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[Elias]

i can only offer my view, but my guess is that it is shared by others here. as some of you may know, football51, SackExchange and myself were the long-time moderators on the scout board and this merger/takeover happened without any notification whatsoever to any of us. now granted we were all volunteers and not affiliated in any way with scout or its owners. we sort of were left on our own and had no contact with anyone from scout, pretty much for years.

suddenly, sooth appears on our board (initially as a "lurker") and tells us that JI will be merging with scout and the combined board will take over our former home. so this was a bit of a shock to us, who had all been there for many years. he tried to make it seen like it would be a friendly combination, but we had some skepticism. all of us had seen the old JI board, and it wasn't our way of doing things. we tried to avoid personal attacks, tried to keep things organized into similar topic threads, and tried to focus on the jets and football (instead of who can post the best pictures of half naked ladies and rip on each other). but we recognized JI had a big following so their style obviously appealed to many. i understood it is a business for those that run things, so i can see why scout would want more eyeballs on their site.

sooth at first seemed to extend a hand to us, saying we would all be welcome as mods on the new board and have a say in how things were run. but very quickly we learned that this wasn't exactly a genuine offer, as we saw on the old JI board how he was saying the opposite to members there and that JI would be running things.

we also saw pretty quickly our names and our board (granted a smaller board, but one with a loyal following) being trashed by many JI regulars, with some calling us a bunch of power hungry nazis (and those were the nice things they had to say). so one the one hand, sooth is telling us on the scout board things will be fine and we will have a say, while on the JI board, we were being belittled and trashed.

little by little, the JI regulars starting coming over to our old board, and pretty quickly we found that the community we established was no longer the same. it was turning into the swamp we feared it may become.

thankfully, MachinaVerde and some of the other guys quickly worked up a new board, and as you can see, many of our regulars made the switch, where we once again established the intelligent, passionate community we once had. many of the regulars from the old scout board made their way over there, and it looks like a bunch are starting to migrate here.

so hopefully this "merger" works out great and we can combine the best of both communities.

Thanks Hobson. Sad that that's how it turned out and I really appreciate you taking the time to write your side of the story.

MV has your best interest in mind, he'll be a great admin here.


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[cysporsche]

Jet brothers have jumped ship after Jets Insider took over our Scout board. Those J.I. posters are out of control without Mods watching over them ? I'm an Neanderthal when it comes to computers, so can anyone help me with putting a Porsche Carrera in my Avitar picture ? Thanks, Cy

Go Jets...Cyborg

 

[Elias]

Jet brothers have jumped ship after Jets Insider took over our Scout board. Those J.I. posters are out of control without Mods watching over them ? I'm an Neanderthal when it comes to computers, so can anyone help me with putting a Porsche Carrera in my Avitar picture ? Thanks, Cy

Go Jets...Cyborg

Welcome! Would love to help. Any picture you have in mind? Send me the link.

 

[sg3]

Jet brothers have jumped ship after Jets Insider took over our Scout board. Those J.I. posters are out of control without Mods watching over them ? I'm an Neanderthal when it comes to computers, so can anyone help me with putting a Porsche Carrera in my Avitar picture ? Thanks, Cy

Go Jets...Cyborg

Glad to see you here cysporsche...did you see my not all that subtle advertising for this place at Scout?

 

[NickSINYC]

Jet brothers have jumped ship after Jets Insider took over our Scout board. Those J.I. posters are out of control without Mods watching over them ? I'm an Neanderthal when it comes to computers, so can anyone help me with putting a Porsche Carrera in my Avitar picture ? Thanks, Cy

Go Jets...Cyborg

Very happy to see you here CY Welcome

 

[BlindsideD'Brick]

Hey everyone. I am from the other small forum of "rebels". We have a great little community there, and I like what I've seen so far from this forum. Doesn't look like any trolls exist here. Looking forward to talking with you all!

BTW, I had to change my screen name a little. Is there already a "BlindsideBrick" on board here? Just curious.

 

[ucrenegade]

Hey everyone. I am from the other small forum of "rebels". We have a great little community there, and I like what I've seen so far from this forum. Doesn't look like any trolls exist here. Looking forward to talking with you all!

Welcome glad you joined

 

[SackExchange]

Thanks Hobson. Sad that that's how it turned out and I really appreciate you taking the time to write your side of the story.

MV has your best interest in mind, he'll be a great admin here.


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hobson pretty well nailed it.

What bothered me most were:

1. Sooth putting on the hard sell for us to stay as mods, then getting downright nasty at us (well, at least me) for saying no, and
2. The way he spoke out of both sides of his mouth. To us, he said it would be a gradual integration, no changes on our end, a true merge. He made it clear to us that it was mutual. To them, he said in no uncertain terms that they were taking over our board. I don't know whether he thought we were too stupid to see what he posted in public on the old PI board.

 

[ucrenegade]

Just glad this merger has been better hope you guys feel like home.

 

[flgreen]

geez, I go away for a week and Elias and Renegade become a conglomerate. LOL

Good for you guys

 

[Elias]

geez, I go away for a week and Elias and Renegade become a conglomerate. LOL

Good for you guys

Thanks. I think our group here will get better and now you have more people to chat with! We need to explain the cat humor though before they think we are crazy.

I can't thank you enough for keeping this board up with your posts while I was unable to -- it means a lot to me. MVP MVP MVP!

:hand-clapping-smile:hand-clapping-smile:hand-clapping-smile:hand-clapping-smile:hand-clapping-smile

 

[NickSINYC]

Hey everyone. I am from the other small forum of "rebels". We have a great little community there, and I like what I've seen so far from this forum. Doesn't look like any trolls exist here. Looking forward to talking with you all!

BTW, I had to change my screen name a little. Is there already a "BlindsideBrick" on board here? Just curious.

Glad you made it over here. I think Elias set up an account with that name for you. He was doing it for everyone. You can prob pm him for the password if you want to use that account.

 

[flgreen]

Thanks. I think our group here will get better and now you have more people to chat with! We need to explain the cat humor though before they think we are crazy. I can't thank you enough for keeping this board up with your posts while I was unable to -- it means a lot to me. MVP MVP MVP!

:hand-clapping-smile:hand-clapping-smile:hand-clapping-smile:hand-clapping-smile:hand-clapping-smile

LOL

Yeah I was at a place with no electricity. About froze my butt off.

Taz was supposed to post in my place, but is way to lazy.

 

[Elias]

Hey everyone. I am from the other small forum of "rebels". We have a great little community there, and I like what I've seen so far from this forum. Doesn't look like any trolls exist here. Looking forward to talking with you all!

BTW, I had to change my screen name a little. Is there already a "BlindsideBrick" on board here? Just curious.

Hey Welcome! Nick is right. To help with the transition over to his place I created an account for anyone. PM me if you'd like to use that account instead. I'll delete this one and set you up with a password for your original username.

 

[Johnny Unite Us]

Elias,

You guys have done a great job getting this site off the ground, generating interest, and keeping people coming back.

Congrats on the merger. Welcome new members!

The next few weeks will probably be slow, as I'm sure you understand. Not much going on, but I'm sure we'll all check in now and then.

Proud to be a part of this site and I hope 10 years from now I can look back and say "I was there when..."

Go NYJF!

 

[Europe_for_JETS]

As a former Scout member, I am excited to join this community. Looking forward to some great discussions and, hopefully, many JETS moments to cheer about.

 

[BlindsideD'Brick]

No worries. I'm good with the modified screen name. Thanks

 

[Elias]

As a former Scout member, I am excited to join this community. Looking forward to some great discussions and, hopefully, many JETS moments to cheer about.

Welcome! Glad you can join.

 

[WilliesDad]

One more refugee from the other board. Honestly I am more of a reader than a poster, but will try to step it up.

I agree with Hobson's assessment of the merged forum, but to me the lack of accountability on the posters and lax mods quickly led me away from there.

Anyway, I am glad to be here.

 

[Elias]

One more refugee from the other board. Honestly I am more of a reader than a poster, but will try to step it up.

I agree with Hobson's assessment of the merged forum, but to me the lack of accountability on the posters and lax mods quickly led me away from there.

Anyway, I am glad to be here.

Welcome. Glad you found your way over. So far everyone that has come has been a great addition to the board!