A car forum self distructing

[philip]

I post at another car forum specific to Corvettes. Over the last few days long term members have started being banned for openly discussing problems with the forum since its sale and takeover by an internet conglomerate.

It is a real shame. The site after the purchase started adding more ads including video ads which apparently severly effected the speed of the site.

But rather than simply ignoring the comments from members or reading them and fixing the problems, they banned the members for speaking out and deleting their threads.

You can still find hushed threads where members try and explain what has happened, and cautioning about openly posting things critical of the site.

I got the sudden feeling of what it might be like in many countries in the world, when it comes to the internet. Its free, but just watch what you say or where you visit.

Usually one of these hushed threads regardless of the area of the forum ends with a post from the same moderator I had never seen before, calmly pointing out the new situation and the rules. Very Orwellian. Very sad.

I just wanted to thank you all for being you and hoping that you will never change.

Maybe an incouragement to make a donation to help it stay that way.