Octane .IE refugee's sign in here please.

Why, where's it going? Did the Canadians buy it?

That's a pity, I'm not regged on there but do read now and again. It'll be a great loss.

Hi there Alfaguy

Saab Ed wrote: »

Can anybody tell us what happened! Why is Ocatne being shut down?

Legal threats, it appears..

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I suppose at the end of the day it doesn't really matter why. I feel sorry for the community itself and all the members.

The elders will be grand ... Tis the little ones ....

the drifter wrote: »

its like a thousand voices cried out at once...and were suddenly silenced...my productivity is going to increase 10 fold at work...

You lost?

Duzzer wrote: »

I can't thinking that EOB doesn't want to seen selling directly to the Canadians. Money is probably in his pocket and then in a week or two octane will be back online with new owners

If it was sold what would be the point in closing it? I'm sure the 'new owners' would prefer any takeover to run seamlessly and not have any inerruption to services or give users the opportunity to move to another forum.

Secondly, I can't see the forum being busy enough to attract foreign investment. There's a couple hundered forums on boards and tens of thousands of users and they don't make big money.

MCMLXXV wrote: »

If it was sold what would be the point in closing it? I'm sure the 'new owners' would prefer any takeover to run seamlessly and not have any inerruption to services or give users the opportunity to move to another forum.

Secondly, I can't see the forum being busy enough to attract foreign investment. There's a couple hundered forums on boards and tens of thousands of users and they don't make big money.

Autoguide do buy up forums and make a profit, and I'd guess Octane was on their radar after the recent buyout of VAGDrivers, which has roughly as many members and fewer posts.

..not saying it was sold to them, but could be.

the drifter wrote: »

I have no home anymore...well aside from biker.ie.

Well, the problem is, that biker.ie only covers one aspect. And the other aspect can't be discussed Hence, why I'm very little active over there.

Managed to get thrown in jail on day one or two, after I subscribed. Not even for saying the term, but for posting a picture, that contained the offensive material.

Wheelnut wrote: »

@Marlow, suddenly that C&C at your place has become very important. I'll have to get over there tomorrow and find out what's going on.

Well, the only one that can answer it is Eamon. There's a lot in that Hiatus thread. The question is, where we're going from here.

I have a few ideas, but we'll have to see.

/M

that's a real shame. I discovered it a few weeks ago and have been taking a look at it most days.

anyone know what happened?, was on it today and all seemed fine

Octane.ie users screaming at computer "Why these foglight threads!"

I can't see boards motors appealing to those guys very much, it's just too general interest on here. I was actually thinking of signing up over there for a change as I was getting tired of some of the repetitive topics on here. Not a dig at anyone, just the way it is.

I might just look at some of the other boards.ie motoring subforums.
The other idea, and I doubt it's one that will be entertained would be to rearrange the forum so we don't have to wade through things like should I buy a diesel, what do ye think of the Audi a4, fog lights, overtaking lanes. Etc

I guess I'm looking for a hiding place away from those topics that have been done absolutely to death and I'm not the only one I think.

It seems boards motors is considered by its regulars to be a place to hang out, but by others it's a place to ask what the difference between a petrol and a diesel is. I'm just not sure this is sustainable in the long term since a lot more people are posting here now. Just a thought anyway.

mr.2 wrote: »

It turned into a buddys club for a few rich lads and it was time for it to go.

I wouldn't quite agree there. It needed a shuffle around maybe, but just shutting it down was over the top. And I found, that social standing had very little impact nor mattered on Octane.

/M

keithsfleet wrote: »

What's the moan about, it wasn't the only motoring forum out there.
I think most people are upset about losing their post count, get over it and join another forum.

Now if you excuse me I'm going to sit in this here dark corner and quietly cry over my lost 200 posts.

You seem to worry about post count, or the date you joined or whatever. People that have that sort of thinking probably never graspted, how or what Octane really was.

Others couldn't care less. For a lot of people on Octane, there was a huge social aspect. More than any other forum.

C&Cs, trackdays, road trips. I've met a lot of new people, face to face, through Octane. Made friends. etc. That's what Octane was to me personally. And there is a lot of people on there, that feel the same.

And it was one of very few non-brand specific forums. Even pushbikes, motorbikes, a whole pile of motorsport, etc. were part of it.

/M

keithsfleet wrote: »

I'm only a relatively new user to it and yes I'll agree there was a big social aspect to it but so do most motoring forums.
The forum itself is only a vessel or a means, it's the people that make it. Id everyone joins up to another forum what's to stop that forum becoming what octane was.

It's the disruption, that is the issue. The spirit will live on.

Also, there is loads of people, that actually don't actively post on Octane. Lurkers. But that do participate in the social aspect of things. You risk of loosing some in the process.

/M

Nearly 250 members over there now. I wonder is it just a case of people joining to vent their fustration about it all. Or will it rise from the ashes into the community Octane once was.