Porsch Pete's Boxster Board is dead - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Jake Raby · 10-14-2010, 05:57 AM

When I refer to the "vendor haters" I am not talking about the sponsors, but more the members who even bashed the paying sponsors.

I have to say because of that type of member I was much less willing to help anyone on that board, even if they emailed me and said "I am a member of PPBB".. I've been on Porsche forums since Rennlist was just a newsgroup, before forums existed. In all those days I've never experienced a community like PPBB.

I have my own forums, primarily for aircooled Porsche and vintage VW engines... Its no problem to administrate, just run a tight ship and when crap starts take care of it swiftly. I never have issues and have almost 10,000 members.

ehanauer · 10-14-2010, 06:31 AM

I don't have numbers to back this up, but there seemed to be fewer and fewer posters on PPBB. In the old days, if I didn't check on one of my posts it would have moved down to page 2 within a day. Now a post remains on page one for three or more days.

I just think many people were turned off by Rob's political editorializing. We signed on to discuss Porsches. There are lots of political sites on the web, but too few Porsche sites. PPBB had been dying a slow death for the past couple of years.

Brucelee · 10-14-2010, 08:02 AM

Overall, this forum has been a very positive experience for me. Every once in a while, we get a nitwit or two but overall, you guys have been great.

I think keeping the politics over in the Lounge helps quite a bit. We allow folks to vent but keep them in quarantine as it were. Also, while politicians are fair game, the responders are not. I try to keep it from getting TOO personal and for the most part, that has been working.

You guys are a very solid group of forum members.