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Admin1 » Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:50 am wrote:Hi All, just got my admin account working, sorry for the confusion. The deal literally just went through, so he may be making an announcement shortly.
If we got off on the wrong foot already I am sorry to hear it. Just so you know, I have no plans of packing the site full of ads or doing anything else disruptive. My sole intention is to participate and hopefully help the site grow.
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zetreque » 26 Mar 2018 18:54 wrote:Admin1 » Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:50 am wrote:Hi All, just got my admin account working, sorry for the confusion. The deal literally just went through, so he may be making an announcement shortly.
If we got off on the wrong foot already I am sorry to hear it. Just so you know, I have no plans of packing the site full of ads or doing anything else disruptive. My sole intention is to participate and hopefully help the site grow.
If you are the new owner, I would very much appreciate you responding to the posts in or leaving a note in the moderator only section of this forum.
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Watson » 26 Mar 2018 18:59 wrote:If that is truly the case, I will bit you all a fond good bye. I just don't trust the new guy, or his intentions.
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Serpent » Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:27 pm wrote:I liked it the way it was.
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Watson » 26 Mar 2018 19:24 wrote:Why not just join? It is the buy, own, instant Admin. Most people have to join, interact, share and become part of the community. You seem to be missing/avoiding the more important aspects of community. In fact, 'Re: I just bought this site" seems to suggest ignorance.
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zetreque » 26 Mar 2018 19:30 wrote:Serpent » Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:27 pm wrote:I liked it the way it was.
Me too and the reason I do not go to other website is due to the bloated graphics, ads, and scripts that slow things down. Not to mention how everything is turning into mobile iphone ugly where everything is spaced out where you can't see as much on the page and it takes more flips or clicks to get to things. I love how fast the pages load on this website. If that changes I will be unable to come here as often.
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Admin1 » Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:34 pm wrote:zetreque » 26 Mar 2018 19:30 wrote:Serpent » Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:27 pm wrote:I liked it the way it was.
Me too and the reason I do not go to other website is due to the bloated graphics, ads, and scripts that slow things down. Not to mention how everything is turning into mobile iphone ugly where everything is spaced out where you can't see as much on the page and it takes more flips or clicks to get to things. I love how fast the pages load on this website. If that changes I will be unable to come here as often.
Understandable. I was thinking more like updating the theme into something more modern.
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mitchellmckain » 26 Mar 2018 19:35 wrote:While this discussion was going on, I decided to check out the facts and use Whois.net to find out the facts. I found that it is indeed quite possible to buy out a web domain out under from someone when their current registration is expired. Doesn't cost much either.
What I found out was that there was an update on the registration of this website three days ago. So it seems rather possible.
As to why? Well, I imagine it is an investment. Just that simple. You can buy a lot of these domain names with a possibility of turning a buck somewhere down the line, perhaps even just by reselling it. As to what it means for the forum. It may mean nothing right a away. It all depends on the enterprise of the owner and for that we will just have to wait and see. I am certainly not going to get very excited about it until there is a reason to.
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Watson » March 26th, 2018, 2:39 pm wrote:This is/was a scientific forum by a scientist, for those with a scientific interest. As a monetized investment I can not imagine how the two interests can co-exist harmoniously. In time if not sooner, the scientific intention and diligence will be lost or deliberately corrupted.
Watson » March 26th, 2018, 2:39 pm wrote:We can all see how it has been handle thus far, only minutes into the transformation. Good job Ted.
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Admin1 » Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:42 pm wrote:Before we do anything, I posted here to try and get some feedback from everyone about how we can improve the site before we think about anything else.
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Admin1 » March 26th, 2018, 2:42 pm wrote:Hi, we buy websites that are generally neglected or have room to improve. Or, we help website owners tap into the vast array of networks out there for banner ads. In some cases that means buying something, putting ads on it and re-selling it. But I'm not sure how that would ever work for an active community like this.
We bought this site for a simple reason. The discussions are great, and there is a ton of room to help grow the community. Our initial idea is to modern the site and try to grow the user base. I have no reselling plans or plans to pack the site with obtrusive ads.
Before we do anything, I posted here to try and get some feedback from everyone about how we can improve the site before we think about anything else.
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I would like to point out that I have been a member on here for 10+ years. The amount of time a person has been a member should be at least accounted for when they give an opinion on this website. Same with number of posts, warnings, likes, etc.
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Braininvat » March 26th, 2018, 2:58 pm wrote:So, again, if this has our founder's blessing, why didn't we hear from him? Why no warning when avatars were shut off?
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zetreque » Mon Mar 26, 2018 6:48 pm wrote:Tagging all moderators to this thread.
BioWizard
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