Originally Posted by
socalrider
One thing to look at when the subforum started was the active encouragement of members to get other socal forum members to pay for their membership on bikeforums.net.
Look at the number of red stars from regular posters and go into other subforums and I can say that this forum has a higher percentage of paying members. This should be taken into account.
Actually, that was the work of a single member who no longer posts. Back then, donations allowed Joe to enjoy things that many folks here take for granted, like lunch. Over the years, I'm sure he was out of pocket quite a bit, and had to put that money towards hosting.
Originally Posted by
iamtim
Ok, you know what? That's a logical explanation. So much of what's gone on today could have been avoided, I think, had that explanation been posted earlier for all to see. But that didn't happen, and we've been left with a lot of BF members scratching their heads in confusion or frustration at the seemingly random and nonsensical removal of threads related to that topic.
Right. Because someone started a thread to complain and use profanity, rather than just ask. And that started the cycle. Threads like this attract a mob mentality, and never have a happy ending. They also accomplish nothing.