Topic: YB Sold! (Read 4074 times)

dvst8r · « **on:** January 14, 2014, 01:28:56 PM »

Well it looks like the YB will finally go the way of HMT. I doubt there will be an organized effort similar to RHMT to remake it.

Oh well at least there is still RHMT.

highroller54 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 14, 2014, 05:19:07 PM »

Robb · « **Reply #2 on:** January 14, 2014, 05:59:29 PM »

The forum does not make the people.

PhilStubbs · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2014, 09:08:34 PM »

RIP YB

ironcrx · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2014, 07:41:16 PM »

What's YB?

ratcityrex · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2014, 07:54:51 PM »

Yellow bullet.

carkrazed · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2014, 08:25:55 PM »

Rick P buy it?

ironcrx · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2014, 08:45:55 PM »

Quote from: ratcityrex on January 16, 2014, 07:54:51 PM

Yellow bullet.

Never even seen or heard of that site till now. Wow

Sorry to hear about the sell out guys.

highroller54 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2014, 11:30:57 PM »

There is always some bad shit on there.

dvst8r · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2014, 01:17:19 AM »

Well supposedly crttaz or bone or whatever you want to call him, is Staff at AutoGuide which is who purchased YB. Didn't think Bone would be one for employment by someone like Rick P...

PhilStubbs · « **Reply #10 on:** January 19, 2014, 09:52:41 AM »

Bone was/is friends with Bisi $:-\$

92CXyD · « **Reply #11 on:** January 19, 2014, 04:12:56 PM »

I thought Bonez just built race transmissions and was a currier (just retired).

PhilStubbs · « **Reply #12 on:** January 21, 2014, 08:39:26 PM »

is this the new yellow bullet?

http://turbobullet.com

rawr · « **Reply #13 on:** January 21, 2014, 11:36:33 PM »

lol @ people who try to buy forums.

Someone is going to turbothis you

then both sites will break down in to loosely knit facebook circle jerks or people leave because fuck it

PhilStubbs · « **Reply #14 on:** January 22, 2014, 10:33:22 AM »

I don't see much wrong with buying a very busy forum. But, don't change anything about it. The HMT sale wouldn't have been an issue if nothing was changed. Instead we got VB and told we couldn't post porn and call each other niggers.

rawr · « **Reply #15 on:** January 22, 2014, 03:16:26 PM »

Which is going yo happen every time a website gets bought by someone trying to turn a profit.

you have to make the site sponsor friendly and sell enough ads yo turn a profit while the site is still relevant.

I don't have a problem with anyone buying or selling a website, but assuming the user base won't react negatively is idiotic on the investors part.

highroller54 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 22, 2014, 10:51:12 PM »

Quote from: PhilStubbs on January 22, 2014, 10:33:22 AM

niggers.

PhilStubbs · « **Reply #17 on:** January 23, 2014, 08:28:33 AM »

I agree with that. Anyone that buys a forum will change it.

Minor Threat · « **Reply #18 on:** January 23, 2014, 04:35:06 PM »

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't YB have a sponsor for almost every tech section of the forum?

HiProfile · « **Reply #19 on:** January 24, 2014, 09:32:42 AM »

Quote from: rawr on January 22, 2014, 03:16:26 PM

Which is going yo happen every time a website gets bought by someone trying to turn a profit.

you have to make the site sponsor friendly and sell enough ads yo turn a profit while the site is still relevant.

The irony with that mentality is two-pronged. 1) The majority of internet traffic is PORN and 2) cutting out the heart of the user base makes it far less profitable than finding sponsors that can look the other way.

What I really don't get: who the fuck cares what the user base is talking about or posting?? Roadside billboards still advertise to car thieves, serial killers, gangbangers, tweaking truckers, racists, etc.

PhilStubbs · « **Reply #20 on:** January 24, 2014, 01:55:49 PM »

What I can't figure out is, they see a forum with lots of traffic and posting. They buy it cause they like what they see, then completely change it. Those people were there cause they liked it the way it was. If you don't like a forum, just make your own rather than buy one and ruin it

Robb · « **Reply #21 on:** January 26, 2014, 06:55:03 PM »

ALL forums have a list of email addresses, which can be sold to the lowest bidder to make a nickel. Thats how it works. Advertising be damned, the larger the site the more the list is worth.

lsone_chevelle · « **Reply #22 on:** February 06, 2014, 04:11:11 PM »

Quote from: Minor Threat on January 23, 2014, 04:35:06 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't YB have a sponsor for almost every tech section of the forum?

and they all went over to sponsor the sections on www.turbobullet.com yeeeeeaaa boi!

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