Whats up with HMEM?

[dreeves]

I find it funny that Austin has not said a word yet 2 pages of posts. I would think he would be more active with comments

Dave

 

[Rivergypsy]

Sshire - many thanks for your kind comments, and to be honest both I and others have thought the same thing. MEM here we go, perhaps...

 

[Rivergypsy]

Sshire - many thanks for your kind comments, and to be honest both I and others have thought the same thing. MEM here we go, perhaps...

 

[doc1955]

That is the reason I keep my posting here to a minimum. Back when I first joined this site was great but after the change I seen what was on the horizon and didn't like what I seen. I post my builds on other sites now where things are more to the hobby that brought us all together in the first place.

 

[kd0afk]

I use hmem on mobile and when I get a notification of a new post to a subscribed thread I click on it and it NEVER goes straight to the new post. It takes me to the home screen.

 

[kuhncw]

I never see the homepage as the icon I put on my screen takes me straight to the forum, so I missed the alternative energy posts. All the posts are by one fellow, last time I looked. I suspect Austin will catch up with this and they will be soon gone. I doubt this is a trend or a change in HMEM. Austin has probably been busy with the holidays.

I enjoy this group a lot and feel a lot of good information is passed back and forth on engines, machine tools, and tooling. There are some great builds going on and I see quite a few questions pop up.

Regards,

Chuck

 

[Swifty]

I did a google search on Benjamin Roussey, the author of the offending articles. He seems to be a serial article poster, there were other forums that he has flooded with articles, he appears to be a writer that wants to get his name in print.

Where are you Austin? The site will be flooded with these articles soon.

Paul.

 

[terrywerm]

I always thought that a submitted article had to be approved before it appeared on the home page or in the articles section. If that is correct, then Austin has already approved the alternative energy articles. If that is the case I wish to officially voice my disapproval.

 

[idahoan]

I was quite honored when my build showed up on the home page; but now I guess all one has to do is spam the site with a bunch of unrelated crap to get there! I was under the impression that these articles or posts were selected by a person who had a clue; I guess that is not the case.

Dave

 

[ozzie46]

Add me to the disgusted and disapproval list. This is not model engine building.

Ron

 

[rythmnbls]

I'm in agreement with whats been said, the articles are off topic for this forum, they also lack content and detail. I don't understand their presence at all.

Steve.

 

[RonGinger]

I think some of you need to lighten up a bit. This is just like the flame war that almost killed this site a couple years ago.

First, no one has to read the home page- I didn't even know it was there until this thread started. I have a bookmark to the forum page and go there directly. If you don't like the home page threads just don't read them.

Second this group has two parts to its name- model engine is one, but home machinist is the other. There are guys here that build things that are not model engines. One of my best model friends also built a wind turbine for his home. Brians marble machine and sawmill are not engines but sure were good topics to follow. Chucks Arduino rotary table and CNC conversion are not engines either. We have lots of interests and ability to build interesting things beside model engines.

I really would hate to see this evolve like the one that split this group a year or so ago. In my view both this group and the spin off are weaker than the whole was before it. Relax, take a deep breath and read a topic you enjoy, there are many here to choose from.

 

[ozzie46]

Sorry Ron, we will have agree to disagree on this.

Ron

 

[Till]

The article promoting dubious plans for a perpetuum mobile was removed.

I don't mind articles about wind turbines or biomass gasification.

 

[BaronJ]

The article promoting dubious plans for a perpetuum mobile was removed.

Its about time !

 

[Swifty]

The latest article about a tin can sterling engine has been directly copied from another Internet site.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Tin-Can-Stirling-Engine/?ALLSTEPS

Paul.

 

[Swifty]

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The above terms about submitting articles were written by Austin, the newer articles do not follow these rules. Over to you now Austin.

Paul.

 

[stevehuckss396]

Ok fellows, lets bring it down a notch. I'm not saying anything wrong is being done here and I also don't feel like complaining about anything because it's none of my business what Austin or the moderators do. The only reason I started this thread was to find out what the deal was and what the future of the forum is. If the future is to expand the forum into other areas that's what it will be. I was just wondering. I figured Austin would chime in with some insite and this thread would fade into nothing.

Let's all sit back, have a few frosty mug fulls and wait for the information or explanation before we assume the worst.

Deep breaths.

 

[canadianhorsepower]

[quoteIf the future is to expand the forum into other areas that's what it will be. I was just wondering. I figured Austin would chime in with some insite and this thread would fade into nothing.
][/quote]
I agree with you 100% when someone post something with out a perfect or close to perfect introduction all the moderators enjoy jumping on his head
and tell him to introduce himself and we all kind of agree it's the introduction to this group.
Now we have a lonesome person dumping **** on this cite and no one from the administration says anything .....................where are you
we had that dumm twit sharing all kind of ****( sory for my slang ) anf he was kick out in 24 hrs and now it's ok come on this is unreal
Steve you did the proper thing wondering what was going on with a forum that you like......................sad to see that administration are not looking at it with the same point of view!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jwcnc1911]

For the most part I have noticed much more "clutter" lately.

At this point in this thread I find it unusual that Austin has not chimed in.