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11-06-2013, 01:33 AM
#46
Addict
Rennlist Member
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And once more, for good measure - I'm not sure how or why this turned into discussion of paid vs. unpaid membership. This was never an intention of the original post and, honestly, each one of us makes decisions on this every one or two years. Each of those decisions are personal, private and... correct, no matte what they are.
Personally, this is the only forum that I ever paid for. Why? I have no idea. It's a good place with very good people, I've learned that over the last 10 years. The point of self-policing and this particular thread was to keep it this way. Maybe an overreaction on my part, it's not the first, nor, I'm sure, the last one. It's just that the shill's behavior was egregious enough in this case.
Personally, this is the only forum that I ever paid for. Why? I have no idea. It's a good place with very good people, I've learned that over the last 10 years. The point of self-policing and this particular thread was to keep it this way. Maybe an overreaction on my part, it's not the first, nor, I'm sure, the last one. It's just that the shill's behavior was egregious enough in this case.
11-06-2013, 01:58 AM
#47
You'll have to forgive, I didn't think to report the post for some reason. I suppose there is a part of me who relies on the more experienced and respected members and non-members to police the trolls, the nonsensical, the scammers and the like. I don't feel like I've earned my stripes here yet, so my reporting of the incident may not carry weight.
11-07-2013, 07:59 AM
#48
button queen
To those who ask "Why Rennlist is a Member supported site", here are a few reasons.
Members form the basis of our community. They are for the most part the best contributors to the site. As frequent users they've established friendships with others all across the globe. There are very few Member to Member transactions that go bad.
To those that complain about IB -- I admit to being baffled. John D stipulated that the character of Rennlist not be changed under the new owners. IB has respected that.
Someone mentioned 6speedonline, that's another site owned by IB if you didn't know. Check out the ads over there if you want to see what a free site looks like! Yeah, there are a few ads here but nothing like the other sites. That's in part why so many of us are happy to pay 17.95 a year. If banners bother you, turn on the popup blocker in every web browser available. I never see them myself.
All in all I'm disappointed by some of you. NOBODY thinks to report a post and trust me NOBODY reported it. Then we start a thread which turns into a rant bashing IB. Amazing.
The Mod for this forum is none other than John D himself. As many of you know, he's got a lot going and can't spend all his time here. I'll add a mod or two to hopefully prevent our peaceful forum from being polluted again.
In the meantime go see 6spd and see for yourself why Member supported is better.
Best,
Members form the basis of our community. They are for the most part the best contributors to the site. As frequent users they've established friendships with others all across the globe. There are very few Member to Member transactions that go bad.
To those that complain about IB -- I admit to being baffled. John D stipulated that the character of Rennlist not be changed under the new owners. IB has respected that.
Someone mentioned 6speedonline, that's another site owned by IB if you didn't know. Check out the ads over there if you want to see what a free site looks like! Yeah, there are a few ads here but nothing like the other sites. That's in part why so many of us are happy to pay 17.95 a year. If banners bother you, turn on the popup blocker in every web browser available. I never see them myself.
All in all I'm disappointed by some of you. NOBODY thinks to report a post and trust me NOBODY reported it. Then we start a thread which turns into a rant bashing IB. Amazing.
The Mod for this forum is none other than John D himself. As many of you know, he's got a lot going and can't spend all his time here. I'll add a mod or two to hopefully prevent our peaceful forum from being polluted again.
In the meantime go see 6spd and see for yourself why Member supported is better.
Best,
11-07-2013, 11:21 AM
#51
Race Car
I'll second the motion.
With me it's not the ads, but the spam behind it. I have my systems set up to ask me what to do with cookies every time. It has helped me keep my PC's clean for a long time with out the need for fancy Norton and Macefie (sp?) programs taking up space.
It took me a half dozen clicks of "deny" just to write this post and its non stop. Companies have to make money, granted. And I agree IB has not changed to drastically the layout etc of the site. But I'm not interested in paying to be attacked by the advertisers and Lord only knows who behind them through their cookies.
But Bob's post was well said.....
**Edit: i would also like to add that when I go over to Pelican's forum, they too have a banner ad atop their page but I don't get hammered with cookies! And there is no paying to be a member there, so......? Just saying............
With me it's not the ads, but the spam behind it. I have my systems set up to ask me what to do with cookies every time. It has helped me keep my PC's clean for a long time with out the need for fancy Norton and Macefie (sp?) programs taking up space.
It took me a half dozen clicks of "deny" just to write this post and its non stop. Companies have to make money, granted. And I agree IB has not changed to drastically the layout etc of the site. But I'm not interested in paying to be attacked by the advertisers and Lord only knows who behind them through their cookies.
But Bob's post was well said.....
**Edit: i would also like to add that when I go over to Pelican's forum, they too have a banner ad atop their page but I don't get hammered with cookies! And there is no paying to be a member there, so......? Just saying............
Last edited by 993inNC; 11-07-2013 at 07:11 PM.
11-07-2013, 01:21 PM
#52
Race Director
