Skyride Threads

[slotperfect 7]

There has been a recent explosion of threads on the subject of Skyride and its unethical business practices. This is the second such explosion . . . the first was shortly after ChasingBlueSky created the “What Can We Do About Skyride” thread in this same forum back in 2004. At that time, we made an effort to channel all of the Skyride conversations into that thread, so that the relevance of this very important discussion would remain contained in an easily searchable and accessible location. Since then, that thread has reached its own version of “critical mass;” nearly 159,000 views and 2276 posts. At this point, rather than contribute to that already massive thread, users are spinning off into their own threads to improve visibility. This is causing us to revisit controlling the explosion of threads on this subject.

To that end, I have taken the following actions with the blessing of the site owner:

[LI]The “Which DZs in Your State Accept Skyride?” thread has been locked[/LI]
[LI]The “How About Cutting Skyride Some Slack?” thread has been locked[/LI]
[LI]The “DZ.com Challenge” thread has been locked[/LI]
[LI]The [url "http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3015136;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;">“Using the Media Against Skyride” thread has been locked[/LI]
[LI]A new thread for continued Skyride conversations, called “What Can We Do About Skyride II” has been posted in this forum as the new location for all Skyride related discussions. Please keep all of your discussions on that subject in that thread; you can post links to previous conversations in the other threads so you don’t have to go through the effort of typing your thought again. That thread will contain links to some supporting content to the Skyride issue that I will pull from the original “What Can We” thread over time (it will take me a few days to comb through all of those posts). It also contains a link to the list compiled by Thanatos340, which I will continue to update as he sends me additions or changes.

Please keep the new thread on topic in accordance with the Forum Rules. Any obvious efforts by users to spin the Skyride issue up in the new thread or others for their own entertainment, regardless of which side they are on, or attempts to get the new thread locked, will be dealt with accordingly (warnings, bans, etc.). Multiple usernames created to anonymously spam the forums to muddy the water will be forwarded to the site owner for deletion.

This is an important issue, and we are all adults, please keep the conversations as such.

Thanks,

Arrive Safely

John