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Old 03-13-2012 | 02:30 PM
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any Admin gunna step in?

Paging Bob?
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Old 03-13-2012 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by subie OCD
Ads are fine, whatever it takes to keep the site running (I dont filter the ads). However, when you click a thread thats at the top, but then become automatically redirected to an ad - that is SPAM, plain and simple. Why not just rick roll us?

Also, the fact that Nitto is encouraging internet trolls to write fake reviews for a sweepstakes is even worse. F that company.
Its not that it breaks functionality for me, that's a minor inconvenience, its that it is trying to pass itself off as legitimate user generated content. what makes the community a community is all of us posting 99.9% bull**** and that .1% useful content.

this system is pretending to be legitimate content in order to fool people into clicking/reading... in essence, lying to people in order to attempt to make a sale.
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Old 03-13-2012 | 02:39 PM
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Agreed. Ad's are one thing and are unavoidable these days. But this kind of BS is unacceptable.

-- Ed
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Old 03-13-2012 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by herrjr
ya, but then they'll eventually do it to people that are paying anyway too - there's no escaping something like this when something that was community-based, becomes corporate
why does/did it need to become corporate? basic forums like this aren't that expensive each year to keep up and running. usually the only reason it happens is because the owners loose interest in the website and dont want to pay to keep it so they sell advertising rights so they dont have to pay. it would be better if the owner just sold the website to someone who still has passion for the cars and wants to keep the site free. on another forum i was on they sold upgraded memberships so the members wouldnt have to put up with the bulls*** ads from products/companies they dont care about and would never buy. the only ads we should be seeing are for the local shops that support the site
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Old 03-13-2012 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by dub599
why does/did it need to become corporate? basic forums like this aren't that expensive each year to keep up and running. usually the only reason it happens is because the owners loose interest in the website and dont want to pay to keep it so they sell advertising rights so they dont have to pay. it would be better if the owner just sold the website to someone who still has passion for the cars and wants to keep the site free. on another forum i was on they sold upgraded memberships so the members wouldnt have to put up with the bulls*** ads from products/companies they dont care about and would never buy. the only ads we should be seeing are for the local shops that support the site
It became corporate when the original owner, Alex, sold i-club off to a corporate entity. It hasn't been the same since.
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Old 03-13-2012 | 03:59 PM
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WERD!

I have made some issues known to admin/owners in the passed and they don't seem to give a crap. But it was a good move for Alex.
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Old 03-13-2012 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by EQ Tuning
Agreed. Ad's are one thing and are unavoidable these days. But this kind of BS is unacceptable.

-- Ed
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Old 03-13-2012 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by huck
It became corporate when the original owner, Alex, sold i-club off to a corporate entity. It hasn't been the same since.
IMO it hasnt been the same since they banned SRiC Daily Threads
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Old 03-13-2012 | 06:04 PM
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ok I got AdBlock on chrome and never saw it, tried it on Firefox and its there.
Just get AdBlock, problem solved
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Old 03-13-2012 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by irrational x
IMO it hasnt been the same since they banned SRiC Daily Threads
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Old 03-13-2012 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by irrational x
IMO it hasnt been the same since they banned SRiC Daily Threads
Whoa what?
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Old 03-13-2012 | 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by brucelee
Whoa what?
I tried to find the old thread/sticky, but failed... but yea.. no more daily threads
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Old 03-13-2012 | 06:26 PM
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I do not think the daily threads were banned.. the content just got "that bad" they went away...
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Old 03-13-2012 | 07:14 PM
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I blame stupidchicken.
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Old 03-13-2012 | 07:35 PM
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I agree the daily threads were so win.
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