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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:12:18 AM EDT
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Don't care
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:12:57 AM EDT
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Are they anti's?
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:13:13 AM EDT
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Depends on the new ownership - just like if it was an American company.
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:13:23 AM EDT
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How would you feel about continuing to be a member and posting on a gun forum that was bought out by a foreign internet media corporation? Funded by Soros. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:13:25 AM EDT
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I welcome our new maple overlords.
P.S. I am one quarter Canadian don't ban me. 
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:15:06 AM EDT
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How would you feel about continuing to be a member and posting on a gun forum that was bought out by a foreign internet media corporation? I thought feels were for liberals? |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:16:01 AM EDT
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Arfcom already belongs to the Nigerian royal family right?
I keep getting all these IMs.... |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:18:47 AM EDT
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Target target will be site Staff?
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:19:55 AM EDT
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Target target will be site Staff? 
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:20:27 AM EDT
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Don't care even if they bought forums to close them you can just start new ones... who owns ar15rifles.com, etc |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:23:50 AM EDT
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How would you feel about continuing to be a member and posting on a gun forum that was bought out by a foreign internet media corporation? They bought out an exotic pet forum that I was a member of and the forum turned to shit after that. They shit the bed on moderators firing most of the ones on the board and bringing in outsiders that had no idea what was going on. They allowed shill accounts out the wazoo and then tripled the advertising rates for sponsors (most who were very supportive if the hobby) driving them off. Then they started charging to use the classifieds in addition to regular membership and free memberships couldn't see anything. That forum is mostly dead now and it isn't the first or last they have done that too. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:24:31 AM EDT
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even if they bought forums to close them you can just start new ones... who owns ar15rifles.com, etc Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Don't care even if they bought forums to close them you can just start new ones... who owns ar15rifles.com, etc Lol. Economics much? If Soros was pumping money into the industry thats a good thing for us. Those site owners would laugh all the way to the bank then turn around and start another site. Blow the rest on hookers. Silly myth keeps floating around. We welcome his investment. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:25:12 AM EDT
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Every knee shall bow to the Canadian Empire! / Toute personne doit executér prosterner devant l'Empire Canadien!
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:25:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:27:10 AM EDT
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Competition breeds improvement.
Good. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:27:21 AM EDT
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Free Garands?
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:27:29 AM EDT
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They bought out an exotic pet forum that I was a member of and the forum turned to shit after that. They shit the bed on moderators firing most of the ones on the board and bringing in outsiders that had no idea what was going on. They allowed shill accounts out the wazoo and then tripled the advertising rates for sponsors (most who were very supportive if the hobby) driving them off. Then they started charging to use the classifieds in addition to regular membership and free memberships couldn't see anything. That forum is mostly dead now and it isn't the first or last they have done that too. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How would you feel about continuing to be a member and posting on a gun forum that was bought out by a foreign internet media corporation? They bought out an exotic pet forum that I was a member of and the forum turned to shit after that. They shit the bed on moderators firing most of the ones on the board and bringing in outsiders that had no idea what was going on. They allowed shill accounts out the wazoo and then tripled the advertising rates for sponsors (most who were very supportive if the hobby) driving them off. Then they started charging to use the classifieds in addition to regular membership and free memberships couldn't see anything. That forum is mostly dead now and it isn't the first or last they have done that too. That's the sort of stuff I was wondering about, I believe they may be instituting those same practices on the firearms forum they just purchased. I also wonder about data mining. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:28:26 AM EDT
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How would you feel about continuing to be a member and posting on a gun forum that was bought out by a foreign internet media corporation? I think China already owns America, so - whatever... A.W.D. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:29:24 AM EDT
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lol
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:30:17 AM EDT
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As long as they don't try to convince me that Canadian Bacon is bacon I'm OK with it. Because, it's fucking ham.
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:31:21 AM EDT
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Some company was buying out tons of forums awhile ago. I don't remember them being canadian. I get the same spam mails from a 1911 forum and a mini 14 "See what is going on at XXXX forum" then there are a couple of links to threads, some years old.
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:32:38 AM EDT
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Target target will be site Staff? That'd pretty much be the end for me... |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:33:29 AM EDT
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So if we find unauthorized maple leaf images on the internet, will we get a free membership?
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:33:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:34:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol. Economics much? If Soros was pumping money into the industry thats a good thing for us. Those site owners would laugh all the way to the bank then turn around and start another site. Blow the rest on hookers. Silly myth keeps floating around. We welcome his investment. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Don't care even if they bought forums to close them you can just start new ones... who owns ar15rifles.com, etc Lol. Economics much? If Soros was pumping money into the industry thats a good thing for us. Those site owners would laugh all the way to the bank then turn around and start another site. Blow the rest on hookers. Silly myth keeps floating around. We welcome his investment. if you ever graduate from high school, and get a job read up on non compete clauses edit - added where one would have to worry about non compete clauses |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:34:06 AM EDT
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I'll fucking cut a bitch if we have to doublepost everything in French.
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:34:07 AM EDT
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Vertical Scope bought Trailvoy.com and turned it to shit. All the good people left and started GMTNation.com.
Fuck Vertical Scope. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:34:50 AM EDT
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If you mount a scope vertically you won't be able to hit anything.
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:36:36 AM EDT
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Trying to purchase and monetize topical forums seems like a suckers game. The cost of entry for competitors is ridiculously low, and the members tend to be invested in the topic, not the forum, so there's a very low "cost" for moving to a different forum.
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:37:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Target target will be site Staff? He could then permaban himself.  |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:37:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Trying to purchase and monetize topical forums seems like a suckers game. The cost of entry for competitors is ridiculously low, and the members tend to be invested in the topic, not the forum, so there's a very low "cost" for moving to a different forum. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:38:05 AM EDT
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That's the sort of stuff I was wondering about, I believe they may be instituting those same practices on the firearms forum they just purchased. I also wonder about data mining. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How would you feel about continuing to be a member and posting on a gun forum that was bought out by a foreign internet media corporation? They bought out an exotic pet forum that I was a member of and the forum turned to shit after that. They shit the bed on moderators firing most of the ones on the board and bringing in outsiders that had no idea what was going on. They allowed shill accounts out the wazoo and then tripled the advertising rates for sponsors (most who were very supportive if the hobby) driving them off. Then they started charging to use the classifieds in addition to regular membership and free memberships couldn't see anything. That forum is mostly dead now and it isn't the first or last they have done that too. That's the sort of stuff I was wondering about, I believe they may be instituting those same practices on the firearms forum they just purchased. I also wonder about data mining. The old forum owner discussed it in brief with a few folks (but was limited by a NDA signed in the sale) but the whole business model is based on advertising. They pay a reasonable sum for a high traffic forum and take a chance that they can make their money back in advertising. Sometimes it works sometimes not. The advertisers they brought into our forum in some cases had nothing to do with the hobby. Really kind of strange. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:39:36 AM EDT
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Focused corporate management is going to make them worse with advertising, spamming and moderation, policies, etc., people will get tired of it, and start new 'underground' forums. And yup, the 1911 forum has gotten pretty annoying.
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:40:57 AM EDT
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Oh, they bought pirate4x4, I didn't know that https://theadminzone.com/threads/verticalscope.39544/ yup, it's been going downhill ever since. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:41:57 AM EDT
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can we post tits now?
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:42:53 AM EDT
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Oh, they bought pirate4x4, I didn't know that https://theadminzone.com/threads/verticalscope.39544/ Pirate went to hell in short order after the buyout. Ryan |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:44:27 AM EDT
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I wondered at that. Any goof can throw up a vbulletin forum and mine off the pissed off members Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Trying to purchase and monetize topical forums seems like a suckers game. The cost of entry for competitors is ridiculously low, and the members tend to be invested in the topic, not the forum, so there's a very low "cost" for moving to a different forum. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I don't know the forum "business" at all but I'd guess that it's more attractive to large investors who want to get into the business, to purchase sites that are already frequented by a large population of more or less "loyal" individuals who read and post regularly rather than build a brand new one from the ground up. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:44:39 AM EDT
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glock talk and snipershide got bought (not by the canadian co) but kept the same guys who started the boards around.
I can see for boards that are big enough to take a bunch of work, but too small to live off of, why the owners would be interested in selling or leasing the boards to a third party and let them handle the bullshit of maintaining the software and paying for the internet connection and servers |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:44:57 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:47:22 AM EDT
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yup, it's been going downhill ever since. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Oh, they bought pirate4x4, I didn't know that https://theadminzone.com/threads/verticalscope.39544/ yup, it's been going downhill ever since. That's a shame since Vertical Scope has just acquired SIGtalk, a previously worthwhile firearms forum. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:48:48 AM EDT
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can we post tits now? That's all I really wanted to know... 
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:49:49 AM EDT
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Meh. The value of this forum is in the Membership.
What would the censorship be like? More? Less? The Same? |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:50:39 AM EDT
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That's all I really wanted to know... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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can we post tits now? That's all I really wanted to know... To the contrary, they seem to be getting more restrictive which I noticed before finding out that the forum was sold. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:50:51 AM EDT
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I wondered at that. Any goof can throw up a vbulletin forum and mine off the pissed off members Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Trying to purchase and monetize topical forums seems like a suckers game. The cost of entry for competitors is ridiculously low, and the members tend to be invested in the topic, not the forum, so there's a very low "cost" for moving to a different forum. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Glock 19 #1. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 10:53:17 AM EDT
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I remember the fear of the Japanese buying everything. I remember how it worked out.
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Posted: 5/11/2016 11:01:50 AM EDT
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I remember the fear of the Japanese buying everything. I remember how it worked out. They bough real estate at insanely inflated prices and got burned, but the real estate remains. Forums aren't as durable. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 11:03:49 AM EDT
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like the way the buy out of snipers hide fucked that site up - now its got aids
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Posted: 5/11/2016 11:05:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: glock talk and snipershide got bought (not by the canadian co) but kept the same guys who started the boards around. I can see for boards that are big enough to take a bunch of work, but too small to live off of, why the owners would be interested in selling or leasing the boards to a third party and let them handle the bullshit of maintaining the software and paying for the internet connection and servers and I haven't used either site since. |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 11:06:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wondered at that. Any goof can throw up a vbulletin forum and mine off the pissed off members Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Trying to purchase and monetize topical forums seems like a suckers game. The cost of entry for competitors is ridiculously low, and the members tend to be invested in the topic, not the forum, so there's a very low "cost" for moving to a different forum. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile How many times has that happened to this site? |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 11:11:03 AM EDT
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How many times has that happened to this site?
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Trying to purchase and monetize topical forums seems like a suckers game. The cost of entry for competitors is ridiculously low, and the members tend to be invested in the topic, not the forum, so there's a very low "cost" for moving to a different forum. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile How many times has that happened to this site?
They mine the banned members, not the pissed off members. A slight, but important difference. |
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