Not sure if this is the right forum for this, if not apologies, but it's a meta-AAM discussion so it seemed like the best spot.
Think we all agree AAM is a trusted source of truth many many people in Ireland come to for help with their life-changing finances right through to which dishwasher tablets to buy. It troubles me however that it is now virtually impossible for people to come here and ask simple questions about electric vehicles and get answers from others with experience, without the thread devolving into circular off-topic megathreads unrelated to the original query.
This thread is a good example. The post now has over 200 replies, all mostly irrelevant to what the original poster asked for help with and they stopped responding back on page 2 of 11. Depreciation of cars is a very real and concerning consumer issue for people but this thread has become useless on that topic.
Another example is @Slim's EV diary (https://www.askaboutmoney.com/threads/electric-car-diary.226526/), which I understand many have found useful because Slim gave balanced feedback on their experience. Leo has had to clean this thread up two or three times in the past and last week Brendan had to take this 170-reply monster out. It's still 200 replies deep, mostly off-topic and is now locked because of the hassle moderating it. So no more balanced feedback from Slim.
My view is that there are umpteen places on the Internet where people can go to debate whether EVs are the future or not, their views on Cobalt mining, Lithium abundance, particulate matter emissions etc etc but there are precious few where they can ask questions and get honest answers from other people living in the same country as them so seeing similar issues/benefits. AAM is that place for so many other consumer topics, can we find a way to make it that place for the 25,000 people who are buying electric vehicles in Ireland every year?
Thoughts?
Think we all agree AAM is a trusted source of truth many many people in Ireland come to for help with their life-changing finances right through to which dishwasher tablets to buy. It troubles me however that it is now virtually impossible for people to come here and ask simple questions about electric vehicles and get answers from others with experience, without the thread devolving into circular off-topic megathreads unrelated to the original query.
This thread is a good example. The post now has over 200 replies, all mostly irrelevant to what the original poster asked for help with and they stopped responding back on page 2 of 11. Depreciation of cars is a very real and concerning consumer issue for people but this thread has become useless on that topic.
Another example is @Slim's EV diary (https://www.askaboutmoney.com/threads/electric-car-diary.226526/), which I understand many have found useful because Slim gave balanced feedback on their experience. Leo has had to clean this thread up two or three times in the past and last week Brendan had to take this 170-reply monster out. It's still 200 replies deep, mostly off-topic and is now locked because of the hassle moderating it. So no more balanced feedback from Slim.
My view is that there are umpteen places on the Internet where people can go to debate whether EVs are the future or not, their views on Cobalt mining, Lithium abundance, particulate matter emissions etc etc but there are precious few where they can ask questions and get honest answers from other people living in the same country as them so seeing similar issues/benefits. AAM is that place for so many other consumer topics, can we find a way to make it that place for the 25,000 people who are buying electric vehicles in Ireland every year?
Thoughts?