The future of DB discussion, please chime in...
So why is this forum considered a joke from the outside? I'm just wondering of course. I mean there is a great section with tech articles and write ups, plus there are sections for each of the Big 3. This forum has a lot to offer, and it's not as uptight as places like CF. So there are three sections on here that are off topic, why does that make us a joke?
Bombardier
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Da' Dirty South
in the beginning, this site was formed by the black sheep of the diesel community. we were the ones banned by Larry @DTR, banned by Andy at CF, or banned from any other site. while all the other sites were selling out to the bigger internet conglomerates, Diesel Minded (Chad Embry, the old owner) preached loudly about how this site was not for sale and never would be, even told some tales about how he was approached by people and offered STUPID amounts of money to buy the site and he turned them down. THEN all of a sudden he turned and sold the site to Internet Brands and screwed over A LOT of people in the process. since Internet Brands took over it hasn't been the same. it went from a site by the members for the members, to a site by the members for the pocket books of Internet Brands and ultimately the paycheck of Robb M. all the Moderators and previous Admin worked and ran the site for free. for free, nada, zip, zilch, nothing other than, well I never even got a thank you from them while I was on staff....
I stepped down and devoted the time I was devoting here, for free to benefit the bottom line of IB, to my wife and son. I am enjoying every minute and do not regret it a bit, though it saddens me to see a site that I have given YEARS of my life to and THOUSANDS of hours in helping build and moderating and building friendships on ran into the ground so hard and so fast by a company that does not care about the members.
here are examples of what he said in the past.
I stepped down and devoted the time I was devoting here, for free to benefit the bottom line of IB, to my wife and son. I am enjoying every minute and do not regret it a bit, though it saddens me to see a site that I have given YEARS of my life to and THOUSANDS of hours in helping build and moderating and building friendships on ran into the ground so hard and so fast by a company that does not care about the members.
here are examples of what he said in the past.
In Closing : Diesel Bombers and its family of sites are not in existence because its a prime market , We are here because we are Diesel Enthusiasts and we want to bring values and features to our brothers and sisters to help them in all areas that we can. We are not for sale , its not our goal to build up alliance then sell it out for proprietary gain . This is a hobby ... a passion and we just want to do our part to make it better !
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DM
You Don't Know this but..... Earlier this year , Diesel Bombers was offered a Substantial amount of money to turn over ownership to a corperate conglomerate. They had it all figured out , busted out the plan and the wow factor of dollar bills , when i refused sale they were floored ,
I told them to go pound sand.
Its not about the Money here I wish people could see that! Diesel Bombers is Driven By Passion. It wasn't built because it was a prime market , it was built because this is what we love.
Rather anyone else sees Diesel Bombers as a success , To Us Its already accomplished everything we have dreamed of and more. And we will never stop.
I told them to go pound sand.
Its not about the Money here I wish people could see that! Diesel Bombers is Driven By Passion. It wasn't built because it was a prime market , it was built because this is what we love.
Rather anyone else sees Diesel Bombers as a success , To Us Its already accomplished everything we have dreamed of and more. And we will never stop.
Last edited by Benjamin; Nov 29, 2012 at 11:43 PM.
Diesel Bomber
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Moonbase Alpha
no from how I see it from the outside looking in, he was banned by Internet Brands or Robb M. and by leaving his primary user group as "Super Moderator" it makes it appear to the members that CSIPSD just left and abandoned his post as a moderator, but when you search in the members list he isn't in there and you can not PM him, just like when someone is banned, AND his avatar is gone, a tale tale sign of a banning....
and you wonder why there are no longer any Admins on here...
and you wonder why there are no longer any Admins on here...
Will you feel me in so I can understand, please? Doesn't have to be in here, you can PM me. 
BOMBARDIER
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So why is this forum considered a joke from the outside? I'm just wondering of course. I mean there is a great section with tech articles and write ups, plus there are sections for each of the Big 3. This forum has a lot to offer, and it's not as uptight as places like CF. So there are three sections on here that are off topic, why does that make us a joke?
With that said, this doesn't have to be a twin of CompD. I think part of the charm of DB is that it IS different. However, I still think it can be drastically improved.
12vand proud, you're absolutely right, the badlands does have other topics. It's just sad to see some guys spend so much time there and not participate in the other aspects of the site. This will never grow as a diesel site if everyone is in badlands all the time, plain and simple.
FWIW, Ryan (rawilliams) has signed off with no intentions of coming back...
Joe (CSIPSD) is currently under an IP ban... though I'm not really sure he wants to come back either.
Both guys are an ASSET to this place.
Diesel Bomber
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Squaller holler, ohi
That sucks really no point in me staying because whenever i have a question ryan or jerrod answer it. Heres my opinon dont care about badlands **** it can stay thats not what keeps me here. But we dont need three damn threads about the same thing i.e. demotivational thread,WTF thread. Drop some of the sub fprums thay are never used like no posts in year or so. Focus on the tech sections, and advertisement for getting others in here.
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Diesel Bomber
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Moonbase Alpha
It's like the fat lady is spooling up to sing the death song here......
BOMBARDIER
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That sucks really no point in me staying because whenever i have a question ryan or jerrod answer it. Heres my opinon dont care about badlands **** it can stay thats not what keeps me here. But we dont need three damn threads about the same thing i.e. demotivational thread,WTF thread. Drop some of the sub fprums thay are never used like no posts in year or so. Focus on the tech sections, and advertisement for getting others in here.
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We did reorganize a little bit, and we did drop a couple, though I'm sure there are more we would like to drop. It is/was being discussed, but that is up to IB from what I understand. We can make suggestions all day long, but they hold the key to making those changes specifically.
IB Staff
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: Barrie, ON
We did reorganize a little bit, and we did drop a couple, though I'm sure there are more we would like to drop. It is/was being discussed, but that is up to IB from what I understand. We can make suggestions all day long, but they hold the key to making those changes specifically.
One theme I note in this thread, is the idea of placing a gate on the badlands, so that you need a certain number of posts to get in there. I am not at all averse to this suggestion. What would be a good limiter? 15 posts maybe?
