(05 Jun 2013, 1:03 pm)eezypeazy wrote I wonder if the moderators here might give consideration to having a separate thread elsewhere for pure speculation?

Personally, I'd prefer it if this thread here was limited to such things as vehicle observations and meaningful discussion of GNE services and brands and other announcements. I find the whole "Here's what I think is going to happen" and "This is what a driver told me" stuff to be very tedious and somewhat pointless.

No doubt I'll get shot down in flames, but if we could separate out the guesswork and fantasy from the reality of what's happening on the road, I'd find this to be far more interesting.

Hi.

I believe what you've just said has been previously suggested, and without exposing the full extent of our plans, something similar is being worked on already.

When this website and forum was first created, we hadn't expected discussion on this thread to be so vast, and we didn't expect it to happen so quickly either (there are just so many other websites out there that have a similar purpose). Nevertheless, the thread was created for discussion purposes. We combine verified information, information coming from the company representative we have gained, speculated information and general "what if?'s" within this thread. It is therefore not a separate thread for speculation which has seemingly become necessary for us to add, but a new thread for verified information.

We do have what so many websites don't - a place for discussion. In other communities, I believe there is an vague reluctance for discussion. That's what is different about North East Buses.

We have a number of plans which are relying on help from people outside of North East Buses management, and it is these plans which are preventing us from releasing all future features and/or new forums. I really don't wish to tell our community the full extent of what we have planned in case it doesn't happen - in which case, we'd unfortunately have to settle for what we can already achieve without "outside help". I have said for a number of weeks now that big changes are to come to North East Buses, but there has always been one disruption or another preventing this from happening.

In future, may I suggest that, instead of posting on the thread your suggestion may concern, you post a new thread in our "Problems and Suggestions" designated section?

Many thanks.