My experience with public boards going paid is that the Givers leave (why would they want to share their knowledge for a price?) the Takers leave (they are no longer receiving valuable advice from the givers) and the socialites pay to stick around and chat about who would win, Ducati Guy or Batman? Thus, you still have your problem of repetitive infantile arguements about things not germane to the topic.

The solution to repetitive posts or posts you don't want to read is to better organize the threads. As a 15 year veteran of boards, I can tell you this one is pretty good relative to many I've seen. The only boards I've seen with a more mature or organized element have been the aviation boards, and yes, the Harley boards.

The solution to providing more service is to charge. To charge, members will want at least a quarterly publication on shiny paper, a hat, a tshirt, and some kind of sticker. They will also want fewer pop ups and rights to exclusive events. So simply charging is not a viable option unless someone is running a pretty tight business in the background. Successful boards that do this typically have strong backing from a manufacturer or some kind of magazine or media backing (publishing company for instance).

The alternative is to read the posts that interest you, and skip those that don't interest you without letting the repetitive posts annoy you. Another alternative is to ignore the flames or just tell on them.

Charging can help provide more services to a forum, but it will not clean up the riff raff. If anything, it will give the dues payers more of a sense of entitlement that they can bitch when they want because they're "tax paying citizens and have the right to bitch".

2004.5 Coupe/5AT/Ivory/Everything but chin spoiler/Z Tube-Popcharger/Crawford V5 Plenum on the way

 

I am in for $100 a year if no more Ducatiguy threads are allowed.


04 G35C DG AT
Prem Aero Perf RSG CC

Long Island

2004 Pathfinder for the family

 

That's VERY interesting.........especially since you have made OVER 20 posts in the last two months about Ducatiguy YOURSELF!!!



'04 G35X Graphite/graphite, NAV, wood, premium

 

this boards gain in popularity has resulted in a decline in quality. I went from being a daily visitor/poster to maybe once a week.

Its the same topics over and over again (2005, Should I wait, vs., ) I have nothing against newbies but it seems we have a bunch of people who just post once and we never hear from them again.

Ditto: My thoughts exactly.

BillR

 

.....okay I quit, no more bitching just to be.......
never mind...

I'm going to continue bitching!

"What if there is no tomorrow....There wasn't one today!!!" Bill Murray
'04 OB/GL Prem.Pkg./Sport.Pkg/Splash

 

like the new sections. especially the FI section and how the tech section is now devided up.

Daniel

03.5 5AT DP Coupe
Ground Kit / Z – Tube / Shock Sensor / 5% Tint - 30% Windshield
Clear Corners / L.E.D. Hood Lights / KPTech VDC Memory
KPTech OEM Remote Window Up / Invidia Exhaust

 

whatever happen to upgrading to VB? its was suppose to take place a while ago and still nothing.

Whats going on with that. I odnt even see a thread about it anymore. This blows. soo many threads get confusing after a while and looks too cluttered



2003 G35C -soon to be moded-
2001 BB6 -moded-

TRACK TIME ... THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE!

 

CAN SOMEONE explain what happen to this board. Last thing i was reading we were suppose to swap out to VB2 or 3 Now the thread dealing with that is GONE... and no other update.

What happen to the upgrade... are we still going to be the only board using old fasion forum platforms.
this is getting to be lame. There are soo many good things about VB

2003 G35C -soon to be moded-
2001 BB6 -moded-

TRACK TIME ... THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE!