So who here is actually banned over there ...

[DAB]

Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me

I own The Vette Barn, and there's (at least) 100 plus folks wandering around the internet telling anyone who will listen how much The Vette Barn sucks.
Shit happens, can't please everyone.

As to your general point, page ads are a tiny supplement to IB's overall revenue stream. They exist simply because some desk jockey feels an annoyance that generates a penny or two daily is preferable to a blank space that has zero potential of earning anything.
On a single website, that difference is negligible, but when you host hundreds of websites consisting of thousands of forums, and billions of pages...Those pennies do tend to add up, thus the implementation of them.

Supporting vendors are BY FAR CF's bread and butter, and they only serve the generational sections. CF would love for nothing more than to eliminate OT/PR&C sections entirely, and they have flat-out expressed that desire numerous times over the years.
They may see a fair amount of traffic, but in the grand scheme of things, those sections are loss leaders that generate their corporate overlord a minuscule amount of income.

don't piss off Tom, and you'll be ok here. he's good people (met him once).

we have supporting members here. buy a Barn Stall, and you get a cool Barn Number, and can tell all your friends about it.

the money, i think, keeps the out of pocket to a minimum, or break even perhaps?

[Vegas]

Originally Posted by DAB

don't piss off Tom, and you'll be ok here. he's good people (met him once).

we have supporting members here. buy a Barn Stall, and you get a cool Barn Number, and can tell all your friends about it.

the money, i think, keeps the out of pocket to a minimum, or break even perhaps?

Good call: I didn't know about barn stall, sent $ to Thomas

[DAB]

Originally Posted by Vegas

Good call: I didn't know about barn stall, sent $ to Thomas

you can go to the User CP, then to Paid Subscriptions (under Miscellaneous), then select 1, 2, or 5 year subscriptions, or just donate any amount with the Donate button. you can use PayPal if you don't have an account, it uses your credit card. easy, keeps the squirrels fed.

[Vegas]

Done

[DAB]

Originally Posted by Vegas

Done

#108 !

i think you need some Barn Bucks. how about 108,000 to start?

[Vegas]

Originally Posted by DAB

#108 !

i think you need some Barn Bucks. how about 108,000 to start?

Okay great: thank you. (don't tell anyone but I don't know what those are for either)

[DAB]

Originally Posted by Vegas

Okay great: thank you. (don't tell anyone but I don't know what those are for either)

Useless except in the game room / casino.

[snide]

Originally Posted by Voytek

Where’d you get that compression sock?

[sublime1996525]

Is it just me or does Voy look 10 years older?

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by DAB

you can go to the User CP, then to Paid Subscriptions (under Miscellaneous), then select 1, 2, or 5 year subscriptions, or just donate any amount with the Donate button. you can use PayPal if you don't have an account, it uses your credit card. easy, keeps the squirrels fed.

Just bought 2 more years.

[A/E]

Informative Interwebbish Business Concepts Sloshed around in this Think Tank.

Been Woke to just what a grain of sand an individual actually is on the vast varietal Nude Beach of Cyber Space.

If just one reader or onlooker of the gibberish polluting theses boards is... m
Moved closer to a smile on their face...
Or obtains a mild rush of endorphins from what is posted...
Then my life's mission be it here, or there, or Insta.. is one step closer to getting accomplished.

As the great philosopher of our time Spicoli once said...

" It's like looking at that Stark Empty Reply Box and saying... Hey Bud, Let's pArTy "

[Vegas]

[Mick]

Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me

I own The Vette Barn, and there's (at least) 100 plus folks wandering around the internet telling anyone who will listen how much The Vette Barn sucks. Shit happens, can't please everyone.

Of course I agree with this. And before this little hissy fit, I'm sure there were already at least a hundred folks talking shit about CF. The question is, is it a great idea to piss off an additional hundred for essentially no reason? I'm sure I have no feeling for the scale, but it would seem that there has to be an amount that would start to hurt the brand. Maybe 200 is meaningless, but what about 2,000, or 50,000? Whatever the line is, personally, I wouldn't be in a hurry to move closer to it just because I got my panties in a wad. Just one man's opinion.

As to your general point, page ads are a tiny supplement to IB's overall revenue stream. They exist simply because some desk jockey feels an annoyance that generates a penny or two daily is preferable to a blank space that has zero potential of earning anything.
On a single website, that difference is negligible, but when you host hundreds of websites consisting of thousands of forums, and billions of pages...Those pennies do tend to add up, thus the implementation of them.

Supporting vendors are BY FAR CF's bread and butter, and they only serve the generational sections. CF would love for nothing more than to eliminate OT/PR&C sections entirely, and they have flat-out expressed that desire numerous times over the years.
They may see a fair amount of traffic, but in the grand scheme of things, those sections are loss leaders that generate their corporate overlord a minuscule amount of income.

Again, I'm sure I don't have an accurate feeling for the scale, But I am a regular customer of Willcox, and am now shut out of seeing their "weekend sale" posts for example. That might not mean anything, but again, someone over their pulled in the reins in the last week or so, so on some small level, they must give a little bit of shit about it.

[Egnalf]

Originally Posted by Mick

Of course I agree with this. And before this little hissy fit, I'm sure there were already at least a hundred folks talking shit about CF. The question is, is it a great idea to piss off an additional hundred for essentially no reason? I'm sure I have no feeling for the scale, but it would seem that there has to be an amount that would start to hurt the brand. Maybe 200 is meaningless, but what about 2,000, or 50,000? Whatever the line is, personally, I wouldn't be in a hurry to move closer to it just because I got my panties in a wad. Just one man's opinion.



Again, I'm sure I don't have an accurate feeling for the scale, But I am a regular customer of Willcox, and am now shut out of seeing their "weekend sale" posts for example. That might not mean anything, but again, someone over their pulled in the reins in the last week or so, so on some small level, they must give a little bit of shit about it.

the only way it makes any difference would be if advertisers could correlate bans to lost sales. I suspect sales of aftermarket products don't have a steady trend, and because much of it is want verses need, they couldn't match it up. even if they could, think of who was banned and their purchasing of corvette related stuff. its such a small sampling its virtually nil.

[Voytek]

Originally Posted by sublime1996525

Is it just me or does Voy look 10 years older?

I’ll be 40 in May

[Strats-N-Vettes]

Originally Posted by Voytek

I’ll be 40 in May

Antique fuk.....

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[Lipstic]

I’m sure they DGAF about OT. I doubt OT purchases much from their vendors.

[Voytek]

Originally Posted by Strats-N-Vettes

Antique fuk.....

.

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by Voytek

I’ll be 40 in May

Cheebus, you are younger than me, but look older. NYou should change your diet or go see a plastic surgeon

[Voytek]

You guys suck.