(02-09-2013 01:07 PM)mturn017 Wrote: If a fanbase starts showing up the admin takes notice and will fancy it up.
(02-09-2013 02:31 PM)jmufan Wrote: If it is active, they will personalize your site.
Correct.
(02-09-2013 09:58 PM)Tribal Wrote: My only contention with cnsbbs so far is it seems to be heavily moderated. I know someone tried it at least once but I cannot for the life of me understand why JMU doesn't have its own messageboard (like UD, GA State, SBU, the real GSU, ODU, VCU, etc).
It is heavily moderated in areas BECAUSE I give a great amount of leeway to how individual teams want to moderate their boards. Just because everybody is under one roof doesn't make this somehow inferior (especially compared to some god awful phpbb or proboards). And just because everybody is under one roof doesn't mean I cram down a one size fits all solution on everybody. Some teams want or even demand heavy handed moderation. Some want little to no moderation. This is why I
elect mods from the fans of those teams instead of appointing them. The site is setup similar to the United States federalist system as originally laid out under the Constitution: There is a minimal but necessary set of federal (site-wide) rules, and then states (conference/team boards) get leeway into running things how they deem the most fit.
There are bonuses that come from pooling together as well. To name a few:
- Pooled overhead (hosting, etc) means bigger and better solutions at lower prices. Economies of scale.
- Pooled revenue.
--- Eventually becomes feasible to get a blanket CLC license to use all the official collegiate trademarks.
--- Enough people to have a good team of lawyers on Skunkworks. You'd be shocked how often big boards get legal trolls for some bizarre sh*t that got posted 3 years ago.
--- Enough that this is my full time job. Granted I'm currently paid pretty sh*tty, but that's improving. But this means I can sink a TREMENDOUS amount of time that you otherwise couldn't into improvements.
--- There is even more that benefits specifically team boards but I won't talk about that unless you sign a NDA and non-compete agreement.
It's a superior solution. Don't hate... embrace.