Subject: Re: Bogus is published by anesthes on 2010/9/14 21:19:55
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bogus wrote: Joe -
Business IS business... but IB handled the take over of CF much like the Nazi take over of Czechslovakia... with brutal efficency.
They were enforcing the rules of CF with authority and no compassion anymore. It lost its fun.
I can dig back into emails, but the bottom line is that they drove good ppl away in an attempt to create their own insular little world.
It was interesting... some weeks back, my name came up in regards to an article I sent into CE... Several ppl were like, "where did he go" and some answered with vague references to this place. Some of the CF members are so myopic, they would rather I come back than they risk visiting here.
I loved the fact ppl missed me, but gee...
Also, the business model for IB is interesting. It's what makes sites like this worth owning and how we get to set our ad rates.
1. Ppl post. 2. Ppl reply. 3. This happens a LOT. 4. Over 10+ years, you get lots of hits and lots of posts. 5. Everytime someone does a search (yahoo or google), your site is always on the first page. 6. Short of epic disaster, that legacy is always there.
This is how IB leverages the sites they own. They paid real good money to get that legacy. They then came in and cleared out the key ppl who created that legacy. I think that is what pisses me off the most. They wanted the legacy, but didn't give a damn about the ppl who created it.
Maybe I don't see the big picture due to my timeline with CF.. I didn't join CF until I bought a C4, and I sold my C4 within a few years of buying it so I stopped posting on CF. My experience on CF was a few tech guys like LD85, CC, and tequilaboy who I could talk drivetrains and blowers with. And about 99.9% waxer 'tards who can't turn a wrench, and parts guys who think they are engineers.. So from when I joined, during the IB takeover, and as I stopped posting I didn't really see too much 'change'. Sure a few guys got the boot, but it didn't seem to make much difference. The same stupid threads got posted day in and day out. I did notice some of the mods got the boot too, including that idiot who worked for UPS and thought he was god.
Like I said, we had the same takeover on TGO where I have been a member, and moderator for many years. I think I first joined TGO in the late 90s. Didn't have the same impact as your suggesting on CF.. Although, I did notice a few C4 guys popping up on TGO in the last couple years, but I think mainly that is because we have a larger EFI tuning forum.
I pop in here once and a while because I know some of the guys here. My complaint if there was one wouldn't be with the people here but the software is a little strange. I guess after using a certain software on every forum I'm a member of, or moderate this is the one 'odd one'.
