what's all those squiggly lines mean?

and like i asked before couldn't the sponsor be "free sponsors" now since ls1tech's bill isn't being token cared of by tony and john?

 

:haha:

 

haha,

How exactly is this website "enhanced" by the google/flash ads if all the sponsors/users leave?

 

its the exposure that the small time shops get from the add space on this site that allows our niche community thrive. I hope that this is not the end, we all know what kind of stuff we can buy from summit or jegs for our cars. When you go corprate you lose the cutting edge.

 

I think what the moderators are missing is that there are multiple problems. This is the only way we know how to voice our opinions. It takes 10 times as long to load now, sounds like a machine gun going off, no more sponser ads down the side(at least non that are LSx car related like before), we cant go back because when we hit the back button it does nothing.

Maybe instead of banning people for suggesting an alternative you guys could try to figure out a solution. Nobody is happy about this change, and for good reason. We, as users, cant make the changes even if we knew how.

I guess it is just frustration. It seems like another great site is going down the tubes.

 

Google is gonna steal away the interweb from Al Gore.

 

This site loads reallllly slow, I can studder faster
my popup blocker. clickclick click clickclickclick



GOGGLE ADS SUCK
IB ADS SUCK

 

Can we organize a scheduled LS1tech boycott?

We can set a date and have all LS1tech patriots Users, MODS, Sponsors not log in or view the website at all for a 24 hour period!!!

We all would have to unite!!!

Would this have any effect on Internet Brands?

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/user-support-resources/703712-non-sponsor-soliciting-policy.html

 

I'm sorry Mr. English Professor. I should of typed: Why doesn't someone fix the real problem.
I am so glad that a moderator of this site doesn't care what the members think. BTW have fun trying to moderate when everyone leaves here and goes somewhere else because of this crap. I imagine that will be pretty fun. C-ya.

 

I'm guessing you didn't read everyone's responses. For me it's the fact that one of the sponsors is a really good friend of mine. He's helped me out immensly. How many people do you know that carry around business cards of their friend's shops? I have a stack in my wallet right now.

That still was a really weak response from him.

I think we're on 11. It's hard to keep track.

I never noticed that until you said something. That is pretty amusing.

 

I'm splitting these to make it easier to read.


I noticed that the other day. LS1tech came up as wiki.ls1tech.com. Now there's no www. in front of it. Then I typed it into google and got that add bullshit.

I think it's a good idea. I'd be down to invest some money in a new site. It might not be much. To have a site run by the people for the people again would be great. The user resource pool here is amazing and I'm sure sponsors would love to have that exclusivity again.

+1, and it's really sad to see.

 

Angry angry angry. Changing avatar now.

 

Just use firefox and add block like was mentioned earlier.

Something should be figured out to help the sponsors since they are paying a monthly fee for nothing right now.

 

That's not what bothers me I just feel like the sponsors, who really make this site what it is, are totally getting screwed.

 

they are!! can we get tony or Brian or john to see if the sponsors can get free advertisement, it would really make up for this bullshit

 

my fawking avatar is gona get more links now then Mike@newera thosands spend for a little add banner that pops up 1 out of 30 times a page loads. Thats great to look out for the real LS1 guys that are tring to make a living doing somthing they love.
I can't wait to see google.com and IB at the race track this summer.

 

O HAI THAR. name's Chris

Being more involved at engineering spheres, I can't really speak on behalf of IB but I'm told guys here have been on the phone and email with numerous vendors.

All I can say is that this thread is being read very closely and all the feedback taken into account.

Now let me point a few things i've learned from Brains, while working closely with him, which you might keep in mind as you unleash your collective anger at IB:

- Brains was keeping this site running. For years he's relentlessly worked to field the explosive growth of this forum on sub-par hardware with limited resources, for essentially free. IB came-in and 1) got more hardware for this forum 2) re-built search from the ground-up on dedicated hardware, on a kick-*** platform to replace the 200% defunct search that used to be there 3) Actually *hired* Brains full-time, to bring value to this forum and, without going into details, the vBulletin ecosystem in general.

- Advertisers need to do what's best for them. As Brains has taught me and from what i've observed from my limited participation on this forum, they're key to the value of LS1Tech. So it'd totally suck for *everyone* to see them leave, not to mention that'd **** Brains off, and when Brains is unhappy, it generally f's my day up. So I *really* hope we can arrive at a win-win set-up.

- Brains and I had scratched our heads trying to find solutions to improve the seizure-inducing wall of sponsor boxes in the right column. I've actually had tears stream down my cheeks trying to read each one of them, and I've seen other members complain about that before we'd finally brought-back the directory.

So we began to sketch ideas for a better format, that'd give most everybody a chance at a decent placement, a more visually-pleasing approach to making sponsors information accessible to all members, from any page.

We wanted, rather want to come up with something that works best for EVERYONE. We want members to be able to find vendors. We want vendors to be able to make themselves visible and known to the members.
And somewhere in there, obviously IB's got to be able to pay the bills, make a profit, and put more money into ideas that can accomplish these basic goals.

I know it seems like we're not listening but trust me -- these words are ringing very loudly in our ears.

 

I can't even browse through the sponsors because the only add that is on the right is the google ad, the advertise on ls1tech one, and the alphabetic one, nothing else.

I guess id' rather have the google ads on the side rather than in between posts in the thread like on some sites. IMO this change is bad news for the current sponsors.

 

Thanks for your support guys.

FWIW I have received phone calls from many sponsors here today who are very disgruntled. There are some significant undercurrents. Not at all sure where this is headed.

What is important for you guys to remember is just what studderin said... they will not be at the track to support you because they are not car people.

The really sad thing is there is a distinct possibility that guys just like yourselves with familes can wind up out of work if their company cannot survive because of these changes. Many of the existing Sponsors here rely heavily on the income that this website represents. There are some stark realities here. Lots of the shops represented here are not big well funded operations, but nonetheless serve a tremendous service to this community.

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