Goodbye Trailvoy
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Welcome! Did you have a technical problem and get no answers, or did Vertical Scope spam you with an unwanted email reminder that you hadn't visited in a while and they were starting to lose money trying to sell advertising to their captive eyeballs? 
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the roadie said:Welcome! Did you have a technical problem and get no answers, or did Vertical Scope spam you with an unwanted email reminder that you hadn't visited in a while and they were starting to lose money trying to sell advertising to their captive eyeballs?
No. It just felt like ghost town. Then I realized that there were no posts from you, which seemed strange. And, I was really surprised that I was the only person to answer someones question about a BOSE system or a 4X4 question. So I searched some threads and discovered that some old-timers had been banned. Kind of super stupid to ban the people who have made the site what it is.
I'm probably on that site 40% for info about my TB, 40% for social interaction, and 20% for relief of occasional boredom.
Plus, I never received the sticker that was in the list of things that my "Gold Membership" was supposed to provide.
But honestly, it really does feel like a ghost town over there without all the regulars ringing in on posts and adding their own personal touch to posts.
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MAY03LT said:Welcome....that avatar looks familiar. I can't quite put a user name to the pic though.
My user name over there was "splandreth." That is the handle that I have used for my email address and multiple online accounts since I first started using the Internet 20 years ago. I don't like the fact that people who have my email address could Google me and see all my activity on Trailvoy.
I just Googled "Steven76," and saw that it is a widely used handle. None of those results are me. I have NO INTEREST in Kelly Clarkson, I promise.
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You have to wonder about the technical chops and social motivations of folks who would stay back there and not move with 98% of the active community over here.jdoorn14 said:
They can't hate ALL of us that much, can they? Or insanely love Vertical Scope's parasitical business model to the point of wanting to be unpaid minions for a site owned by non-platform-enthusiasts? Even the two volunteer nooberators (noob moderators promoted just after the Great Exodus) gave up welcoming new members and answering questions. Seems they woke up.
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I have to admit to seeing that when it first came out in 1974 across the street from the science fiction convention I was attending at the time in Boston (Boskone 11). Later, I met Bjo Trimble, a makeup artist on FJ who went on to more fame in Star Trek fandom. Of course I have the DVD.Short Bus said:I think someone has been watching Flesh Gordon...
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n0kfb said:Holy cow! I just visited trailvoy, and wherever I put GMTNation.com into my personal details, it automatically changed to trailvoy.com. So... I changed them all to g m t n a t i o n . c o m (with the spaces). So far, it seems to have stuck.
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