To the Members at LakeCumberland.com lol
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:25 pm
Today I received some text from someone from the "Am I the only person here thread" http://www.lakecumberland.com/forum/top ... erson-here
The reason you don't see much here at http://lakecumberlandboaters.com/forum is because 99.999999% of what we post is on our FB group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/58577325800/ I still pay for this site and keep it running for those that prefer the forum side of things. Certain rules on the FB group require membership here as well to keep it from becoming to jumbled.
I don't post at lakecumberland.com anymore because of the treatment of previous admins/mods local business owners, major forum contributors etc. who in my opinion were pushed away improperly and they were a big part of the heart of the site. That site decided to go more commercial and charge for local businesses to get exposure when Cumberline always allowed it. His goal was to promote the area not himself. The only thing he didn't allow was real estate because the background backing of the site was a real-estate company. I never created this site to compete with LakeCumberland.com, instead it was created because several of us were quite chatty and that unnerved him at times. lol Sometimes he allowed it and sometimes he would make Bob smack us down. lol Anyway we had a page at BoatingTodayTv that $pareChange arranged but they went a little under and we lost it so I created this page with the backing of $pare, CRWKY, LC Addict, and Fasterthanyou. (hopefully I didn't forget someone). So here we are....
Back to why some of us are not there, like me I assume they also don't care for the NEW agreement that had to be accepted by long time members either so at least for me, I never accepted it. I also as stated above did not like the way it went with just being a revenue generator.
As for the slowness of posts or infrequency some of you mentioned about here. Like I said 99.999% of what is posted is on the FB group now. https://www.facebook.com/groups/58577325800
I DO try to post here from time to time to document some of the items and photos we share on Facebook. I have been quite busy the past couple of years and that has no sign of letting up so I am not doing it as much as I should. Hopefully some of the other forum members will pitch in and help with that as its good in case Facebook goes away one day or kills groups so we have a central spot to fall back to.
You DO NOT have to sign up to Facebook with your name. You can do the same as the forums and come up with a alias such as ... let me think of some good "random ones" like Wing Man or Sailor Bob. ;-) There are many others as well like LP Boater etc. etc. This thread on FB might stir some ole characters to memory for you https://www.facebook.com/groups/5857732 ... 536110801/ but there are many more there than in this list. We have had the groups since at least 09 if not before http://lakecumberlandboaters.com/forum/ ... 24&p=51070
We are there on FB and we miss some of you as well. We are also good with dialog here as many still log in and check but most of the time the activity is elsewhere.
I don't expect you to abandon LakeCumberland.com like I did. I wish the new owners would and give it back to one of the families or someone that cares about its original intent. I don't plan to show back up while certain people are not reconciled with and while it is purely commercial as I don't plan to give it anymore hits for the $.
You are WELCOME to join us here and on FB. We are all still "Boaters" of that great Lake in Southern KY.
Major pluses of FB are that you get instant photos and videos of the lake. Not just recorded videos but LIVE STREAM. Its pretty cool especially during storm season or major events. Like I said, create an alias and try it. You will see some drama as there are over 20,000 members but we do our best to dial it back and I now have more help. When you join read the pinned post first. lol It has evolved over the years to try to help curb the drama and make any ads not benefit me BUT THE MEMBERS instead.
Regards
E
The reason you don't see much here at http://lakecumberlandboaters.com/forum is because 99.999999% of what we post is on our FB group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/58577325800/ I still pay for this site and keep it running for those that prefer the forum side of things. Certain rules on the FB group require membership here as well to keep it from becoming to jumbled.
I don't post at lakecumberland.com anymore because of the treatment of previous admins/mods local business owners, major forum contributors etc. who in my opinion were pushed away improperly and they were a big part of the heart of the site. That site decided to go more commercial and charge for local businesses to get exposure when Cumberline always allowed it. His goal was to promote the area not himself. The only thing he didn't allow was real estate because the background backing of the site was a real-estate company. I never created this site to compete with LakeCumberland.com, instead it was created because several of us were quite chatty and that unnerved him at times. lol Sometimes he allowed it and sometimes he would make Bob smack us down. lol Anyway we had a page at BoatingTodayTv that $pareChange arranged but they went a little under and we lost it so I created this page with the backing of $pare, CRWKY, LC Addict, and Fasterthanyou. (hopefully I didn't forget someone). So here we are....
Back to why some of us are not there, like me I assume they also don't care for the NEW agreement that had to be accepted by long time members either so at least for me, I never accepted it. I also as stated above did not like the way it went with just being a revenue generator.
As for the slowness of posts or infrequency some of you mentioned about here. Like I said 99.999% of what is posted is on the FB group now. https://www.facebook.com/groups/58577325800
I DO try to post here from time to time to document some of the items and photos we share on Facebook. I have been quite busy the past couple of years and that has no sign of letting up so I am not doing it as much as I should. Hopefully some of the other forum members will pitch in and help with that as its good in case Facebook goes away one day or kills groups so we have a central spot to fall back to.
You DO NOT have to sign up to Facebook with your name. You can do the same as the forums and come up with a alias such as ... let me think of some good "random ones" like Wing Man or Sailor Bob. ;-) There are many others as well like LP Boater etc. etc. This thread on FB might stir some ole characters to memory for you https://www.facebook.com/groups/5857732 ... 536110801/ but there are many more there than in this list. We have had the groups since at least 09 if not before http://lakecumberlandboaters.com/forum/ ... 24&p=51070
We are there on FB and we miss some of you as well. We are also good with dialog here as many still log in and check but most of the time the activity is elsewhere.
I don't expect you to abandon LakeCumberland.com like I did. I wish the new owners would and give it back to one of the families or someone that cares about its original intent. I don't plan to show back up while certain people are not reconciled with and while it is purely commercial as I don't plan to give it anymore hits for the $.
You are WELCOME to join us here and on FB. We are all still "Boaters" of that great Lake in Southern KY.
Major pluses of FB are that you get instant photos and videos of the lake. Not just recorded videos but LIVE STREAM. Its pretty cool especially during storm season or major events. Like I said, create an alias and try it. You will see some drama as there are over 20,000 members but we do our best to dial it back and I now have more help. When you join read the pinned post first. lol It has evolved over the years to try to help curb the drama and make any ads not benefit me BUT THE MEMBERS instead.
Regards
E
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