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Title: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: EEL on May 07, 2008, 10:04:51 AM I just check the old site and its like it used to be. Did we win the battle?
Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: Sinister on May 07, 2008, 10:11:19 AM Doesn't look the same to me. There's ads everywhere, and it's busy. The old DML (before Jeff sold out) was pretty cleanly laid out.
Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: Slide Panda on May 07, 2008, 10:12:02 AM It's the VS 'new' look still. Maybe you saw a cached version. Sad but true the old DML as we knew is it not coming back.
Battle? There's really no battle unfortunately. VS owns it and can do what they want Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: Le Pirate on May 07, 2008, 10:13:56 AM dude...it's the VS site
you're seeing things.... ;D Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: James.M on May 07, 2008, 10:42:42 AM are you sure you weren't actually coming here? lol
Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: DY on May 07, 2008, 12:46:30 PM I managed to log into the dml site, and the only thing different i noticed from yesterday is the absence of the Auto-Ad posted after the first post on a topic. I guess it only appears for non-members.
Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: PizzaMonster on May 07, 2008, 02:33:31 PM I was just over there looking for some old email addresses and it seems they've decided to make me a "Premium" member. It seems to have turned off the ads that were springing up all over the place. (Sorry VS...too little , too late for this guy) ::)
Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: Timmy Tucker on May 07, 2008, 02:50:27 PM I was just over there looking for some old email addresses and it seems they've decided to make me a "Premium" member. I think they did that for the old titanium members, but I could be wrong. Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: PizzaMonster on May 07, 2008, 03:13:47 PM Nope. I was just an old " el cheapo" member. ;D
Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: il d00d on May 07, 2008, 07:23:33 PM Same thing happened to me - I had just the plain-Jane membership over there. I posted a farewell to the DML. It got deleted. I posted a message asking them to delete my membership. Ads disappeared. Turns out, delete is Canadian for upgrade.
There was a another post over there about the pre-VS board having 20k members, which got me to wondering if their ad revenue is based on the amount registered users. Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: roy-nexus-6 on May 30, 2008, 01:41:36 AM I actually saw the same thing at one stage - board reverted to the 'old' look. Had me wondering...
Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: Big Troubled Bear on May 30, 2008, 01:57:05 AM At least I am a Premium member somewhere ;D
Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: A.duc.H.duc. on May 30, 2008, 03:55:58 AM At least I am a Premium member somewhere ;D A regular membership here is worth way more than a premium membership on TOB. Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: ducpainter on May 30, 2008, 03:58:16 AM A Fixed..... ;DTitle: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: derby on May 30, 2008, 04:14:12 AM Same thing happened to me - I had just the plain-Jane membership over there. I posted a farewell to the DML. It got deleted. I posted a message asking them to delete my membership. Ads disappeared. Turns out, delete is Canadian for upgrade. There was a another post over there about the pre-VS board having 20k members, which got me to wondering if their ad revenue is based on the amount registered users. i never understood the disbelief that there were that many users registered at TOB. check out the bottom of this screen from august '07: http://web.archive.org/web/20070812020221/http://www.ducatimonster.org/smf/index.php 845267 Posts in 73825 Topics by 17954 Members. the stats page shows we had an average of 16 registrations a day. Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: Moronic on May 30, 2008, 05:36:59 AM I was just over there looking for some old email addresses and it seems they've decided to make me a "Premium" member. It seems to have turned off the ads that were springing up all over the place. (Sorry VS...too little , too late for this guy) ::) And maybe too short. I'm sure I remember seeing over there that all registered members now get ***FREE*** premium membership ... for a time. Think it was a month, could have been more. After that, presumably, it's a matter of paying a premium ... or else you're back on the outer. Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: hbliam on May 30, 2008, 06:29:06 PM i never understood the disbelief that there were that many users registered at TOB. the stats page shows we had an average of 16 registrations a day. I think the disbelief was in who was registering the 16 per day. The 16 per day that never logged in or posted ever again. Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: Kaveh on May 30, 2008, 07:23:13 PM i never understood the disbelief that there were that many users registered at TOB. check out the bottom of this screen from august '07: http://web.archive.org/web/20070812020221/http://www.ducatimonster.org/smf/index.php 845267 Posts in 73825 Topics by 17954 Members. the stats page shows we had an average of 16 registrations a day. I think the disbelief was in who was registering the 16 per day. The 16 per day that never logged in or posted ever again. bots... No biggie, I'm sure the traffic is measured in unique IP hits and such. Any smart business would see through fake members. Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: 55Spy on May 31, 2008, 01:37:26 AM it still looks like poop. and this is such a better place anyways. I only go back every now and then to laugh for a while at the tardedness of it
Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: krista on May 31, 2008, 04:25:50 PM i never understood the disbelief that there were that many users registered at TOB. ... the stats page shows we had an average of 16 registrations a day. Yes, there were only about 3000 members with more than a couple of posts. I forget the exact breakdown -- but looking at the stats, there was a definite "knee" in the data layout. Lots and lots of people with one post and then sharply diminished past 10 or so. I always thought it a tad slimy when the stats only substantiated a quotable number between 3 and 5k. :) Chris Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: SacDuc on May 31, 2008, 04:32:44 PM Yes, there were only about 3000 members with more than a couple of posts. I forget the exact breakdown -- but looking at the stats, there was a definite "knee" in the data layout. Lots and lots of people with one post and then sharply diminished past 10 or so. I always thought it a tad slimy when the stats only substantiated a quotable number between 3 and 5k. :) Chris Says the guy with only 15 posts. [roll] sac [cheeky] Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: mstevens on May 31, 2008, 06:05:12 PM TOB has never really changed in appearance for me. That may be because I use Firefox with Adblock Plus.
Title: Re: Is there a reason why the old DML looks like it used to? Post by: erkishhorde on June 01, 2008, 09:16:41 AM I just popped in for a look and it does look a little bit better than it was. As to the Premium Membership, they gave everyone that was there before the change Premium Membership so you can turn off adds but you'll lose the Premium Membership after a month. And for all the Titanium Members you get Premium Membership for a year. So much for that lifetime titanium. [roll]
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