining in good conversation and >

Re: [MBZ] PeachParts Dying?

2023-04-13 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
It seems like the MB community keeps declining in good conversation and intelligence when it comes to these cars.  First we have the email lists which everyone gets to know everybody, and you get reliable and good help.  Those started dying off as people moved to the forums.  With that, it

Re: [MBZ] PeachParts Dying?

2023-04-13 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
There's a company in Canada where internet forums go to die. Their business model seems to be buying popular forums and slowly killing them. Did something like that happen to PeachParts forum? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] PeachParts Dying?

2023-04-13 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> A lot of forums are dying. People have moved to Facebook groups. I personally > hate FB groups because I feel like the quality of discussion there is poor... It's not a feeling, it's a fact. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] PeachParts Dying?

2023-04-13 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Unless it involves hood stacks? -D > On Apr 13, 2023, at 6:00 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > A lot of forums are dying. People have moved to Facebook groups. I personally > hate FB groups because I feel like the quality of discussion there is poor... > > -Curt > > > > > On Thursday, April

Re: [MBZ] PeachParts Dying?

2023-04-13 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
A lot of forums are dying. People have moved to Facebook groups. I personally hate FB groups because I feel like the quality of discussion there is poor... -Curt On Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 02:55:52 PM PDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: I have a bookmark for the “Cars For

[MBZ] PeachParts Dying?

2023-04-13 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
I have a bookmark for the “Cars For Sale” section on both BanzWhirled and PeachParts/PelicanParts. I look in maybe once a week. I’ve noticed the past couple of weeks that the forums on PeachParts seem to be near death. There’s very little activity that I can see. Am I missing something, or is