Congrats DMF...6K

[ducpainter]

6000 members right now. 

[printman]

wow thats great,I remember when it was 100

[CapnCrunch]

I don't remember anything but VS sucking

[Goat_Herder]

I wonder how many of these 6000 members are active or have visited the forum lately. 

[slowkitty]

Just thinking aloud ....

I was a Ducati rider sometime in 2004, found a great forum to go to   Then I sold the bike and just started rebuilding a Duke. Went back online and thought I found the forum again, then somehow something's amiss, then found this forum    

Seems that I missed the exodus, can anyone PM me on any link that tells me what happened when I was away?

Cheers

[Spidey]

The summary version --

We were all over at the DML (aka TOB or The Other Board or The Old Board).  It was sold to Vertical Scope (VS), the evil corporate Canadians who were ravenously buying up motorcycle forums and littering them with blinking ads, babbling corporate speak and insisting that members pay annual fees to ensure the corporate overlords remained well stocked in maple syrup and some weird form of bacon.  

The DMF was built by some of the DML mods and others as an insurance policy in case the Canadians screwed up the DML.  It lived unused and in secret for nearly half a year.  The day the evil Canadians threw the switch and screwed up the DML, the entire DML moderator core resigned and many of the members moved over here.  Some were lost in the shuffle.  Some frequent both boards.  Some went elsewhere.

The funny version:

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=20564.0

Congrats on 6k  

[slowkitty]

Thanks, Spidey, ... seemed that I missed some action.

Anyway, the real shame for me was that many of the photos in the old forum had broken links, which wouldhave been a wealth of data for monster owners.

I like this fourm.

[Kopfjager]

I wonder how many of these 6000 members are active or have visited the forum lately. 

You can research that here.....

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?action=mlist

[Drunken Monkey]

Thanks, Spidey, ... seemed that I missed some action.

Anyway, the real shame for me was that many of the photos in the old forum had broken links, which wouldhave been a wealth of data for monster owners.

I like this fourm.

Besides the blinking, seizure-inducing ads, they also completely make the beast with two backsed up anything that wasn't directly related to the forum posts. So all the old photos and the Monster of the Month stuff all got completely hosed.

If you want the some inside scoop, grab some popcorn and go here: http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39544

[Drunken Monkey]

Hmmm. 6295 members says one stat (total user ids handed out), 5841 says another (searchable members), 6001 members says another.

Good enough for me!  

[WetDuc]

Totally cool.  This place is great.   

[dennisd]

Well, I'm a fairly new member of the forum.  Glad I could help out.

[RVA Duc]

Awsome, i love this place come here every day 

[fastwin]

God, that Hitler video still cracks me up every time I see it!! My wife came in and wanted to know what was so damn funny!! I told her it was an inside joke, she wouldn't understand. I thought the "original" version where they buy Adolf a VFR Honda instead of a BMW was funny as hell but the VS vs DMF version is even better!!

Long live DMF! Great job guys!!

[grunte]

yay