What is your opinion on having the three separate forums now?

[drober30]

I'm in and out in under 20 minutes...

Wow! that's faster than SEAL Team Six!

 

[FordService]

The problem is.. most of the people are weeding through these order status posts don't have any helpful feedback to give anyway. There are only 3 or 4 members that actually have valuable information regarding Ford ordering process and timelines. Cory, Seni, and a couple of other Ford employees, and I assume they will still monitor the order status forum.

The order status posts were pushing useful and relevant questions off the page.

Hey all,

I would like to make you aware that both Cory and I will still be on the entire site and not just the section for vehicle order statuses. We are still going to reach out to assist with concerns as well. As you may have noticed, Cory and I have not been very active on the forum in the last 5 days; this was due to a computer system error in our office and had nothing to do with the forum changes. Please continue to PM as is necessary to your particular need. Enjoy the rest of the week.

~Seni

 

[Rick]

That's what the exclusions option I mentioned above would do, if it worked right.

If you chose the to exclude the right forums you're not going to get much else. Many of the forums are very low traffic.

 

[Explorer209]

Actually that's exactly what was happening prior to the split. The 2011 forum has quickly become the most active forum on our site. This is no longer the low traffic forum that it was prior to the release of the '11 model. I think things have slowed down a bit for a couple reasons. #1, availability is getting better at the dealers and there are less special orders. #2. As fuel prices are going up, new orders may be going down. Once again fuel economy numbers are on people's minds.

I was specifically asked by 2011 owners who were upset that 2011 members were being treated like second class members because the 2011 forum had not been split into modified, and stock sections as had been done with all other generations of the Explorer. This is a situation where not everyone is going to be happy with change. I made the split to make things easier to find, and more intuitive to find the answers you're looking for.

The modified and stock forums will stay. That format has always been used here. However, I will put up a poll to see if the majority wants the Order Status forum to be merged back in with the Stock 2011 forum.

I'm new so I have no history with how it was but for me I like how its layed out.

 

[Explorer209]

Hey all,

I would like to make you aware that both Cory and I will still be on the entire site and not just the section for vehicle order statuses. We are still going to reach out to assist with concerns as well. As you may have noticed, Cory and I have not been very active on the forum in the last 5 days; this was due to a computer system error in our office and had nothing to do with the forum changes. Please continue to PM as is necessary to your particular need. Enjoy the rest of the week.

~Seni

I think its great to see Ford customer service monitoring this site!

 

[Rick]

Thanks to everyone who participated in this poll. The forums will not be merged back by popular vote of 27 against merging, to 16 for.

I sincerely hope that those who wanted the forums merged back together will get used to the new format and will continue to participate and explore our forums.

 

[FordService]

I think its great to see Ford customer service monitoring this site!

That's great because we really enjoy being welcomed by the admins and forum members!

~Seni

 

[Rick]

We really appreciate the service your are providing to our members. I hope you stay on for a long time to come.

 

[blwnsmoke]

I've been a mod of some forums before and I realize why the forums were split. As it's been said, it will be easier when the site gets more and more threads, more and more members and more subjects..

I actually think there should be more subforums. I think there should be an "interior", "exterior", "wheels/tires" and "electronics" subforum as well to split apart and put subjects where they belong. Again, in the future, it will make things so much easier to find related posts on what you are looking for.

 

[bigallis1]

I just joined the forum yesterday and I am very impressed and happy to see a Ford representative monitoring the site.

 

[FordService]

I just joined the forum yesterday and I am very impressed and happy to see a Ford representative monitoring the site.

Thank you so much for your kind words; I really do enjoy this forum and its users. I am always happy to lend a hand.

Cory