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Offline Jo Nathen

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Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« on: February 03, 2009, 03:11:11 PM »
 ::)   ...how did this board get promoted, and/or so many members?? Was it paid time on a server or paid banners?? Thanks if you can help  ::)
« Last Edit: February 18, 2009, 09:54:48 PM by rbcp »
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Re: Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2009, 03:18:14 PM »
Probably 16 years of being around, tons of content and a nonstop parade of 15 year olds obsessed with prank calls had something to do with it.

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Re: Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2009, 03:20:01 PM »
This message board got promoted simply by being the PLA forum. The PLA already had a good number of followers before this forum existed.
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Re: Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2009, 03:20:32 PM »
Probably 16 years of being around, tons of content and a nonstop parade of 15 year olds obsessed with prank calls had something to do with it.

TOTSE died. I belive the 2 poster accounts (spam) and 14 Year olds asking how to make lysol bombs killed their board.

I dont want that trash on mine.  You can ask how fun things can be, but don't make a 1 post account to ask -
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Offline Jo Nathen

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Re: Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2009, 03:23:17 PM »
This message board got promoted simply by being the PLA forum. The PLA already had a good number of followers before this forum existed.

I see that...I guess starting with a site with MORE than a message board would give better results....
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Re: Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2009, 03:33:07 PM »
I let Cal build up the user base for PLA for a couple years and then BAM!  I stole them all.  I bet that's how he'd describe it anyway.

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Re: Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2009, 04:28:00 PM »
Nah, there were always plenty of people on the mailing list. The secret is your raw sexual magnetism

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Re: Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2009, 04:30:41 PM »
I let Cal build up the user base for PLA for a couple years and then BAM!  I stole them all.  I bet that's how he'd describe it anyway.

I built up the userbase for Cal on UPL before PLA had forums.

So really, you've stolen MY userbase!


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Re: Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2009, 04:39:36 PM »
I let Cal build up the user base for PLA for a couple years and then BAM!  I stole them all.  I bet that's how he'd describe it anyway.

I built up the userbase for Cal on UPL before PLA had forums.

So really, you've stolen MY userbase!

The term 'userbase' sounds like a bunch of random accounts opened at once....
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Re: Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2009, 04:52:13 PM »
I let Cal build up the user base for PLA for a couple years and then BAM!  I stole them all.  I bet that's how he'd describe it anyway.

I built up the userbase for Cal on UPL before PLA had forums.

So really, you've stolen MY userbase!

No way, you stole MY users from the PLA Yahoo List which I changed just for you to the PLA/UPL Yahoo List.  Here's proof!

(Guess I stole all the users from El Jefe in the beginning.)

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Re: Starting my own msg board and want to know....
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2009, 09:24:47 PM »
we sure pulled a fast one on el jefe!