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[Mike OReilly]

I contribute through my content, which I provide to CF for free. I'd be happy to pay a subscription fee IF CF starts paying me for my content. Until that time, it's a barter of services; they get my content and I get to use the forum.

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

I contribute through my content, which I provide to CF for free. I'd be happy to pay a subscription fee IF CF starts paying me for my content. Until that time, it's a barter of services; they get my content and I get to use the forum.

I used to get paid for my content (CF Supporter for free) then it stopped…. then I started posting just for fun like most do

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

I used to get paid for my content (CF Supporter for free) then it stopped…. then I started posting just for fun like most do

Interesting... so CF used to compensate some users, presumably for the high-quality content. Do you know why this stopped?

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Interesting... so CF used to compensate some users, presumably for the high-quality content. Do you know why this stopped?

New owner, now it’s just business so the deal was terminated. We got another couple of years of contributor status for free and I’ve been paying since then. There’s too many non-cruisers now to care about what is posted now

[Twedd]

My time on CF has been greatly reduced because of this problem. If enough of us quit using it or cut back use, maybe the owner will decide to treat their customers better. are we customers? or the product?

[Mike OReilly]

It's interesting to note the forum software that CF runs on: vBulletin, has not been updated here for a long time. They are running on v. 3.8.8 but the current version is into v. 5, so they're not spending any money to stay current.

I'm not trying to slag the owners here, but let's all be clear that this is a for-profit venture. And while there are real costs to running a forum like this, they are pretty modest.

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

New owner, now it’s just business so the deal was terminated. We got another couple of years of contributor status for free and I’ve been paying since then. There’s too many non-cruisers now to care about what is posted now

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Interesting... so CF used to compensate some users, presumably for the high-quality content. Do you know why this stopped?

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

I used to get paid for my content (CF Supporter for free) then it stopped…. then I started posting just for fun like most do

Social Knowledge LLC [Andy R] acquired, and still owns the CruisersForum, from our founder [Gisle], in 2005.
Jedi didn’t join CF until 2009. There’s been no new ownership, since Jedi joined, so that neither gained, nor lost, him that free supporter status.

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Social Knowledge LLC [Andy R] acquired, and still owns the CruisersForum, from our founder [Gisle], in 2005.
Jedi didn’t join CF until 2009. There’s been no new ownership, since Jedi joined, so that neither gained, nor lost, him that free supporter status.

So, the mystery deepens.

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

So, the mystery deepens.

As has been said [by Job, after he loses his children, and possessions]:
"Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Social Knowledge LLC [Andy R] acquired, and still owns the CruisersForum, from our founder [Gisle], in 2005.
Jedi didn’t join CF until 2009. There’s been no new ownership, since Jedi joined, so that neither gained, nor lost, him that free supporter status.

Hmmmm…. It may have been another forum that Andy acquired but I’m quite sure about the policy change I described. I believe we were called CF advisers or something.

[GordMay]

FWIW: CF “Advisors” are generally retired [former] “Moderators”.
➥ https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/team/advisors/

[s/v Jedi]

Okay, had to refresh memory

Here’s that thread: https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ers-53820.html

In my pm’s I found the msgs from Andy about buying the forum… it was the Tiffin forum that I also used to be active on.