BrendanS
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That is pretty much my way of thinking too. It's a valuable resource, it's free
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That is pretty much my way of thinking too. It's a valuable resource, it's free
Searush
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I never bothered reading THE thread as I would never buy the over-priced stuff anyway, but I reckon there's got to be enough material there (with a bit of legal advice) to make a good article for PBO.
snooks
Active member
Perhaps you should read Yachting Monthly 
Searush
New member
Perhaps you should read Yachting Monthly
Valuable resource these fora - pity you can't afford to moderate them effectively . . .
bigwow
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Obviously the OP didn’t realise the can of worms that the thread would open. Rather ironic as the OP was the mod who had to can it.
BrendanS
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better to have posted than not at all. More will emerge with time
BrendanS
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Valuable resource these fora - pity you can't afford to moderate them effectively . . .
If everyone paid for access, I'm sure they could. How much would you pay for access?
Wandering Star
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I reckon the listing fees and commission YBW take on all the successfully completed sales arising from the For Sale forum, should comfortably cover the cost of providing these forums, without the need for any access fee.
Cheers, Brian.
Cheers, Brian.
BrendanS
Well-known member
Not when people keep trying to get their listings free, by posting "where should I post this boat for sale for best advantage" type of posts, hence getting the advertising for free, which most of us are complicit in....
Madhatter
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A point that seems to have been overlooked :-
After a lot of complaints advertising was removed (nearly all)from these "fora" hence loss of income,so basically you can't eat your cake and have too .
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On another forum that I was once a member, it was moderated by its members (chosen by management privately after time served membership showing common sense postings ) each one was in charge of their own section/s.
After a lot of complaints advertising was removed (nearly all)from these "fora" hence loss of income,so basically you can't eat your cake and have too .
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On another forum that I was once a member, it was moderated by its members (chosen by management privately after time served membership showing common sense postings ) each one was in charge of their own section/s.
BrendanS
Well-known member
Sadly, the lunatics have already overtaken the asylum in this instance, and it is run by a commercial organisation, which may never allow non IPC employees to moderate, as that could legally have huge issues
Madhatter
New member
It could be worked out by 2 stage moderation :-
Total scanning by member-mod and referral to ipc-mod for difficult/legal judgement
BrendanS
Well-known member
do a scan on my previous posts, you'll see something along those lines
Delfin
New member
Well, the interesting thing about the Internet is that is makes it hard to suppress information. Gone are the days when a small number of interested parties can ensure that the only data released to the public is in their interest. Regardless of how many censors there may be in one location, there are always other locations where the truth leaks out, however much it may be detested by some.
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f118/a-second-wind-for-rocna-68914-7.html
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f118/a-second-wind-for-rocna-68914-7.html
cliff
Active member
S.F.A.
snooks
Active member
Valuable resource these fora - pity you can't afford to moderate them effectively . . .
Nowt to do with me.
I come on here in my free time (like now) to help oil the gears of this forum, allowing new users, responding to complaints, removing offensive posts etc.
Coaster
Active member
An excellent question.
Personally, I'd be prepared to pay say £50pa, or thereabouts. However I suspect a charge at that level would reduce membership to an excessive extent. So perhaps a figure in the region of £20pa might be reasonable.
What about a combined annual charge of say £50, to give access to the forums AND to all editorial content in PBO, YM and MBM? Or some variation of that general idea?
Searush
New member
You missed the point, Brendan, but Snooksie has it. The forum is a valuable resource to IPC. They are able to commercially exploit the discussions as raw material for articles in their magazines - and good luck to them for that.
Graham, I understand that, but I guess at least you take the point, even tho you "couldn't possibly comment!"
Lakesailor
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I can assure you it doesn't workNot when people keep trying to get their listings free, by posting "where should I post this boat for sale for best advantage" type of posts, hence getting the advertising for free, which most of us are complicit in....
Colvic Watson
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A good suggestion, it would be perverse to charge us for the content we create; like charging Snooks to look at the photos he takes for IPC
Don't make the mistake of thinking that IPC host this forum out of the kindness of their hearts - our content that we write drives large amounts of traffic to their revenue generating sites. Ask yourselves why the new owners of Classic Boat made it a contractual requirement that the Classic Boat forum went to their site
Every post you make increases the value of these forums to IPC; of course some posts add more value than others...
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