You have to ask what's the motivation of any senior members who stayed behind? Did they want to be a big frog in a very small pond? They admire the parasitical and Communistic business model of VS and shun the freedom-loving enthusiast-owned site business model that we enjoy? They want to gain the admiration of the noobs for knowing ANYTHING about the platform?ghenny440 said:... im arguing with some dumbass that is sticking up for all the ads on the site and i argued thismorning with the same douchebag on a totally diff thread
Did you get the memo about the new site?
You might have wondered how trailvoy got to be so high on Google, with over a million posts and thousands of members, but almost nobody's posting any more.
It's because the third owners of the site (after it was started and grew under the ownership of Trailblazer-owning enthusiasts) are a profit-focused corporation from Toronto called Vertical Scope, who scoop up motorsport-related sites, ignore the embedded community volunteers, and force more and more intrusive ads in the member's faces.
In early December, the ENTIRE volunteer staff started a new site in protest to this parasitical business model, and Vertical Scope banned us all. They edited almost all references to the Great Exodus, and censor any mention of the new site's name unless we embed spaces in the name of the new site: g m t n a t i o n . c o m
You will also see the coy phrase "No longer with us" instead of "banned" in the profiles of most of the prolific posters who made the trailvoy community what it was. Including the #1 poster and technical volunteer: T h e R o a d i e
In case you were wondering where everyone went, we come back when we can to make sure stragglers get the invitation to come join the new site. You will find the culture as it was, with organized meets, fast answers to technical questions, and real activity. Not this ghost town.
Please consider joining up and checking us out. And understand we were only forced to do this after over a year of trying and failing to work with Vertical Scope to keep the community alive.
This profile may only last a few hours since Vertical Scope staff read even PMs to try to stifle word getting out about the truth. But if it wasn't for the ads, they would have no interest in you members. They absolutely don't care about the community and helping newbies get answers to their urgent questions. That's a darn shame.
Just don't talk about this in public unless you're willing to risk getting banned yourself.
Blckshdw said:Edit: That's the beauty of global ignore, you can't see me son!!!
lint said:I haven't been banned ,but someone sent me a private massage, and I had a couple more old messages . I was going to reply to the guy who asked about my springs and 2 hr.after receiving his message . all my messages were deleted . I didn't delete them.
Jman423 said:That would be the miserable user's group... you made it onto someone's list. PM the staff here for details on how to get around that... and other secrets of the trade over there that will prolong your efforts.
Blckshdw said:You sure it wasn't just a warning? I can still see you (so you're not on Global Ignore like I am) and your status hasn't changed under your avatar yet.
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Badgerfan1181 said:but it said there was no account under this email.... funny same email for every forum ever
Voymom said:I still have my account over there, but never really use it. I've logged on a few times when we had to change the water pump and remove the broken bolts from the engine block. Other than that, I try and stay away from the drama infested place.
I tried to recruit someone once, and got my ass handed to me by the person I was trying to recruit. I was told that they love it over there and that the site was not dying and still very much alive, only that it appeared to be in such bad condition because they want us to think that *Rolling eye's"
Their full of shit over there, can't admit defeat, and well....I think the person I tried to recruit might have been a mod playing "new account" over there to make it appear there are more people than there really is.
I don't want to burn all my bridges over there completely, as there is really good info still there, albeit old and from many of the people already here, but I don't want to be more of a burden here than what I already am.
Blckshdw said:Congrats on joining the Global Ignore crew!
I'm not suggesting that anyone burn any bridges, but just remember...Voymom said:I don't want to burn all my bridges over there completely, as there is really good info still there
Short Bus said:if a question hasn't been asked HERE before, ask away. It helps build the data bank here.
BO TIE SS said:I'm not suggesting that anyone burn any bridges, but just remember...
1) You don't have to be a member on the OS to use the search feature and look up info.
2) Most of the info on the OS was written by people who are now here. So....
blazinlow89 said:I didn't burn my bridge with the OS, I blew that mother fu**er up.
Really to me it is now just another site. This is my internet home (at least vehicle related). I could not ask for a better group of GearHeads/Post whores.
the roadie said:
Firebear said:Well im sure after i post this that something will happen to my account over there but i found this interesting;
I'm sure your account is safe. From what I've seen, there's very little activity over there. They only seem to be interested in keeping posts off their site which mention this one. Not what we're posting over here.Firebear said:Well im sure after i post this that something will happen to my account over there but i found this interesting;
navigator said:the owners must have stopped paying them.
the roadie said:Plus a few misguided ones who answer technical questions....