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Schuss Limbo Boots, cDG didn't post those details the spammer that bounced this thread made the post. DG merely quoted (The information is in the public domain anyway Such are the joys of website ownersip.)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Comedy Goldsmith wrote: |
| Facebook launched (originally as thefacebook.com) on 4 February 2004. snowHeads launched on 5 February 2004. In retrospect, much can be made of the conjunction of those two historical events, and their relative consequences/implications! |
In retrospect, the title of this thread should be changed to "Who owns facebook? Who SHOULD own facebook?".
And the answer is...? |
5 February 2004 is also the day the SCGB announced that its forum had closed to non-members, prompting the same-day decision of Graham to launch snowHeads.
"Who owns the Ski Club of Great Britain?" is also a relevant question, since the control of the Club seems to be at such variance to the owners' (members') actual interests. In the opening couple of months of the 2003-4 season (i.e. immediately before its sudden shut-down on 5 Feb 2004) the SCGB's public ski forum was one of the world's busiest, with huge potential for that forum to generate new members at no cost.
Since its launch on 4 Feb 2004 Facebook has gained 1.1 billion users (as of March 2013). It would be fair to say that social networking has been the greatest international communications revolution of the past decade, and one of the most influential in the history of mankind.
Since its launch on 5 Feb 2004, snowHeads has had 36,000 user registrations and is one of the liveliest ski forums in the world.
The SCGB had no public forum users between 5 Feb 2004 and December 2012 - almost 9 years. Almost 6 months after the public forum was restarted in Dec 2012 the forum is now almost dead. The SCGB posts stuff on most days on Facebook (6,600 'Likes') but it's not clear whether this has any effect on new member recruitment, since the amount of user engagement on Facebook is negligible. snowHeads has a Facebook page, but it's not really used as an interface to this site - perhaps something worthy of discussion.
Over the past couple of months I've been experimenting with the Aviemore-based WTF Ski Club on Facebook (not an enterprise, and I'm not involved in its member sign-ups), and the daily banter is pretty lively. The techniques are similar to the ones used in the old days on the SCGB forum and early days of snowHeads ... so nothing particularly revolutionary! You're welcome to have a look/browse:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151674732215761&set=o.325182624251298&type=1&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151674732215761&set=o.325182624251298&type=1&theater
WTF Ski Club advice and information index: https://www.facebook.com/groups/325182624251298/photos/
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Thu 23-05-13 16:11; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| abc wrote: |
In retrospect, the title of this thread should be changed to "Who owns facebook? Who SHOULD own facebook?".
And the answer is...? |
If you're not paying for the product ...you are the product. Free lunch economics 101.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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The post that bumped this by 9 years has gone missing.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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... especially since I thought it was impossible to wipe out a post once it's been responded to!
I very much doubt if Clouseau is capable of investigating this, so let's contact Clouseau Electronic.
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Bode Swiller, the poster who bumped the thread peppered the site with posts very briefly - I suspect they were all removed
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Comedy Goldsmith, you didn't asnwer the question of who SHOULD own facebook and why.
Although I wouldn't be too surprised many agree with fatbob...
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Shimmy Alcott, it's an outrage. People who pepper really need sending back to wherever they came from.
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Bode Swiller, I think his intention was for peppered spam
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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boredsurfin, I know. If you re-read my post, you'll see I used the words 'quoted' to indicate exactly that. The original post has been removed, I was merely suggesting that it might be the decent thing to do to edit the quoted part of CDG's post which covers the details removed in the deleted post. There's nothing cloak and dagger about this, I just think it's bad form/manners/not exactly cricket to leave the quoted text up there with someone's personal details in. We routinely and speedily remove such posts if they relate to other sHs and I don't see why it should be different in this case, just cos it's the boss. Like I said, no great shakes, just (IMHO) disrespectful.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
| The information is in the public domain anyway Such are the joys of website ownersip |
and the owner can opt for privacy in the Whois database if they want to in return for a small fee.
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Bode Swiller, ah! Didn't know that, thanks I will follow it up for my own sites 
Schuss Limbo Boots, When I posted I thought all was still there, I didnt realise only DG's remained.
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You know it makes sense.
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boredsurfin, works with .com but for .co.uk you need to pretend you're a private individual.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Well, it makes a decent income and is worth 5 figures. Good on you admin
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Poster: A snowHead
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| boardiac wrote: |
| Well, it makes a decent income and is worth 5 figures. Good on you admin |
Don't forget the decimal point though... 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Admin's mentor
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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krakatoa, That chap who's advert you show may be a certified Yoda and master trainer, but I reckon he'd be no match for the llap goch master in a fight...
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Well, it makes a decent income and is worth 5 figures. Good on you admin
Don't forget the decimal point though...
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OK, let's be more precise: probably worth around £20-30k. The email list alone is worth a few thousand ££.
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