05-27-2009, 04:22 PM
Greg, with all due respect....
Surprised? I don't read every post every day nor am I able to listen to every minute of the show every day, but I sure don't recall ever reading or hearing that the new site would have its own message board. I believe that is the reaction you are seeing from posters here. It appears to me that almost everyone has been blindsided by this. I believe Biff put this board together for the show and the listeners. Since I haven't seen him say anything on this issue, was he even forewarned that this was going to happen? If the current board was to be included with the new site, then great! But if it wasn't, I believe Biff at least deserved the courtesy of being notified ahead of time. I can't seem to tell whether this is a slap in the face or a stab in the back.
If this board would have been included in with the new site, then I would have seriously considered shelling out the thirty bucks for the VIP stuff. But the way this has been handled, as I stated in an earlier post, I don't podcast so you won't be getting any cash from me just to read your message board.
I will admit that I have only been on the internet tubes since '96, but this is completely new news to me. Most all of the sites I have been to that have message boards use them for "support" for their webpage and/or product, ie. a sports team or even a radio morning show. I have never seen a message board used to drive traffic to a website. Usually these type of message boards are on websites so users can help one another out answering questions and/or finding information for one another, or just chit chatting and it is all done for FREE!
Quote:I must say, I'm a little surprised by the reaction. I wouldn't expect so many people to immediately jump to the worst conclusions possible.
Surprised? I don't read every post every day nor am I able to listen to every minute of the show every day, but I sure don't recall ever reading or hearing that the new site would have its own message board. I believe that is the reaction you are seeing from posters here. It appears to me that almost everyone has been blindsided by this. I believe Biff put this board together for the show and the listeners. Since I haven't seen him say anything on this issue, was he even forewarned that this was going to happen? If the current board was to be included with the new site, then great! But if it wasn't, I believe Biff at least deserved the courtesy of being notified ahead of time. I can't seem to tell whether this is a slap in the face or a stab in the back.
If this board would have been included in with the new site, then I would have seriously considered shelling out the thirty bucks for the VIP stuff. But the way this has been handled, as I stated in an earlier post, I don't podcast so you won't be getting any cash from me just to read your message board.
Quote:As for the message board and why we have one: It is often a way to drive traffic to a website as you all know.
I will admit that I have only been on the internet tubes since '96, but this is completely new news to me. Most all of the sites I have been to that have message boards use them for "support" for their webpage and/or product, ie. a sports team or even a radio morning show. I have never seen a message board used to drive traffic to a website. Usually these type of message boards are on websites so users can help one another out answering questions and/or finding information for one another, or just chit chatting and it is all done for FREE!