An infamous, somewhat distinguished gentleman of our forum has, without intention, singlehandedly taken down a competing forum. Yes, brought it to it's proverbial knees in one fell swoop.
I think most would agree that the "sell" section of any forum is often the most popular part. Whereas POTN has so much more going for it, other forums exist merely on the basis of the classified ads. This is easily seen by how many are "viewing" each individual section at a time. As I said, POTN is so varied it would easily survive if one of its tentacles should be unfortunately lost.
The NikonCafe has, at least temporarily, had to shut down its sell forum. I think it is a poorly thought out move on their part, but one they felt had to be done. One of our members had a bad transaction there, is planning on bringing a lawsuit against the seller, and merely asked the forum administrator to keep the records for future use as evidence.
This caused a panic in their back offices, resulting in the closing of the sell forum. My prediction is that it will either reopen shortly, or the forum will die a slow death, as posters have already stated they will go elsewhere.
Your thoughts are welcome, as usual.
me
