There aren't many roadgeeking subreddits out there, and I'd like to give AARoads a Reddit presence.
It would probably be better to give it a name like /r/roadgeek or something like that, to avoid the appearance that any of us running the place here have anything to do with running the subreddit.
I'm not sure how popular such a subreddit would be. The roadgeek community is unusually hesitant to branch out to new sites. Probably because we're small enough that if you fracture us between too many different sites, it's not possible to hold a viable discussion anymore. Thus why the AARoads forum only caught on when MTR became basically unusable, why BipRoads never really took off, etc.
To answer the question, no.
All right, figured I'd give it a shot.
Judging by the status of the existing r/roadgeeking and r/roadgeeks subreddits, that tends to support Scott5114's analysis.
I would say no. Don't split the group.
Quote from: 1 on June 25, 2019, 09:36:21 PM
I would say no. Don't split the group.
I don't think the group would necessarily be split. There are a bunch of different roadgeek groups on Facebook, and there are several people active on them (that many of us know) who aren't members here, and alternatively, there are folks here who aren't on Facebook.
Such a forum might give me reason to check out Reddit, though, as I am a very infrequent visitor; going there only to look at specific things that are shared elsewhere.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 25, 2019, 06:23:59 PMThus why the AARoads forum only caught on when MTR became basically unusable...
I was under the impression that this forum was created
because MTR circled the drain.
Quote from: hbelkins on June 26, 2019, 12:00:21 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 25, 2019, 06:23:59 PMThus why the AARoads forum only caught on when MTR became basically unusable...
I was under the impression that this forum was created because MTR circled the drain.
This forum was here before MTR "circled the drain". It was a convenient landing place for me, once I gave up on MTR.
These threads should be merged
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=25087.0
I created /r/roadgeekingintheusa. Stuff does not have to be from America though.
Is there a reason why you called it roadgeekingintheusa if you didn't intend to limit it to the US?
Quote from: vdeane on July 02, 2019, 08:48:47 PM
Is there a reason why you called it roadgeekingintheusa if you didn't intend to limit it to the US?
Because it sounded good, obviously.
Quote from: vdeane on July 02, 2019, 08:48:47 PM
Is there a reason why you called it roadgeekingintheusa if you didn't intend to limit it to the US?
I don't even remember. /r/ roadgeek was taken. I created this ages ago so I dunno.
Just created r/RoadEnthusiasts. It's worldwide.
I especially like the "post here idiots" post.
I don't see the value.
Quote from: Rothman on July 03, 2019, 11:29:04 AM
I especially like the "post here idiots" post.
I don't see the value.
I forgot that I posted that! LOL I never expected anyone else to see it. Oh well IDC.
Was there a comma? If not, then people might think you expect them post their idiots there.
I've never made a Reddit account (as of yet), but I've definitely seen a whole lot of content from the site. I've always pondered perhaps one day making an account on there, but a roadgeek presence of some sort on the site would facilitate that plan even more. It would be very negative if this would take away members from this forum, but I don't suspect that would probably happen. As long as it doesn't, I could see this as a very positive and interesting endeavor. In any case, I would definitely agree with Scott's recommendation not to specifically use AARoads in the naming, so as to avoid direct association with the people who run this forum.