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Everything about the site at ninja250.org is purposeful and intentional. Our admins have been tweaking it for the past eight years. It's exactly as we like it. It isn't going to change. | Everything about the site at ninja250.org is purposeful and intentional. Our admins have been tweaking it for the past eight years. It's exactly as we like it. It isn't going to change. | ||
==Tree/Thread view== | |||
You may have noticed that we do not have the same layout as other forums. We use tree view; we believe it provides a conversational feel and a sense of camaraderie. | You may have noticed that we do not have the same layout as other forums. We use tree view; we believe it provides a conversational feel and a sense of camaraderie. | ||
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It's easy to follow threads because they are organized as trees, and browsing through them is easy ''as long as people come up with meaningful subject lines''. If you don't write a subject line, there is no guarantee that anyone will read your post. | It's easy to follow threads because they are organized as trees, and browsing through them is easy ''as long as people come up with meaningful subject lines''. If you don't write a subject line, there is no guarantee that anyone will read your post. | ||
The clean board design, without avatars or signatures, is also deliberate. | The clean board design, without avatars or signatures, is also deliberate. Kids who dream about blinking avatars and video signatures (and God knows what else) don't post on this site. Too bad. | ||
====How do you expect to grow with such an old-fashioned format?==== | ====How do you expect to grow with such an old-fashioned format?==== | ||
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Threaded views also offer the advantage of being able to summarize a great deal of information in a compact display, enabling frequent/heavy contributors to quickly scroll through and actively contribute in areas where they're interested and see a need. | Threaded views also offer the advantage of being able to summarize a great deal of information in a compact display, enabling frequent/heavy contributors to quickly scroll through and actively contribute in areas where they're interested and see a need. | ||
Unfortunately, BBS (forum) formats are a lot like pop music: you tend to like what's around. We're a persnickety bunch here. We buck the trends on all kinds of things -- we hate wheelies, loud pipes and flat view. We like gear, | Unfortunately, BBS (forum) formats are a lot like pop music: you tend to like what's around. We're a persnickety bunch here. We buck the trends on all kinds of things -- we hate wheelies, loud pipes and flat view. We like gear, stock exhaust, and our users, but in this case we're going to make you drink the Kool-Aid and at least pretend to like it. | ||
==If you don't think you can live with the way things are 'round here== | |||
Here you go: | Here you go: | ||
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'''North America''' | '''North America''' | ||
*http://www.ninjette.org | |||
*http://www.newninja.com | *http://www.newninja.com | ||
*http://www.ninja250forum.com | *http://www.ninja250forum.com | ||
*http://www.250r.net | |||
*http://www.250r.net | |||
Subforums | Subforums | ||
*http://www.kawiforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=32 | *http://www.kawiforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=32 | ||
*http://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=12 | *http://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=12 | ||
*http:// | *http://www.riderforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=119 | ||
*http://www.sportbikes.net/forums/ninja-250r/ | *http://www.sportbikes.net/forums/ninja-250r/ | ||
*http://www.zxforums.com/forums/ninja-250r-500r/ | *http://www.zxforums.com/forums/ninja-250r-500r/ | ||
*http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/5109.html | *http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/5109.html | ||
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'''Asia''' | '''Asia''' | ||
*http://ninja250rmalaysia.com/ | |||
*http://www.ninja250thailand.com/board/ | *http://www.ninja250thailand.com/board/ | ||
*http://cyber-ninja250r.darkbb.com | *http://cyber-ninja250r.darkbb.com/ | ||