Comments on: Your website is not a truck http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1338272 Halloween Jack Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1338272  The problem with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup%C3%A9_utility" rel="nofollow">coupé utility</a> is that they look cute (for certain values of "cute", anyway) but their beds are too small for a lot of things; I think that they tend to get bought (the few people who buy them, anyway) by people who don't need to haul stuff in a truck that often, and therefore think that they can get by with a truck bed that isn't very big. This is rarely true, and quite often coupé utility owners end up getting the aftermarket cap for the bed, a backhanded admission that they should have ended up going with a station wagon or crossover (0r, of course, just renting a truck on the few occasions that they really needed it) in the first place. Now, I see a lot of full-size pickup drivers who don't really need a truck, either, but that's another rant.  The problem with a coupé utility is that they look cute (for certain values of “cute”, anyway) but their beds are too small for a lot of things; I think that they tend to get bought (the few people who buy them, anyway) by people who don’t need to haul stuff in a truck that often, and therefore think that they can get by with a truck bed that isn’t very big. This is rarely true, and quite often coupé utility owners end up getting the aftermarket cap for the bed, a backhanded admission that they should have ended up going with a station wagon or crossover (0r, of course, just renting a truck on the few occasions that they really needed it) in the first place.

Now, I see a lot of full-size pickup drivers who don’t really need a truck, either, but that’s another rant.

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1338271 Halloween Jack Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1338271  You're the guy with Darmok at Tenagra.  You’re the guy with Darmok at Tenagra.

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337980 That_Anonymous_Coward Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337980  No el caminos on da webs... check and I'll just leave this here... http://blogs.cars.com/.a/6a00d83451b3c669e201156fbb0732970c-800wi  No el caminos on da webs… check

and I’ll just leave this here…
http://blogs.cars.com/.a/6a00d83451b3c669e201156fbb0732970c-800wi

]]> By: Sativa Joe http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337907 Sativa Joe Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337907 Yeah, the BB post doesn't provide context - essentially, he's saying, you built your website to serve a purpose like a car serves a purpose - users may ask for things like power windows, or air conditioning. These are legitimate and doable requests. But when they start asking you to bolt a truck-bed onto the car, then you need to "gently" redirect them to the nearest truck dealership. Yeah, the BB post doesn’t provide context – essentially, he’s saying, you built your website to serve a purpose like a car serves a purpose – users may ask for things like power windows, or air conditioning. These are legitimate and doable requests. But when they start asking you to bolt a truck-bed onto the car, then you need to “gently” redirect them to the nearest truck dealership.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337802 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337802 Of course, that's not actually my screen name. Of course, that’s not actually my screen name.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337619 niktemadur Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337619  The guy doing incantations in Isengard, blocking the Pass Of Caradhras with avalanches. Or acknowledging the SW reference, the orc with the cave troll in Moria.  The guy doing incantations in Isengard, blocking the Pass Of Caradhras with avalanches.

Or acknowledging the SW reference, the orc with the cave troll in Moria.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337616 niktemadur Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337616  ANTONIUS, LOL!  Latin version of Tony!  ANTONIUS, LOL!  Latin version of Tony!

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337615 niktemadur Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337615 I came here looking for that old geezer senator reference and leave satisfied. Expanding it a bit further: Your website is not a <b>dumptruck</b>, it's a series of tubes. I came here looking for that old geezer senator reference and leave satisfied.

Expanding it a bit further:
Your website is not a dumptruck, it’s a series of tubes.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337518 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337518 I'd rather be the guy in the dungeon with the Rancor. I’d rather be the guy in the dungeon with the Rancor.

]]> By: Hanglyman http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337502 Hanglyman Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337502 Well, 90% of a truck is crap. Wait, no. Each truck is a community of... parts... that you should pay attention to, like if there's a flat tire, but don't let them tell you how to drive the truck. Be honest to your truck, but don't let it talk you into building a second truck (a mate, I guess) for it. Yeah, I have no idea either. EDIT: Okay, reading the article, it makes a little more sense... if you assume your website is a car, and everything that doesn't really fit with its intended original purpose is truck-like and shouldn't be added to make a car-truck hybrid. Still kind of an awkward analogy, really. Well, 90% of a truck is crap. Wait, no. Each truck is a community of… parts… that you should pay attention to, like if there’s a flat tire, but don’t let them tell you how to drive the truck. Be honest to your truck, but don’t let it talk you into building a second truck (a mate, I guess) for it.

Yeah, I have no idea either.

EDIT: Okay, reading the article, it makes a little more sense… if you assume your website is a car, and everything that doesn’t really fit with its intended original purpose is truck-like and shouldn’t be added to make a car-truck hybrid. Still kind of an awkward analogy, really.

]]> By: Grebmar http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337490 Grebmar Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337490 Yeah what's the business with the truck mean? Yeah what’s the business with the truck mean?

]]> By: CountSmackula http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337453 CountSmackula Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337453 What's Atwood got against trucks? What’s Atwood got against trucks?

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337322 Rob Beschizza Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337322 The guy on the boat walking up and down the aisle, whipping the rowers. The guy on the boat walking up and down the aisle, whipping the rowers.

]]> By: gerardwhelan http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337209 gerardwhelan Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337209 you are the repo guy. sweaty, unshaven, heartless, and on a mission.  and to Rob, thanks! without your setting that straight for me, it was destined to go right over my head. that list looks like how Harper runs Canada.  you are the repo guy. sweaty, unshaven, heartless, and on a mission. 
and to Rob, thanks! without your setting that straight for me, it was destined to go right over my head.
that list looks like how Harper runs Canada. 

]]> By: boo http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337210 boo Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337210 In re Rule # 1: please refer to Sturgeon's Revelation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_Law In re Rule # 1: please refer to Sturgeon’s Revelation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_Law

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337164 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337164 So am I a parking ticket?  Or an emergency brake? So am I a parking ticket?  Or an emergency brake?

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337144 Rob Beschizza Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337144 His point is that you listen to everyone, but you ignore most of it. His point is that you listen to everyone, but you ignore most of it.

]]> By: dustindriver http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1337142 dustindriver Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1337142 But, but.... I run a website about trucks! But, but…. I run a website about trucks!

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1336988 Jim Saul Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1336988 Well, while on the subject of feedback you should ignore... Several times lately I've wondered what ever happened to several stories I've seen here. If you have interns/coops/groupies that want to get a front page credit here, perhaps they could sift through the archives to follow up past posts with an omnibus "where are they now?" The one that comes first to mind is a blacksmith or metal sculptor in Tennessee who seemed to get unfairly railroaded into suspicion of planning some kind of bombing... hmmm, not finding it through search... Well, while on the subject of feedback you should ignore…

Several times lately I’ve wondered what ever happened to several stories I’ve seen here. If you have interns/coops/groupies that want to get a front page credit here, perhaps they could sift through the archives to follow up past posts with an omnibus “where are they now?”

The one that comes first to mind is a blacksmith or metal sculptor in Tennessee who seemed to get unfairly railroaded into suspicion of planning some kind of bombing… hmmm, not finding it through search…

]]> By: gerardwhelan http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1336986 gerardwhelan Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1336986 5. Be there for your community (who are 90% crap, see no. 1).hi to Antonius 5. Be there for your community (who are 90% crap, see no. 1).hi to Antonius

]]> By: Chicago_SC http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1336936 Chicago_SC Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1336936 My love for you is like a truck, Berserker My love for you is like a truck, Berserker

]]> By: K. Williams http://boingboing.net/2012/02/03/do-web-communities-need-a-plac.html#comment-1336937 K. Williams Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142236#comment-1336937 My website is a series of tubes, though. My website is a series of tubes, though.

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