John Speake

I've just cancelled my vendor subscription and changed back to Member. This means I had to change my User Name to something new.... "Cambridge John".

SeanR

Why wouldn't they just pull the tag line and let you continue as always? IB......

worf928

Ridiculous requirement (to change user name.)

IB prices got stupid?

John Speake

Sean, the reason given was that my old User Name was associated with my business... which is a bit daft as it was just my name.


Dave - yes they used to offer "Small Business partner" which was a sensible price, but then I was required to change to "Vendor" and the monthly fee was not reasonable as far as I am concerned.


I still continue with my business as before, my website is the same. Agents are the same.

docmirror

IB is going to force me to sign-up for FaceBook. I've been avoiding it for many years, but if they keep this kind of shilt up, I and everyone else will leave, and reform under FB. It's already happened to one of my aviation forums.

We won't forget you John,

hacker-pschorr

I'm checking into this. Whatever financials changed the fees is what it is..... I don't understand the loss of screen name and post history though.

Us mods are not involved in such things. This thread is the first I'm hearing of this.

You make it sound like he's outright banned.

I'm on many 928 FB groups and frankly it's good for entertainment. That interface is horrible for anything technical. Try doing a search for anything, it isn't happening.

Any thread worth participating in turns into a mess real quick, that's just the nature of how those posts line up. FB and other similar sites were designed for short attention span quick conversations. Not ongoing and archived discussion / technical information.

FredR

Your new moniker sounds a bit "dodgy" - perhaps a character from "Minder" or "Only Fools and Horses"?

Kevin in Atlanta

+928 Horrible to the point of being unusable. And some FB 928 page owners remove you if you disagree with them or toss some shade on them.

RennPartsDirect

And heaven forbid you ask what oil you should be using in your 928...

linderpat

Welcome to the shark tank newb Pics of your car or ban:

SeanR

LOL, as Hacker found out personally yesterday. One of those retards even "liked" a post where Hacker called them childish.

docmirror

I see. You don't know why he lost his screen name and post history. But - you think my post regarding FB makes it sound like he's been banned? did I use that word, or words like it?

Also I mentioned that I was avoiding FB for years. Does that sound as though I like, or value FB for anything? hmmmm

SeanR

Your head would explode on FB Doc, nothing good will come of that, unless there are pictures of it posted on FB.

docmirror

If you only knew what was inside FB from the IT end, it would scare the crap out of anyone. Their security can be hacked by a 8YO with an android.

dr bob

As Doc will attest, FB is a virus in any even moderately secure environment. Thanks to some of the work I do and project sites I visit, FB is an absolute no-no. Plus, to an even greater extent than RL, FB is like a giant suction zone for time and intelligence.

A couple years ago, after agreeing that we were not going to let anyone know we were going to be gone for a few days, K was posting travel pix on FB as we drove. Oh, that's just for friends. It's a virus.

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